It makes me realise that nothing lasts forever, Wolves was magical in the 70's. Went out on a Friday night uptown, the Valhalla, Tavern in the town, down stairs at the Vic. Then we had 3 cinemas in the town centre, back then it was a cheap night out, never much trouble really. Give anything to do it all again!

@feline1104

3 жыл бұрын

My heart and soul are with you Anthony, these shared memories are so precious. Life was never a rose garden but our surroundings were more cultured and civilized, and people respected each other to a greater degree. My memories are also tied to my parents whu made our home in Penn, a very different world then, all changed in our life time. too much change too quickly and sadly not for the better! Thank you so much, very best wishes to you and yours. Take care Jayne x

@shahidibrahim9746

Жыл бұрын

Those were the days bantock park was my best times my mom sitting on the edge of the golf fairway next to the play area knitting away, she died in 2016. The closest I got to her in memory. I live in Edinburgh.

I rather like Wolverhampton, the indigenous population are the friendliest of people.It has a good brewery and lovely countryside on its doorstep.

My Wonderful home 'town' back in the great 70's - sadly now, a mere dark and desolate shadow of its former glorious and illustrious self!!!

@petejones879

Жыл бұрын

Mine too Wednesfield born and bred now in Oxley

I'm wolverhampton born and bred since 1968 so for me the wolverhampton I know from the late 70s shopping with my mom and nan to the 80s shopping with friends were great and lots of things have changed ..then my time in the 90s were even better the night life was the best ever its a shame its gone down hill abit I don't go to the town much now ...bit depressing and scarey

@user-ie5ez7rd9k

3 жыл бұрын

Tracy I went into the city centre last week it’s really really depressing absolutely disgusting place doesn’t make you want to be their one bit

W'ton was pretty funky during 70's era,the Brutalist architecture did seem all new and exciting back then.But the riff raff what moved in during the following decade and beyond turned areas like Heath Town into no-go zones and generally hell on earth.And of course Beatties and Snapes Tea shop are long gone.Rarely visit the town these days.

Thank you for this. I grew up in the 90's and i find your footage of Wolves in 1976 more familiar to my childhood than the town as it is today. I wouldn't say it was ever great and certainly those who lived there in the 50's and 60's could attest to that but the city has gone seriously backwards in the last 10-15 years. The city centre in particular is awful, a lot of it is empty and its full of druggies high off their heads on spice and shit. The Mander centre is all but dead. Where i grew up is almost unrecognizable. I honestly couldn't tell you what country most of the people on my childhood street are from. Most of the people i grew up around (Indian/Caribbean/white) have upped sticks and left. The area especially the local shops are full of homeless. Things seem dirtier and more run down than ever. A lot of the old pubs from back in the day are gone. A few years ago (well probably nearly 10 years ago) the last big money spent was probably the bus station and that silly bridge over the ring road. Now half the buses don't even go to the station and they changed all the numbers so nothing makes sense anymore and I'm sure it will take them 10 years to put 800 yards of metro tracks into the bus station. An excellent use of money given the state of the town. I'd go back to Wolves as it was in 1995 in a heartbeat.

@feline1104

5 жыл бұрын

So sad things have turned out like this. Wolverhampton was once a proud 'town' with a solid identity and supporting various thriving industries. My grand mother's neighbourhood was the first to fall and it seems the rot has spread outwards. At least in the 1970's we still had an identity and Wolverhampton was much prouder as the TOWN it was, city status has achieved nothing! Judging by the way of things what has befallen W'ton today is likely to be prophetic for the rest of the Britain in the near future, unless we start valuing what we still have remaining from what we once had. Best wishes and thank you for the comment.

@user-ie5ez7rd9k

3 жыл бұрын

In our dreams we wish we could but wolves will never be the same as it was back in the 90s

@imogenimeson664

2 жыл бұрын

529 bus is still going.

@liamsohal-griffiths1094

Жыл бұрын

“silly bridge over the ring road” I found it a particularly silly misuse of money bearing in mind it runs almost parallel to an existing perfectly functional bridge barely 10 metres away. The old one has also proven far more vandal-proof than the new.

I miss Beatties, a wonderful store, loved tea in the restaurant. Sadly all gone now.

This has brought back so many memories, especially watching the bottles of milk go round while we sat on the 525! Thank you!

@feline1104

5 жыл бұрын

Always fascinated by the workings of Midland Counties and what an iconic building that was! So much gone for good and we are poorer. Thanks so much for this great comment. Jayne Anne.

My father met my mother working at Midland Counties Dairy on Penn Road in the late 1950's.I was born in low hill in 1956 and grew up in the new estate of Ashmore Park before moving to Bushbury.Some great memories of the Molinuex,scooters,the French Duck,The Octopus ,Laff and under age drinking! 😂

Wow! really takes me back. Especially the footage of the old canal where I used to spend my hot summer days with the lads. Left Wolves in 93 for Chicago in the U.S., But Wolverhampton will always harbor fond memories of my childhood. Thanks for the Video!

