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Description: | No. 931 (1 Jul) includes ' Rural Tour Coutesy of the Star Cycle Co.', including photos of Old Hill, Tettenhall and Wrottesley Hall post-fire of 1897 (pg 2); 'The War Years in Wednesfield' (pg 17); 'Wolverhampton's Bottle Link to a Victorian Scandal', Wolverhampton brewers Gallagher and Connolly (pg 19); '1950s and 1960s Teachers and Pupils at Ward's Bridge School', class photos and article (pg 22); 'GKN Darlaston Taking on Bert Williams in Charity Match', match betwen All Stars and GKN team for charity in 1960s, with team photos (pg 32).
No. 932 (8 Jul) includes 'The Greyhound and Punchbowl - Saved for Posterity by Bulter's', with photos (pg 5); 'Etheridge's Proud Wolves and Albion Trophy Double in the Fifties', Etheridge School, Bilston, with photo (pg 32).
No. 933 (15 Jul) includes 'Children at Loxdale School Plant Trees for the Future' (pg 3); 'Tettenhall Wood Gent's Letter from Edward Elgar', letter written to H Lloyd Esq of Riches Street, Tettenhall Road, with reproduction of letter (pg 17); 'Football Mementoes of Old', including reproduction of Wolves players' autographs from 1949 (pg 31).
No. 934 (22 Jul)
No. 935 (29 Jul) includes 'Miss Loxdale - Bilston Landowner', letter following up Loxdale School article in issue 933 (pg 10); Team photos of GKN Sankey FC in the 70s and GKN Darlaston Baker Cup winners in 1963-64 season (pg 32).
No. 936 (5 Aug) includes '1,100 Years Since the Battle of Tettenhall' (pg 4); 'Beating the Path of History Down Willenhall Streets of Yesteryear', a selection of historic photos of Willenhall (pg 5); 'Snapshots of Wolverhampton Businesses of the Great War Era', featuring Bradley's Toy and Fancy Emporium and the Enterprise Model Bakery, with photos (pg 17); ' Wolverhampton Wenches on Wartime Lunchbreak', two photos of staff at Thomas and Rogers & Co Ltd (pg 19); 'GKN Darlaston Sharpshooters in the Sixties' (pg 31).
No. 937 (12 Aug) includes 'Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery's Quest for Political Power at Wolverhampton in 1908' (pgs 1 & 9); 'Edward Elgar in 20 Transfer Deal', Elgar's connection with Wolverhampton Wanderers (pg 17); 'Speedway Exhibition on Track', Wolverhampton Photographic Society exhibition at Central Library including Monmore Green speedway images (pg 27); 'Bilston Town Quintet', photo of five team members of Bilston Town FC in 1938 (pg 32).
No. 938 (19 Aug)
No. 939 (26 Aug) includes 'Memories of St Mary's Convent School, Wednesfield' (pg 27); photo of Willenhall Road School football team from 1929-30 season (pg 32).
No. 940 (2 Sep) includes 'Thompson Brothers' Proud Display...', photo of Thompson Brothers (Bilston) Ltd football team with trophies in the 1930s (pg 30); 'Tin School...', photo of Ettingshall Junior School football team of 1965-66 (pg 32).
No. 941 (9 Sep) includes 'Brother from Willenhall Road', further information about photo of Willenhall Road School football team featured in issue 939 (pg 31); photo of Bradley Union football team of 1922 with some team member names (pg 31); 'Compton Lads...', photo of Compton FC team of 1947 with some team member names (pg 32); 'Wednesfield Netball Girls...', photo of Ward's Bridge School netball team of 1960-61 (pg 32).
No. 942 (16 Sep) includes 'Elgar Tribute Concert', charity concert at St Peter's Church to save historic organ - article includes brief summary of Elgar's association with Wolverhampton (pg 5); 'Molineux Hotel Turns Spotlight on its Footballing Neighbours', display of early Wolves memorabila at Wolverhampton Archives' Molineux Hotel Building (pg 13); photo of The Normalised Bolts Football Team, champions of the Wolverhampton Works League Division 2, during the 1967-68 season (pg 22); 'RAF Memorial at Perton', brief history behind the memorial (pg 22).
No. 943 (23 Sep) includes 'Holy Trinity Bilston Boys Visit Bratch Camp, Wmbourne', photo with names of 11th Bilston (Holy Trinity) Scouts from around 1950 (pg 4); 'Classic Car in Wolverhampton?' (pg 15); 'Old Wolves Postcards', photo of Wolves team believed to be from around 1910 and photo of player Jack Edwards, thought to be from the 1930s (pg 32).
