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Snow Hill was another commercial centre with the
Agricultural Hall to the left. Villiers' statute was soon
to bow to the pressure of increasing traffic and retreat to West
Park. Up Snow hill there are shops and churches, both
Catholic and Non-conformist. But left and right of it were
acres of factories, small and large. |
| We have now moved further south, to what is now
the Royal Wolverhampton School, on the Penn Road. The
original buildings on this site date from 1853 but there have
been numerous additions since. At this time this was a
Masonic school in all but name. |
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This is the Royal Hospital on Cleveland Street. This photo shows the original building, built in 1845. It
pre-dates the new Edward VII wing which was added to the left side of
the building in 1912. |
| Thought by some to have spoiled the view down Darlington
Street and by others to have improved it, St. Mark's Church on Chapel
Ash was an unmissable land mark. It was built in 1848-49. |
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At the bottom of Chapel Ash was the Eye Infirmary, a
specialist hospital made necessary by the dangers of local industry.
This original part dates from 1888. |
| And so we come out of town to Tettenhall, which by this
time was a favourite place for rich industrialists to build their
gentlemen's residences, away from the smoke and grime which made them
rich. But everyone thought it a very picturesque place and it was
a favourite for trips out of town, especially if you had visitors. |
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Coming back towards town we reach West Park, a very
popular place with almost everyone and also the site of many shows and
exhibitions. The park opened in 1881 and by the time of this photo the
trees were still not fully developed. |
| Before diving back into the town centre, we have a stop
over at the top of Compton Holloway. The fields in the distance
are now covered by the suburbia of Finchfield. |
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