PICTURES OF WOLVERHAMPTON
The Blackcountry in the West Midlands
This site as you will have noticed is dedicated to the pubs in the Blackcountry, but this page is of the pictures never been seen on the internet, the Blackcountry is a place full of character as you will see, and the place itself is full of character's it has a dialect all of it's own so sit back and enjoy what you see. Click photos to enlarge.
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This is a picture of Dryden Road the Scotlands V.J street party on 14th august 1945 I would love to here from anyone who is on the Picture, this picture was taken at the top of the road looking out over Bushbury Hill, more of Bushbury Hill later |
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This is Dryden road as it is today bit of a change from when I knew it |
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This is were my life all started for me no 1 the back of 51 Coventry Street off the Willenhall Road |
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The old man worked at Chillington edge tools on the Willenhall road |
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and Moved to Bushbury Hill |
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This is the British Oak on the corner of Coventry Street |
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This is another pub the old man used to use the Maltshovel a bit further up from the British Oak |
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before I go on I must mention the Beehive which is on the right hand side in Coventry Street |
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This is the Highcroft bar in Bushbury in the 50s had a few pints in that corner | |||||
| Wednesfield Way before they knocked this lot down, another picture later will show you how it's all going |
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The Vine on the Stafford Rd knocked down in 2005 what a shame |
Welcome to Molineux home to the Wolves more of Molineux later |
| The Goalpost pub opposite Molineux |
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Molineux in the rushhour | |||
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Blackcountry Humour When did he die?’ / ‘Well if he had lived till tomorrow he would have been jed a fortnight’ ‘At this time of year, an hour’s rain does more good in five minutes than a month’s would in a week at any other time of the year.' ‘Poor owd Ali. He wor one of the wust at his best.. Well, let’s all hope he’s gone where we think he ay.’ Let's have a bit of colour |
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St Peter's church on the left |
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St Peter's close on the right |
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Bilston Street |
Wolverhampton |
Broad Street |
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I take some strange pictures but this one I took is of the start of the M6 toll road Laney green this is another one of laney green turn left here and you can be in North Wales on the M54 in a couple of hours What have they done to The Pool Hayes pub in Willenhall let me know if you do and I will put the story on this page, in fact if you have any story about the Blackcountry let me know thanks. This is a photo of the lounge in the CrossKeys Willenhall before they modernized it. But no look for the Royal Oak in the Scotlands Lowhill this is just before they knocked it down.
Let's get away from it all for a bit, and have a bit of fresh air and see some countryside around the Blackcountry, everywhere I go I usually take the camera so you know they are all new and you haven't seen them before
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A few photos of Ironbridge and the river severn |
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Bridgenorth |
The Harp |
