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Protest Rally, West Midlands College of Higher Education, Gorway Road, Walsall

D-EXP/P/W103/1 10 Nov 1983 Wolverhampton Archives

Students were protesting because the college was under threat, with a possibility that it was to be turned into a police training centre. Tommy Sheppard is quoted, and the National Union of Students and the National Advisory Board for Higher Education are

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Ever Ready, Park Lane, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/I31/74 6 Feb 1979 Wolverhampton Archives

March from the factory to the Civic Centre for a mass meeting, following the threat of redundancy and factory closure. Kevin O’Leary is quoted, and Jim Hesom, the Transport and General Workers’ Union, Bill Holmes and the ASTMS are mentioned.

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Leigh Interests, waste disposal, Stubbers Green Road, Aldridge

D-EXP/P/I43/45 5 Jun 1989 Wolverhampton Archives

The firm announced record profits and blamed public protests for blocking progress towards solving environmental problems. Malcolm Wood is quoted. The photograph shows survivors from the Union Carbide chemical plant tragedy in Bhopal, India, joining prote