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

kevin richards There's something about it that sticks! But then we always look back through those lovely rose coloured specs. 'All change' is however what has happened! As for me things change too quickly. But its nice to retrace backwards. Was it the canal in the town centre you mention or out towards Womborne? There is still some countryside left to the south west of town I'm glad to say. Great to receive these comments from Chicago. Thank you so much for posting .... best wishes Jayne Anne

@AC-tz8je

9 жыл бұрын

kevin richards Chicago is a cool place to live.

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

+Ann Campbell Home thoughts from abroad.....

@thesoultwins72

8 жыл бұрын

+Ann Campbell LOL Ann....more like 'windy' than cool!

@ketomoments8703

8 жыл бұрын

+Ann Campbell :-) I guess so, but like any other city, it has it's ups and downs. I'm exited to be coming back to Wolves in January to see my dad...cant wait!

I remember the travelator in the Wulfrun Centre - running down it as a kid and flying off the far end at 40mph!

@feline1104

3 жыл бұрын

It was very modernist in every way. A culture shock even then! And now, what have we? Thank you so much for this lovely memory.

I used to work in the Mander House in the late 70's. Thanks for posting this video - it brings back many memories!

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

Dear Carol thanks so much for your comment ..... this is what makes the net and KZread so wonderful ...to bring back these memories and to share them. Our paths have somehow crossed years ago yet the memory of that time and place remains green. Best wishes Jayne Anne.

I think its fair to say the so-called redevelopment of Wolverhampton in the 60's and 70's completely destroyed the stunning architecture of what was a beautiful town. "Concrete is what people want... Concrete and straight lines. Pour the concrete into straight lines"

@feline1104

4 жыл бұрын

There was once at good atmosphere and a modest sense of pride in the town..... surroundings changed atmosphere changed ...... things moving on too quickly.

Thank you for posting this.... brings back so many memorys ofmy childhood ..shopping with my mom.... great stuff

Grew up in Penn went to Springdale. Moved to Castlecroft and Smestow for teen years. Left in 88 and joined the Navy but the town and the club are in my heart. People are fantastic and the humour is magic. I used to watch the players train over Cassy hotel. Andy Gray, George Berry and Emlyn Hughes to name a few. A pint of mild and a bag of scratchings in the Hatherton on match days. Bostin ✊

Takes me back, the 'Old Still' the disco in the 'French Duck' Happy days in the 70's live in Devon now!!

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

The Tonks & Bates school of dance! The Gaumont cinema, Rodens' music shop, Beaties record dept, two interesting arcades ....etc.... Wolverhampton, another historic, industrial town that has lost its identity! See other comments re'..memories Thank you so much for comment, Devon is still lovely and we can still reflect on the past .... best regards Jayne Anne.

@sharmanrichardmilano2386

5 жыл бұрын

ivan french Great Days.

@karlarmstrong

4 жыл бұрын

what street was the french duck in I used the dirty duck in Walsall down in the killer bar the music was heavy rock.

@keithbate9405

3 жыл бұрын

@@karlarmstrong I used to go to the Dirty Duck in Walsall (1974 /76) for the Keller Rock music . Do you remember the DJ = Lance ? he played some great music. I would describe the music as more rock music generally than just heavy rock though. eg Elvis, The Beatles, Stones, Quo , Fleetwood Mac as well as Led Z , Deep Purple etc. Met some real characters down there (Patch, Mary, Shade to name just Three). Would love a reunion ! The French Duck was nothing like it was just off Queen Street going towards Princess Square. Can't remember the exact street name off hand .

@karlarmstrong

3 жыл бұрын

@@keithbate9405 yes there was tom and Simon ABBY was on the door in the stable bar the pub is now boarded up.

Some of my memories of that year wss the long hot summer and being a pupil at Whitmore secondary school. We didn't have a school field and used to have PE at the racecourse. There was even a Minister for drought who was a Brum MP Rt Hon Dennis Howell. Nice to reminisce.

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

Dear Courtney, Thank you so much for sharing these memories. I originally came from Penn, south west of the town, my mother's mother lived close to the town centre on the north east side, now all gone! Last time I visited some of my old haunts I came away with a feeling that the past is like another planet. Nice to know that some of the lovely countryside is still there within a sort distrance from the built-up areas, long may that last! I remember that year 76 very well, it was the year the film was edited, one or two images might have been from the previous year..... We were so glad when it eventually rained, I've never known a summer like that one since, and we'll never know such a decade as the 70s. The late 70s and 80s was like a major turning point it, certrainly seemed like the end of an era for me and Wolverhampton. Now some of the buildings are so out of character, its a town that seems to have lost touch with its roots, but perhaps that's just my view. Thanks again for your comments and for viewing the video. Yours with very best wishes Jayne..

