A fine view of Wolverhampton Polytechnic, seen from the top of St. Peter's Church tower in June 1988, during a special church open day.

Another view of Wolverhampton Polytechnic from the top of St. Peter's Church tower, looking towards Bushbury Hill and Essington.


The view from the top of St. Peter's Church tower, looking across Chapel Ash to Brown Clee Hill, in the distance.

The view from the top of St. Peter's Church tower, looking across Wolverhampton with the new Sainsbury’s supermarket in St. Georges Parade in the foreground and Tipton and Sandwell beyond.


Looking down on Lichfield Street and St Peters Gardens from the top of St. Peter's Church tower.


The view from the top of St. Peter's Church tower looking down Broad Street towards Heath Town.

A view from the derelict Great Western Railway track bed, looking towards St. Leonard’s Church in Walsall Street, Bilston. It remained in this state until the late 1990s when it was used for the Midland Metro, which opened on the 30th May, 1999.


Another view of the derelict Great Western Railway track bed.

The Clifton Cinema was built in 1863 as the Prince of Wales Theatre and later became The Star, and then the Hippodrome. When the Theatre Royal in Cleveland Road closed, the Hippodrome became the New Theatre Royal. It is seen during demolition in 1981.

The Clifton Cinema was badly damaged by fire in 1913 and subsequently rebuilt, becoming the Clifton in 1931, after being converted to a cinema. It closed in February 1966 and the following month re-opened as a bingo club, which finally closed in 1978. It was demolished to make way for the new police headquarters, which opened in 1992.

Next to the cinema was a car park with S & S Washing Machines' workshop at the rear. Behind is the chimney belonging to John Holmes, manufacturing confectioners in Tower Street.

Across the road from the Clifton Cinema was Cozens & Company's factory where all kinds of industrial belts were manufactured. On the right is Smart Shoe Repairs shop, and the premises of G. P. Hammond, a commercial artist.

St. George’s Church and graveyard in the early 1980s, a few years before it was acquired by Sainsbury's to become part of a Supermarket in 1986.

The construction of Ring Road St Davids, the last section of Wolverhampton Ring Road to be built. It opened in 1986. Courtesy of David Parsons.

The Union Mill which began producing flour in early 1813 and bread later that year. Loaves of bread were sold at an affordable price which greatly angered the already established bakers and millers. In 1842 the mill was run by Savage, Parkes & Shaw and in 1851 it was occupied by the Union Mill Flour & Bread Company. It was purchased by Wolverhampton Council in October 1986 and greatly damaged after a fire in July 1989. The building was then demolished.

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