|
A brief history of the Macdonald sisters and their connections to
Wolverhampton by David Bennett. |
| A Childhood
Reminiscence by Anne Knight. Her childhood memories of Penn. |
|
Daisy Alcock by Bev Parker. She was one of the greatest
calligraphers of her century. |
| Joseph Barney
by Olga Baird. An important Wolverhampton born artist. |
|
Tom Barrett
by Bev Parker. A tribute to a man who gave his life for Sunbeam. |
| Frank Batkin's
recollections of Penn, Castlecroft, his father and childhood.
Recollections of his early years in Penn and Castlecroft and his
father's barber's shop. |
| Sir William Bayliss
by Helen Priddey. The director of Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss, and
Professor of Physiology, who discovered hormones. |
| Jim Boulton
- An Appreciation by Bev Parker. |
| The Clark
Family and Their Business by Valerie Wood. |
| Violet
Collins' Memories of Old Wolverhampton by Robert Harley. |
|
Leonard Cottrell by Frank Sharman. The prolific author and
broadcaster. |
| Joe Davies -
The Incomparable Joe by Bev Parker. |
| The Rev. George
Everard by Frank Sharman. The second vicar of St. Marks
and prolific evangelical writer. |
| Henry Fowler of
Bilston by Judith Glover |
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The Revd. John Eddowes Gladstone
by the Revd. Dr. Glynne Watkin. Evangelical Vicar of St. Matthew’s
Church, Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton: 1870- 1889 |
| The Revd.
Alexander Baring Gould by the Revd. Dr. Glynne Watkin. The
life and work of the first vicar of St. Mark's, Chapel Ash. |
|
Samuel Griffiths
by Frank Sharman. A larger than life Wulfrunian business man of
the 19th century. |
|
Sydney Guy by Bev Parker. Brilliant
engineer, and founder of Guy Motors. |
|
Maud Highfield remembers .... living and working in
Wolverhampton for more than ninety years. Ang Johnson records a
long and busy life. |
| The Revd. Alfred Charles
Howell by the Revd. Dr. Glynne Watkin. The life and work
of the vicar of St. Matthew's. Horseley Fields, 1900 to 1910. |
| James
Powell Jones by Gill Alleeson. The story of Tettenhall's
author and historian, and founder of the Wolverhampton Archaeological
Society. |
| The
Reverend Kenneth Hunt "Wolves footballing parson"
by Patrick
A. Quirke. |
| Sir Rupert Kettle
Prince of Arbitrators by Frank Sharman. |
| Cyril Kieft by
Jim Evans. The story of Cyril Kieft and his Formula 2 and Formula 3
racing cars. |
| Lawrence Meynell
by Frank Sharman. The life and works of Wolverhampton's most
prolific author. |
| Life in Ladymoor Road by
Cynthia Turner. Childhood memories on the 1920s and of Mada
Leene, the Bilston palmist. |
|
Lyons Wright by Dave Fullwood. Wolverhampton's Chief Water
Engineer. |
| Mollie's Memoir
Molly Cox's childhood memories. |
|
Jim Morgan: bus driver, model maker and weightlifter.
by Frank Sharman. |
|
Richard Morgan by Jeff Morgan. The life and career of a locally
born baritone who had a long and successful career. |
| The Revd. Joseph Butterworth
Owen
by the Revd. Dr. Glynne Watkin. The life and work of a 19th
century vicar of St. Mary's, Bilston. |
| Sara Wells Page by Olga
Baird. A Parisian artist from Wolverhampton. |
| Thomas Parker
by Bev Parker. A tribute to an inventive genius and early pioneer in the
electrical manufacturing industry. |
|
The Priests of St. Matthew’s Church,
Horseley Fields, 1846-1945 by the Revd. Dr. Glynne Watkin. Biographical
detail of seven priests who served as vicar at St. Matthew's Church during
the period 1846 to 1945. |
| Sophia Amelia
Prosser, by G. A. Loach. The life and works of an authoress
with Bilston connections. |
| The Revd.
William Prosser, by G. A. Loach. The life of the long serving
vicar of St. Luke's, Bilston. |
| Some Famous People of
Wolverhampton by Keith Farley. |
| Jack Spittle: the
Lorry Driver's Life by Frank Spittle. The life and work of a
lorry driver (and model maker) from Wolverhampton. |
| Geoffrey Stevens
by Bev Parker. Our last direct link with A.J.S. |
| The Remarkable Story of the
Reverend William Dalton
by Peter Hickman. The life of a famous preacher who greatly
influenced 19th century Wolverhampton. |
| Three Serbian Songs by
Phil Jones. The lives and work of Dr Ernest Darby, Madame
Florence Parkes Darby and Vaudrey Darby of the Wolverhampton Music
School. |
|
George Benjamin Thorneycroft by Bev Parker. A successful
industrialist and Wolverhampton's first mayor. |
| Lieutenant-Colonel
Thomas Thorneycroft by Bev Parker. A larger than life figure who
lived at Tettenhall Towers. |
| The Revd. John
Thorneycroft Hartley by Frank Sharman: Wolverhampton man
wins Wimbledon. |
| Evelyn Underhill
by Frank Sharman. A short account of the life of the mystic
and writer on mysticism. |
| Visitors Books
by Val Wood. The story of Edward and Louisa Handley and a
theatrical boarding house in Wolverhampton; and how the family moved to
New Zealand. |
|
Matthew Biggar
Walker by Olga Baird. Patron of Artists and Arts |
| George Wallis, a
Pioneer of Industrial Art by Frank Sharman. The life and work of one
of the great Victorian design gurus. |
| The Rev. and Mrs. O. F.
Walton by Frank Sharman. The novelist wife of the vicar of
St. Jude's provides a description of Daisy Bank at the end of the
nineteenth century. |
| Cornelius Whitehouse
by Bev Parker. The story of the man who invented the tubes that made
town gas distribution a practicality. |
|
Five Generations of Worralls - 1758 to 1901
by Miriam Jennings. The story of a Willenhall lock making family. |