@keithbate9405

9 жыл бұрын

Jayne Anne Strutt The greatest first line from any novel: "The past is a foreign country they do things differently there" ( Hartley "the go between"

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

+Keith Bate ...but there's nothing wrong in occasionally living it all again! Very best regards and thanks for your comment...

@keithbate9405

9 жыл бұрын

Jayne Anne Strutt Indeed Jayne ! If you walk around Wolverhampton city centre in 2015 you can see why people would prefer that past . So many empty properties' in the central area now. In the Internet age we need less central shops and more places to ,live. So to me the solution is obvious ,and where there are people living close by you will get shops and places of entertainment opening.

@EnglishRosezz7

8 жыл бұрын

+Courtney Smith...I remember that year well spending that hot summer at West Park. So many good memories when you look back!

Wolverhampton is now classed as a city ..... It is located in the Midlands of England UK, not far from Birmingham where the Bullring is.,

Great video & narrative Jayne, very impressed. It took me back to a bygone time, thanks so much

@feline1104

6 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed this video and appreciate your kind comment. Please 'stay-tuned' to this channel, there are more midlands memories available. Jayne Anne.

@todorradic

6 жыл бұрын

Jayne Anne Strutt nice one, I’ve subscribed to your channel. I remember being in many of the places in the video as a child. Pure wonderful nostalgia x

Thank you for sharing your video, I grew up in Fordhouses Wolverhapmton, most of my family are still there but I now live in Kent so watching your video brought back some great memories, I am back there in February as there is going to be a Three Tuns reunion, really looking forward to going home. I will be sharing your video on our group page Fordhouses past and present where there are lots of other pictures from our past. x

@feline1104

8 жыл бұрын

+Maggie Phillips Dear Maggie, great to receive this comment. My parents lived down the road from the Three Tuns Pub at Coven. So much has changed and is still changing rapidly (not for the better so sadly, I think)! it's nice to reflect back on how things used to be though. Have a great reunion in February I'll be thinking of you! Best Wishes from Jayne Anne.....

@maggiephillips4802

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for you reply Jayne Anne, Me and my older brother used to walk to coven bird nesting when we were about 9, its a lovely area. There are parts of Wolverhampton that has changed a great deal, but the Tuns area is still pretty much untouched although now the Tuns pub is a chinese restaurant thats was very sad seeing such a great landmark change but the Woodbine is still there I believe, but thanks again for such a fantastic video x

@kelonline

2 жыл бұрын

Marsh lane Bridge was the meet up point for us dossers back in the day....hahahha

Lived in Wolvo 1977-89 in Penn Fields. I remember the Midlands County Dairy building on the end of Lea Road, I think it was always derelict or at least it stopped being used in the early 80s. How the hell that was allowed to be demolished is beyond me thoug,h its a unique piece of architecture and solid and well constructed too I'd bet, unlike most buildings of that era. Some kind of corruption or criminality going on there for that to have happened. Normally the procedure was for an old listed building to lie derelict for years as it would cost too much to renovate it, then it would 'accidentally' burn down and within weeks construction would start on some crappy cheap new building, this happened with old hippodrome or theatre at the top of Dudley Street, which became the extremely nondescript Lloyd's Bank building in the late 70s/early 80s. I think something like that happened with the beautiful old steel and glass arcades that disappeared in the 60s to build the Mander Centre. I guess the County Dairy was too well built to burn down so someone took a bribe to not insist that it be kept as a listed building, and allow it to be demolished. Same with the Royal Hospital lol that's been empty for decades but it's too solid to burn it down. I reckon it will still be derelict in 20 years from now, because there's no market for the apartments they plan on converting it into, or they wouldn't make their money back if they did.

My Aunt and Uncle kept the Tiger in North Street around 1976. I had my first pint in the Gondolier. Super video ....

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

David R North Street - that used to be the main route North from the town centre and I recall several pubs along that road to the Five Ways rounabout just behind the football ground! The Gondolier was great at first a nice place to enjoy an early evening tipple then like so much deteriorated rapidly and acquired a bad and sadly violent reputation! Used to go to the Gifford Arms with parents many mooooons ago....... think things were better then!!!!

@user-cg7uw9uh6n

9 жыл бұрын

Hi Jayne I remember the Queen's public house in North St opersite the Tiger. The Queen's later became the TSB bank.

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

That's where I was made to open my first bank account.... a very formal business indeed! Used to go to great concerts at the Civic Hall justy down the road.... and recall royalty appearing on the balcony of the Town Hall while we all frantically waved! Haaaa those days of innocence!!! Thank You so much for sharing these memories and commenting. Jayne Anne

@peterturley1331

3 жыл бұрын

'Fox Inn', North Street/Molineux Street, was my parents pub for nearly 40 years. Both passed now, including the dear old pub. 😪

@user-cg7uw9uh6n

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterturley1331 Remember the fox inn. Do you remember the queens opposite the tiger? Good old rough pub

I lived in Bushbury 17 yrs....great memories of Wolverhampton We were The Precincts r r group 1962 to 1965....Northicote school super.

