Spring and summer #photography
Through spring and summer there will be a lot more opportunities for me to take photos. I want to do more events this year and I did one on Saturday night. In this picture, you can see the church that dominates the skyline. There was a fund raising show on Saturday, to raise funds to repair the ‘Woden’ window. (more…)
The Review: Changing times
These are the churches in Wednesbury
Christmas is a religious festival, despite the commercialisation. Where I live the roads are horrendous as people frantically try to get their shopping and make Christmas a special time. There is Christmas music everywhere, trying to get people in the mood; but it won’t be a Merry Christmas for the homeless. (more…)
A bit of Bank holiday history.
Today’s picture is of the Tame close to Bescot, it was a bit overgrown when I took this one. This is close to where Elwell’s forge would have been years ago. That’s the fascinating subject of the History of Wednesbury blog post this weekend.
The Wednesbury hoard
Princess Ethelfleda
Could there be a hoard of gold buried at Wednesbury, undiscovered for nearly a thousand years? Ethelfleda or Æthelflæd was known as the Lady of the Mercians and was a warrior princess who fought against the Vikings. Her younger brother Edward also led the fight against the Vikings throughout Staffordshire and beyond. It is said the hoard of gold now known as the ‘Staffordshire hoard’ belonged to Edward, given to him by their father King Alfred. But what happened to the hoard of his sister, Ethelfleda? (more…)
Wednesbury History in brief
St Pauls church
The church in the photograph is St Paul’s in Wood Green, Wednesbury, near to junction 9 of the M6 motorway. The church was built in 1874 and partly endowed by the Elwell family who owned the local forge. It’s built from red sandstone and in 1888 a spire, clock and a peal of bells were added. How do I know all this? I have a book published in 1908 full of facts from Victorian times about the town that I live in. The town was prosperous then and they built churches, the Town Hall (1871), Art Gallery (1891), parks, baths and much more. (more…)
