Wolverhampton History

In recent times there has been much talk of erecting monuments to historic British figures from a minority background. In Wolverhampton, a plaque to a… Read More »Douglas Morris Harris: A Hidden Hero

For the organisation’s second talk of the year, our Vice-Chair, Quintin Watt, will look at fatal transport accidents between 1820 and 1920. In this short… Read More »The Dangers of Road Travel in Wolverhampton

The Wolverhampton Synagogue is a dimuniative building, but hid a secret to its past for many years. Finally in 2020, the secret was revealed, and… Read More »Wolverhampton Synagogue and its Hidden History

Carribee Island was home to Wolverhampton’s “Irish Quarter”, and the population was often the butt of the joke, or outright hostility. Echoes of this, such… Read More »Do You Know of the Lord’s Prayer?

An article by Quintin Watt, Approx. reading time of 6 minutes. The story of the High Green Lamp, or Gas Pillar, lasted a little over… Read More »Out of Darkness Cometh The Lamp