@feline1104

7 жыл бұрын

Happy days Ernie! I still have friends in Bushbury! Glad to stir up a few pleasant memories...

@Brutus2455

7 жыл бұрын

Waterhead brook.....1957 58 59 60

Nice to see but couldn't get out fast enough! I'm low hill, heath park high school.. Enjoyed the video thank you and Merry Christmas x

excellent video brings back memories must have been 10 then .Still live in wolves and always talk about old times

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

Nirmal Singh Dear Nirmal - it's good to share these memories with you, thank you so much much for commenting ..... Jayne Anne

Year of the heatwave!

@feline1104

Жыл бұрын

Remember it well ....

Great film and a top choooon to back it!!!!!!!

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your comment, so glad to share this with you......Jayne.

@andrewhooton3406

9 жыл бұрын

Some great memories from the film and it was a pleasant surprise to hear some DTTB to accompany it!

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

Andrew Hooton My pleasure, and memories also....Jayne.

Not use to seeing my town looking clean, I'm a wolverine born in Wolverhampton love ya Wolverhampton

@feline1104

4 жыл бұрын

russ russyboyblue Thanks for the great comment Russ x

I remember it just like this. Ace video but aaaaargggh the music! MY EARS ARE BLEEDING :)

@feline1104

8 жыл бұрын

Great comment ..... thank you for the feedback, hope the ears are still working!

Excellent video compilation, did you shoot the film Jayne? You must have been up very early and on a Sunday to get some of these shots with no people and no traffic. Absolutely terrific. Love your film.

@feline1104

5 жыл бұрын

It was early one Sunday Morning, trying out a new Super 8 mm movie camera. Drove from Penn and then went around Wednesfield and Willenhall to capture some of the atmosphere of a place that was then beginning to change beyond recognition. So glad you like this film so much, thank you for this great comment, much appreciated xx

Bostin video, ar kid! hate to,say it but it looked better then than now 😧

I remember the hot summer of 76

nice to see the mander centre looking so clean and tidy and totally empty too, must have been very very early? The views from the roof of it havent changed much today other than some buildings missing. I like how you can see the flatsat merry hill too

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks ...yes, it was very early on a Sunday morning with a new SUPER 8 cine camera Lots of fun filming and editing this. Now - so many memories especially around Penn. Thanks so much for the comment I have only just picked up.......Jayne

this takes me back

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

Takes me back back too! Thanks

@keithbate9405

9 жыл бұрын

Jayne Anne Strutt Oh Sorry Jayne did not realize you were the up loader. Thanks for this trip to that "foreign country" So many memories' the old arcade off Queen square, The club Laff where saw many famous and infamous bands eg The Jam, Sex Pistols etc.

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

Dear Keith, remember buying records from a shop in the Queen's Arcade, the Dudley St one got burnt down. The Club Laff and the old cinema on the corner which became a refuge for homeless men . Also recall the Slade playing in the crypt of Darlington St Church. Love that quote about the past.....but I do think we should cherish the past and not abandon it too quickly! Thanks so so much for sharing these thoughts... Jayne Anne

@keithbate9405

9 жыл бұрын

Jayne Anne Strutt I agree about cherishing the past Jayne. Talking about buying records only one record shop left in W'ton now HMV (not for much longer I suspect) . I can remember when there were 6/7. Long gone Sundown Records was one of my 1976 favs at the time of this film. Towns/cities' change so much over a 30/40 year period. I like Mountain/hill walking and glad that places I love such as Buttermere in the LD and Dent dale/Dent in the Yorkshire Dales pretty are as they were as i first experienced them in the early /mid 1970's (I even came face to face with Alfred Wainwright one day in the early 1980's in Ingleton North Yorkshire). Re the Laff I was in the club around 1980 when the national front instigated a riot at an Angelic Upstarts gig. So not all memories' are rose tinted eh ?

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

I'm back there!

Hi again Jayne hope you do not mind another comment . Weird to see no one about. But I saw W'ton once like this at 10am on a Sat morning on a certain day in August 97 (the day of Princess Di's funeral). it was eerie and possibly unique in the history of W'ton. Interesting how at the end of the film you travel forward 30/35 years. But even then things change. The canal club has been gone for a few years now. Yet around the year 2000 it was voted the leading night club in the country for 2 years running. Coaches used to come up from London ! I have traveled the UK and the world but am now back in South West Wolverhampton. I have never seen the city centre so run down with large tracts of empty buildings in all my experience (over 50 years). The council have not realized that due to the rise of the Internet (last 10 years or so) retail has and is changing at an unprecedented rate.

