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Description: | The crown bowling green. It was built to the south of the 'Albion Works' site after the company had acquired the site of the Myatt Pottery works, also in Mount Pleasant. It was felt that during the inter-war years, some form of recreation would offer the employees a chance to relax between shifts. Tennis courts, gardens, a canteen and a social club were also provided on site for this purpose. Bradley's bowling enthusiasts were soon competing in competitions across the area and the green was used for all the Staffordshire champtionships until the Second World War (1939-1945) when it was converted to hold emergency water tanks. In 1966, steps were taken to reclaim the green. Itwas eventually re-opened and was in constant use as a bowling green until the last match was played in 1979. The land was then used for a re-development scheme. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Subjects: | Metal products Photograph Photographs Bowling greens Art metalwork | Temporal: | [1940s] | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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