No. 944 (30 Sep) includes 'High Street Evidence of Former Tramways', including photo of former Wolverhampton District Electric Tramways Ltd building in Mount Pleasant, Bilston (pg 3); 'Remembering Walsall to Wolverhampton by Trolleybus' (pg 22).
No. 945 (7 Oct)
No. 946 (14 Oct) includes 'What to do in an Air Raid', article about a guide produced by Joseph Sankey & Sons Ltd during the Second World War (pg 22).
No. 947 (21 Oct) includes photo of John Thompson Ltd football team during the 1956-57 season (pg 32).
No. 948 (28 Oct) includes 'Remembering Race Meets at Old Perton Airfield' (pg 15); 'Local Bowls Gets Official History', newly published by Staffordshire Crown Green Bowling Association (pg 17); 'Old Wolves Names Debated', further information about the photo of Wolves team circa 1914 (pg 31); 'Bilston Boys in the Sixties', photo of Stonefield School football team in 1968 (pg 32).
No. 949 (4 Nov) includes 'Bilston's Double Success', Bilston FC including photo of the team during the 1960-61 season (pg 32).
No. 950 (11 Nov) includes 'Lest We Forget', Wolverhampton memorials and events relating to the end of World War 1 (pg 7); 'Steam Wagon', photo of a Thornycroft (Basingstoke) Steam Wagon belonging to J N Miller, Old Steam Mill, Wolverhampton - see also issue no. 947, pg 1 (pg 10).
No. 951 (18 Nov) includes 'Local Firms' Part in the Battle of Britain', including Boulton Paul (pg 2); 'Mayoral Chauffeurs Get Together for a Drink and a Chat at Wolverhampton Civic', photo of Black Country civic chauffeurs at Wolverhampton Civic Hall in the 1950s or early 1960s (pg 15); 'Penn Girls Get Black Country Accolade', Penn Cricket Club junior girls team wins award, with photo of winners (pg 30); 'Old Wolves Names from 1893 Cup Final', photo of Wolves team and reproduction of team list from Wolves verses Everton match of 23rd March 1893 (pg 31); 'John Thompson's Under-17s', photo of John Thompson Limited works team of 1956-57.and players' names (pg 32).
No. 952 (25 Nov) includes 'Long Jump Champ Recalls Bilston Grammar School' with photo of pupils from 1957 (pg 4); 'Turning Back Time in Wolverhampton', feature about BBC Turn Back Time - The High Street series (pg 7); 'John Thompson's of Ettingshall and the Home Guard Training Camp' with photo (pg 22); 'More Memories of Bilston FC' (pg 32).
No. 953 (2 Dec) includes 'Lane Head and Wednesfield Grammar', photos of Wednesfield Grammar School girls tennis team and girls athletics team, both from 1962, with names where known (pg 27); 'Bilston FC Picture Revives Memories' (pg 31); John Thompson FC photo from the fifties era, with names where known (pg 32).
No. 954 (9 Dec) includes 'Bilston Central (later Grammar) School During the Second World War', photo of pupils with names where known (pg 2); 'Another Boulton Paul Flying Machine Remembered', image and reproduced advertisement for the Defiant (pg 17); 'Memories of Butlers CC', photo of team in the 1960s (pg 32).
No. 955 (16 Dec) includes 'The Mazeppa', article about The Mazeppa Inn, Moseley village, illustrated with photos and maps (pg 20); 'Wednesfield Pigeon Flyers', with a photo of the Wednesfield Homing Society in 1962 (pg 30); 'Bilston's Double Double Success', with a 1960-61 season photo of Bilston FC second team (pg 32).
No. 956 (23 Dec) includes 'The Demise of Elizabeth', article with photos about Bilston's last blast furnace (pg 5); 'Bilston Dad's Army', photos of Bilston Home Guard (pg 20); 'Wolves versus Walsall Town Swifts, 1889' (pg 31).
No. 957 (30 Dec) includes 'More Bilston Home Guard', a further selection of photos (pg 27); 'The Wartime Goal-Getter', article about the career of Wolves player Jack Aquaroff [Acquroff] (pg 32). | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Temporal: | Jul - Dec 2010 | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Elgar; Sir; Edward (1857-1934) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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