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

Keith Bate Sad, so sad about Wolverhampton, once a great centre of manufacturing cars - Sunbeam, bikes - AJS, beer, tyres, locks etc ...... I originally lived at Penn, Spring Hill area at the No 11 bus terminus! Remember the trolly buses well! Something else that should have been cherished and modernised. But no it all has to go! I'm not a fan of rapid change as you can tell! ( Have you seen 'Yesterday at the Black Country Museum'?)The old Super 8 film was shot early one Sunday morning and it was lovely quiet, and after rain, a sort of melancholy atmosphere. Shame about Springfields Brewery, my poor old Dad's favourite drink. That building in itself was iconic there is a video on Yutube by a channel that features urbane ruins..so sad to see, having been badly burnt down. It's like seeing bits of yourself torn up into pieces! What all towns need is a bit of good old fashioned pride of the sort we had just after the war and that has slowly become almost politically incorrect! Well that's my rant of the day..... Thanks for all your kind comments, they certainly sadly confirm the reality. But we can still stare rosey eyed through the medium of KZread .....Best wishes Jayne Anne

@keithbate9405

9 жыл бұрын

Jayne Anne Strutt Will look at that Black Country Museum video. Thanks for the uploads and your memories' of that long gone Foreign country "where they DO things differently "

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

Hi again Keith, also see 'More Midland Memories', on this channel...I'm full of nostalgia! ...best wishes.

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

Keith Bate Dear Keith - 'More Midland Memories' might be of interest with old movie footage ..... around the area.

@keithbate9405

9 жыл бұрын

Jayne Anne Strutt Thanks Jayne for all this "time travelling" to that "foreign country" that we both knew so well and has gone for ever (sigh)

in terms of acutal street and roads and some parts of the main town they look the samw as today

Love the film so much. What is the tall white and black building on the left of the screen at 04:27? I don't recall this.

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

I think it was HQ to an insurance company by Ring Road.

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this comment ...got me thinking ....

@liamsohal-griffiths1094

Жыл бұрын

It was a university building. It was demolished in around 1999 and replaced by a shorter brick building, which is still used by the university.

Brutalist architecture. It could be anywhere. It looks like Stockport Mersey Way shops.

@feline1104

2 жыл бұрын

All Wolverhampton on this video following the trend of that era. Not as horribly 'Brutalist' as in some places though!

Great video, but the music is amazing - what is the title and who is the artist?

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

The Zodiac ...Down to the Bone .... glad you enjoyed it ...best regards Jayne

Familar but unfamilar views, i was only 3 in 1976 mind

@feline1104

6 жыл бұрын

Christian St Martin Know what you mean Christian. Some things are still familiar but others shockingly not so. Thanks for the comment and glad to share this with you.

Wolverhampton 76 - all change

Nothings changed in 50yrs, no growth or development or investment............. 50yrs!

What country is this in UK or US what is it in Bullring or Different one

@kaitsith3081

8 жыл бұрын

+GojiraPower 40Godzilla UK and the Bullring centre is a shopping centre to the south-east in Birmingham.

Grew there in the 70,s do not know what happened to the town..

@feline1104

2 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. Its seems to be spreading everywhere, some places fair worse though.

Are you from Wolverhampton Jayne? Love the music.

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

Yes Ann near there...

I remember that milk diary on Lee Road. !! Where MacDonald is now...

@feline1104

5 жыл бұрын

Also one of my memories, along the road to where I used to live.

@birrysund3269

5 жыл бұрын

@@feline1104 we lived in ashland street in 1966, when that milk dairy was derelict I went to explore inside the building. There was two big steel milk container inside the building. These containers were massive, there was a airraid shelter on Retreat Street and Lea Road corner. I went to explore inside that as well with my friends. I remember it very clearly, those were the best days. In my life. The milk dairy was knocked down in October 1988. I'm 56 years old now...

@feline1104

5 жыл бұрын

@@birrysund3269 There was I think a Redifusion office near there. From the days many used a wired Television and radio system. Mother took me to a bad dentist in Lea Road took all the wrong ones out!

@az3378

4 жыл бұрын

Birry Sund I live on lea road lol

Hi again been a while Jayne,. Sorry to report that Wolverhampton City centre is getting even more empty and run down. Since I last posted 2/3 years ago All of the following restaurants have gone in the matter of around 5 years or so : All of which I used to use regularly. Catalinellis (used to be cataldo's) , Pepitos , Geppeto;s, The Imperial Chinese , The Standard , Neelakash, Spice Avenue. WH Smith no longer have a store in W'ton. Sadly it looks as if House of Fraser are going to close the Old Beatties' store judging by the persistent rumours. The new Debenhams store is not doing that well ,and is having huge issues with Shop lifting. . Around one third of the city centre is empty or charity shops. Yes there are developments planned around the old market area . But who is going to occupy these buildings ? the commercial rates do not reflect that people are shopping on line more and more. Just up the road Birmingham is booming with few unoccupied buildings . very sad for Wolverhampton

