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Penn maps
Historic maps of Penn and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Penn maps
Historic map of Penn
Illustrated Victorian map of West Midlands
Historic Map of any Penn postcode
Penn books
Displaying 3 of 4 books about Penn and the local area. View all Penn books
West Midlands Living Memories
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Stourbridge Living Memories
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Wolverhampton Photographic Memories
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3 Penn photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Penn
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The Fox and Goose Public House
Hello from Australia. I was hoping that someone looking through these "memories" might remember The Fox and Goose Public House on Penn Road. I think that this is the picture of it. My mom was the cleaner there for a few years when my sisters and I were young and I can remember sitting on the steps outside the pub collecting... [more]
Shared on 14 October 2008
West Midlands memories
I came to Sedgley aged ten, having been born in the dock area of Dudley. At five we moved to Wolverhampton. Finally the family moved to the new houses down Cotwallend Road overlooking the Dingle. The 1962/63 winter was a real bad one and even the trolley buses had problems running. The bus stop was outside the Red Lion pub and... [more]
Shared on 03 January 2009
Sedgmore's Grand Colliery Exhibition
The Bull Ring, Sedgley, that is the location where on a fateful night in April 1906, The Sedgmore’s Grand Colliery Exhibition Travelling Show, set up in Sedgley on its way to the Wolverhampton Annual Suntide Fair, burnt to the ground. The Show had been built up over many years by my Great Great Grandfather William James Sedgmore who, being... [more]
Shared on 27 October 2008
Pearks was one of the first supermarkets in Wolverthampton to start trading. I worked there in 1962. My name was Marain Beech, I went on to marry a former work colleague, Chris Rutter.
Cheese was cut up on the premises, and so wa bacon. Many happy times. Does anyone else remember working there? The supermarket was in Queen Street.... [more]
Shared on 28 December 2008
Hello, does anyone remember the Bedford Williams Store in Victoria Street, Wolverhampton? I was employed there in 1962 until about 1964 in the fabric department and I also worked on the button covering counter and stocking repairs. My supervisor's name was Miss Corkingdale. I would love to see if anyone remembers the store. I now live in Australia and I am... [more]
Shared on 26 September 2008
Although I wasn't to be born for another 6 years, I remember my mother teling me about her wedding day here. My brother's name is Peter, I wonder if the connection is from this church?
Shared on 06 October 2006
Tettenhall was a logistical centre for the Normandy Landings. Americans were stationed in Danescourt House - long since demolished.
However several of the troops have returned over the years, some of whom were "mothered" by Auntie Grace - Mrs Grace Green, who at the time was the stewardess of South Staffs Golf Club, situated next to Danescourt.
The Golf Club... [more]
Shared on 02 January 2007
I was born in Bilston at my granny's house although we moved to Tipton when I was 6 but I spent most of my life around the area and have fond memories of Bilston market (the old one), it was magical when I was small. I was born in Moxley, my granny's house was behind the Quasi Arc factory (not sure... [more]
Shared on 11 February 2009
Extracts From Penn & West Midlands books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Penn, inspired by Frith photos.
The hotel on the left here is The Fox and Goose, one of several large pubs on the main road at Penn, a reminder that this has for centuries been a major line of communication. Others include The Roebuck, The Hollybush and The Rose and Crown, which used to be the terminus for a horse-drawn bus service from Wolverhampton.
This is an extract from West Midlands Living Memories.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Read more and see photos from this book.
No longer a village, but a residential suburb of Wolverhampton, Penn spreads for miles along the dual carriageway we see here. A number of attractive old cottages were demolished when the dual carriageway was created. Penn was formerly known as Upper Penn to distinguish it from nearby Lower Penn.
This is an extract from West Midlands Living Memories.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Read more and see photos from this book.
No longer a village, but a residential suburb of Wolverhampton, Penn spreads for miles along the dual carriageway we see here. A number of attractive old cottages were demolished when the dual carriageway was created. Penn was formerly known as Upper Penn to distinguish it from nearby Lower Penn.
This is an extract from West Midlands Living Memories.
Read more and see photos from this book.
Read more and see photos from this book.
