Wolverhampton
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Bedford Williams Store
Hello, does anyone remember the Bedford Williams Store in Victoria Street, Wolverhampton? I was employed there in 1962 until about 1964 in the fabric department and I also worked on the button covering counter and stocking repairs. My supervisor's name was Miss Corkingdale. I would love to see if anyone remembers the store. I now live in Australia and I am trying to build a memory book about my life in England. I was 15 years old when I started work there so it's been a long time. I hope someone can remember either me or the store, or both. Thank you from Kathy Downunder.
Contributed by Kathy Adams nee Cook
My parents wedding
Although I wasn't to be born for another 6 years, I remember my mother teling me about her wedding day here. My brother's name is Peter, I wonder if the connection is from this church?
Contributed by Sarah Hartley
West Midlands memories
Bedford Williams Store
Hello, does anyone remember the Bedford Williams Store in Victoria Street, Wolverhampton? I was employed there in 1962 until about 1964 in the fabric department and I also worked on the button covering counter and stocking repairs. My supervisor's name was Miss Corkingdale. I would love to see if anyone remembers the store. I now live in Australia and I am trying to build a memory book about my life in England. I was 15 years old when I started work there so it's been a long time. I hope someone can remember either me or the store, or both. Thank you from Kathy Downunder.
A memory of Wolverhampton contributed by Kathy Adams nee Cook
My parents wedding
Although I wasn't to be born for another 6 years, I remember my mother teling me about her wedding day here. My brother's name is Peter, I wonder if the connection is from this church?
A memory of Wolverhampton contributed by Sarah Hartley
Extracts From Wolverhampton & West Midlands books
With a DA registration plate, the automobile is from the
Wolverhampton area, and appears to be chauffeur-driven. In
the years immediately prior to the Great War, a number of
British car manufacturers got round the problem of the poor
state of most of the country’s roads by offering ‘colonial’
versions of their touring cars. These models had greater
ground clearance than vehicles manufactured for the domestic
market. In 1913 Standard offered a four-wheel drive.
An extract from from"West Midlands Pocket Album".
In the days of horse-drawn trams Darlington Street was considered
wide enough for a single line only, and here inbound and outbound cars
have made use of the passing loop. As can be seen, double-deck cars
required a pair of horses to pull them, sometimes three if the going was
particularly steep. These cars could carry about 20 passengers in the
saloon and 24 on the top deck.
An extract from from"West Midlands Pocket Album".
Almost no building work was carried out at Dudley Castle for the 200 years between 1340 and 1540,
but in 1540 John Dudley, later Duke of Northumberland, set about rebuilding the residential block on a
grand scale. The results are seen here. From the extreme left are a pantry, kitchen, serving place, buttery,
hall, and great chamber, most of which had bedrooms above. In zoo days the single-storey building on
the right was the aquarium.
An extract from from"Dudley Living Memories".
Historically, castle
baileys were home
to many people, and
something of that feel
is captured in this view
of relaxing zoo visitors
enjoying sun and ice
creams in the mid
1950s. The windowed
building in the centre
was lodgings added to
the castle around 1690,
some of the last new
construction on the
site. Next to that is the
rear of the gatehouse,
which is contemporary
to the keep.
An extract from from"Dudley Living Memories".
A close up view of John
Dudley’s handiwork, showing
the hall, centre left, and great
chamber, centre right. The
castle’s downfall was in two
stages. After the end of the
Civil War, it was slighted (or
de-fortified). This destroyed
the castle walls, turrets
and gatehouse, but left the
residential side unharmed. The
second stage was a major fire
on 24 July 1750, which blazed
for two days and finished the
castle as a residence. Here
visitors to the zoo loll about,
largely unaware of the history
that surrounds them.
An extract from from"Dudley Living Memories".