@feline1104

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment Keith. Do you live in the Penn area then? I once lived there and it was regarded as one of the better places to reside. The process of urban decay seems to be a national issue. I live in a seaside town that has suffered in a similar way. The reasons are several fold, but I feel that local councils have their own agenda or perhaps one that they are committed to that is not favourable to thriving communities and town centres in fact there seems to be more emphasis on out of town business parks on or near greenfield sites while they make it difficult and expensive for any in-town enterprise. I wonder what that agenda might be? It is for the local people to vote according to results then to get involved in local government planning etc.... Apathy is the best friend of those who wish to undermine pride in our communities and country. Wolverhampton used to be a great place and so industrious and the 'technical college' was brilliant well before Wolverhampton became a 'City' and 'University Town'. It has a rich heritage of which my grandparents where apart that it's people should be proud to preserve. The news I'm hearing about my former home town makes me both angry and sad, what you say just confirms the worst fears. Thanks for the comment Keith can't say it makes me feel any better.

@keithbate9405

6 жыл бұрын

I live in Penn Fields not far from the old Midland Counties Diary site. When I firs moved in this area was a "student area" . In the last few years there has been a huge influx of people from the former Eastern Block. I have travelled the world and have ended up in my home city/town. But in my memory going back nearly 60 years I have never seen it in the state it is now. The local Council are complacent , and keep talking about all the development planned . But who will occupy these offices ? who will go to the Cinema they are planning to build ? we have already have the Light hous ein the city centre . Plus a multiplex by New Cross Hospital. City centre rents and rates are sky high and do not reflect the change in social habits re Amazon and the internet etc . ps Mary Portas said 6 years ago that W'ton city centre was unlikely to recover. Surely the loss of Beatties ' will be the final nail in the coffin I agree with all your comments.

@feline1104

6 жыл бұрын

This saddens me more than words can say. The local indigenous people have lost control of the ship and now it is sinking. My grandparents are turning in their graves. Years ago I tried to make a difference that met with indifference and apathy. Where do we go from here I wonder?

@keithbate9405

6 жыл бұрын

Of course people voted for Brexit . But will it happen in any meaningful way? the most powerful people in the country in Business and Politics are determined to block it erode it (see the recent votes in the House of Lords also Blair / Major/ Helsetine,/ Clarke/ Gina Miler / George Soros etc etc but is it too late anyway ? . Millions have come in in recent years . Most to work but more recently maybe to get what they can eg see the recent immigration figures where Romanians have overtaken the Irish (since 2014) and are second only to the Poles. Penn Fields has a Romanian grocers shop ! all the other 60+ people like me who live in the area feel they have been marginalised . Accused of racism when they protest . But note this evil creed of PC has/is (see Telford) allowed the sexual abuse gang rape of white children (mostly girls) and teenagers by ( Mainly) Pakistani men eg Rotherham/Rochdale/ Coventry/Oxford etc etc the pc idiots in positions of authority (Social workers/ Police etc ) preferred to blame "Bad girls " (calling them Prostitutes . even girls as young as 12 ????) rather than confront the men > and be accused of racism Those who have done this are still in their lovely public sector jobs, They should have been sacked and actually charged with criminal offences for ignoring such vile/evil things. ps Forgot to mention W'ton is full of many single homeless people of both sexes . One man who used to work at Goodyears = Simon (rip) as an engineer but was made redundant/marriage broke up ended on the street (council not interested in housing single people . Only families and refugees ) froze to death in the bad wintry weather pps just heard on the news that a 15yo boy has died in the Merry Hill area of W'ton after a disturbance involving a gang of youths (gang culture for sure seems to be getting worse in major cities'.

@feline1104

6 жыл бұрын

Worst fears confirmed Keith ....... most depressing, so many people were feeling isolated back in the 1970's. Tolerance and decency has been overtaken by excessive political correctness then and now most people leave things to others or just don't care until trouble knocks at their own door. My heart bleeds for Wolverhampton and I recall the days when it was part of Staffordshire with a proud population the MP.S we had then were more genuine and clearly one thing or another the choice was stark and the voters of W'ton SW made their choice but that was undermined by siren voices in government and elsewhere even then. I have nothing but sadness Keith but no regrets about trying to change the trend of things without abandoning tolerance and decency which is part of our national makeup. But every thing has been hijacked under the noses of those who preferred not to bother, now Brexit is being hijacked needless to say back 1975 then I voted along with other to come out, the nation voted to stay in believing the myth that economic unity can be achieved without political union! Things have gone so far now, the waking-up of the population may be a little too late. Given a time machine I'd certainly go backwards in time with all the problems of the past included, the prospect of the future fills me with apprehension. Best wishes to you Jayne Anne P>S Take a look at the 'Midlands Memories' playlist on this channel there's much more nostalgia.

I think at 2.22 there is a sculpture by Barbara Hepworth. Very impressive.

@feline1104

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was called 'Rock Form', where has it gone I wonder?

@Elvis-guy1973

Жыл бұрын

​@@feline1104 It's sitting in the foyer of the art gallery.

@Elvis-guy1973

10 ай бұрын

It's about the only thing they haven't bulldozed or destroyed in this town.

@Elvis-guy1973

10 ай бұрын

It's about the only thing they haven't bulldozed or destroyed in this town.

Iv'e been told that Wolverhampton has changed for the worse. I last visited in 99 from Chicago. I wonder if the open borders and further European integration has begun to change the Social-economic makeup of English towns and cities. Anyway, I'll be back in January after 10 years to see for myself. It couldn't have changed too much since I last visited.

@keithbate9405

8 жыл бұрын

+kevin richards Sad to say it has changed very adversely and prepare yourself for a very sad experience..In fact you have already had that shock I see. it is 31/1/16 as I type this W'ton in 99 was booming ! the city centre was full of thriving bars/clubs restaurants etc . The canal club was voted the top nightclub in the country and coaches used to come up from London. Out of town shopping centres' But even more so the rise of Internet shopping in the last 10 years (and the latter is still increasing year on year) has changed things enormously. Moreover, I am afraid to say the local Council has not realized that you cannot keep rising rents and Business rates ,when shop footfall has "dropped off a cliff" (and hence profits to pay the rent/rates). I recently walked around Wolverhampton and I would say around a quarter of retail space is closed or boarded up/knocked down. The city centre is also full of charity shops /betting shops . My earliest memories' of Wolverhampton go back to 1961 . I have never seen it so run down and in decline as 2016. Just one example re my fav restaurants of the last 40 years or so have all gone. The Neelakash , The Imperial, Geppeto's , Pepito's , The Standard, . All long standing restaurants. All gone in the last 3 years or so. I know the UK very well . I have been in Brighton and Bristol recently. They are both booming compared to W'ton. As are many other places. Mary Portas the Govt retail adviser has said that run down cities' and towns like W'ton will never recover to what they were and will simply fall behind even more (Birmingham is booming too) . I have a solution that some may not like. I would totally redevelop the City centre of run down places like W'ton /Crewe/Stoke etc. We need houses/homes badly for an ever increasing population.. I would reduce the retail/entertainment area and build homes instead. These people would then spend their money on shops and the restaurants etc nearby .would lead to a revival (hopefully) ps the funding would come from private developers /central Govt etc. But I think the local councils need to realize that the world has changed.. That has been a major issue in W'ton's decline

@kevokell1

8 жыл бұрын

+Keith Bate +Keith Bate Ok, I'm taken back to say the least. I'm very saddened and shocked to hear that our once thriving town(City) could have changed so much in such a short period of time for the worst. To think that places such as; The Neelakash, The Imperial, Geppeto's, Pepito's, The Standard, are no more tells me that something is seriously wrong with our once great city. It pretty much sounds like the city council has got their head up their asses, although the tech boom has played it's part as well in the degradation of the city center. I think we need to first start by firing the entire city council and the wall street type accountants that have emptied our city coffers, and start afresh. For example... any type of leadership with common sense and business know how would not let the core retail sector of the city to become as you stated"The city center is also full of charity shops /betting shops" Those stores are the effect of downward spiral of the City and testament of the poverty and joblessness that follows. I think I may need to come back and run for office...LOL!

@keithbate9405

8 жыл бұрын

+kevokell1 Yes sorry to be so down beat but one walk around the city centre will reveal that I have not exaggerated . In fact as a Further example WH Smith have just closed their store. They must have been present in Wolverhampton for around 100 years or so. Moreover, Tesco are leaving in late Feb. Of course Woolworths are long gone .Beatties' is simply not as it was either since House of Fraser took over. You cannot blame the council for everything. But trying to run the city centre as if online shopping did not exist can be put at their door. The continuing ddecline of the outdoor market is also depressing. One ray of sunshine a new Debenham's store is being built in the Mander centre. But I suspect it may be too little too late. What annoys me and others (also applies to the NHS and many public service jobs) is the salaries' of management . People on six figure plus salaries ' with frankly no meaningful accountability in the real world . ps sadly in my experience people with common sense are unlikely to be elected . That is how out of touch these people are. Remember some of the recent UK scandals . Councils and police all over the UK ignoring sexual molestation of thousands of children by gangs of grown men (eg Rotherham 2000- 2013). Scandals in NHS Hospitals such as Stafford where patients died. The recent mental heath scandal in the south of England where people died and the manager /Executive has refused to resign . No wonder when she is earning 200K a year. very nice if you can get these jobs. nuff said

@kevokell1

8 жыл бұрын

OMG!!! WH Smith...Tesco...I used to always go to Smith to catch up on the sports in the Magazines and what have you. It's kind of hard to imagine some of the core retail of your childhood are no more. Do they still have the outside market? My mum used to always take me there on Saturdays when I was a kid. Well, as we speak I'm looking up tickets to fly over in February. Maybe I'll fly in Via Birmingham to see how much that's changed. In all honesty, it's probably worse over here when it comes to class warfare than in England. Chicago for example is one of the most segregated cities in America. On one side you have people living in downtown condos and Lofts, worth in the tens of millions, and in many Chicago neighborhoods Such as Roseland, Englewood etc... it's rife with poor housing, people living on food stamps(government cash for food) Section 8, (US version council housing), with the difference being you can live in private sector homes and they pay the rent. The wealth disparity in the US is shocking...The funny thing about it is, if you challenge the status quo, as Obama did with trying to implement healthcare for everyone then your called a European socialist. Nuff said.

@keithbate9405

8 жыл бұрын

+kevokell1 The outdoor market has been run down to a shadow of what it was 20 years ago (even 10) You will be shocked compared to your last visit. .Yet there are numerous managers' running it on 20K plus salaries' In Capitalism you will always get a huge difference between rich and poor. But the UK because of Govt policies ' has mitigated this compared to a more market driven system like the USA. But in recent years that gap has widened enormously. people at the top effectively have been allowed to set their own salaries (no market reason for these high salaries) ' whilst wages for the mass of the workers have been constrained. . Immigration of low skilled Labour has added to this. since 2004. Blair allowed uncontrolled EEC Immigration. ps You will see that Birmingham is booming. Again Council policies' are part of the reason why Birmingham is doing well and Wolverhampton (and Walsall) not. . Council attitudes to outdoor markets are a good example of the decline in the Black country and Wolverhampton (eg Walsall /Willenhall and Wolverhampton markets have all declined in reason years' because of unjustified rent rises. people in the public sector have no concept of how businesses operate. They simply see them as a "cash cow" nuff said

I've just looked at your profile pic jayne you look very familiar to me

our ode mon poured concrete on the mander center while it was under construction he had his own concrete wagon an ode foden he poured concrete on the m6 when they built it and in the 80s he used to flog me concrete for £ 20 a metre delivered i was on mi way to becoming a millionaire lol

Where are all the people?

@feline1104

9 жыл бұрын

Early one Sunday morning ...

Welcome to the ghettos 0:24 Soon come

@realityisdigital

5 жыл бұрын

I'm smokin a joint to this one.....oh yeah COUGH COUGH 0:27

@realityisdigital

5 жыл бұрын

When I'm doing my rounds I get down. I get down I say. I get down to the funky sounds 3:22

@realityisdigital

5 жыл бұрын

hey PAUSE where's my smoking jacket? I just wanna kick back and relax yo PAUSE Ya dig?

Nice now but it was rather crap growing up there in the 60's and 70's. I emigrated many years ago to various other cities and now live in Poland

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They ruined the place😢

Rather a bleak view of 70s Wolverhampton - not really as I remember it, or wish to remember it. I wonder what the purpose of this video is? All a bit too depressing and unrepresentative of what was once a vibrant city.

@feline1104

Жыл бұрын

It's a bit of fun from the 1970's don't be so depressing!

@simonh6371

Жыл бұрын

It was probably filmed on a Sunday. Back in the 70s the Mander and Wulfrun Centres themselves were open on Sundays but all the actual shops inside had to be closed so hardly anyone went there. But my Grandparents unusually lived in the town centre on Lichfield Street, they were live-in caretakers of an office building there, with a big flat on the top floor, smack bang opposite St. Peters Church, so we used to go for walks through the empty centre on Sundays. In the middle of the Mander there was a weird spiral ramp going up to the second level thing with a red central bit, and I remember my Grandad telling me that Father Christmas lived inside it, and I believed him. Sometime in the 80s they put shutters on all the entrances to the Mander & Wulfrun centres so you couldn't access after the shops closed, the whole centre of Wolverhampton started to get dodgy then and you wouldn't want to go there anyway. I remember how my mom ushered me & my sister very quickly up to the multi storey one weekday evening at 5:30 when the shops closed so we could escape quickly before it got too dangerous, that was mid 80s. After 6pm it was bikers only in the Tavern in the Town and no-go for most people.

@davidsaunders2906

7 ай бұрын

I was born in Low Hill in 1956 and raised in Ashmore Park before moving to Bushbury at 11 years old.Fond memories of The French Dutch,The Octopus and the Laff.

@davidsaunders2906

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for uploading this Jayne!

@davidsaunders2906

7 ай бұрын

Cheese and onion rolls in the Elephant and Castle before the game! Magic memories far from depressing!!!!