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Tag: Wednesfield
As previously reported, a brand new fitness gym is due to open in Wednesfield this December. The Pure Gym complex, which will be located at Bentley Bridge retail park opens on the 29th December just in time for all those New Year’s dieters to sign up! Call 0845 077 3254 for more information. According to […]
A Wednesfield drug dealer has been jailed for 5 years and 9 months after being caught in possession of drugs with intent to supply for the third time. Read the full story at The Birmingham Mail.
Watch YouTube footage from ‘The Battle Of the Black Country’ above. It’s been just over a year since Wednesfield’s state-of-the-art skate park ‘Amos Plaza’ was opened and last weekend local skaters celebrated the park’s first anniversary with a event organised by local skate group Gnargore, dubbed “The Battle Of The Black Country”. The event, which […]
Two Wednesfield residents were this weekend found guilty of illegally trafficking people into the UK. Deborah Minogue, aged 40, of Lawfred Avenue, Wednesfield, and Towfik Osman, 31, of Othello Road, Wednesfield were both sentenced to three years in prison. Read the full story at the Express & Star.
Last week we came across an article about Wednesfield’s history of trap making, so we thought we’d share it on WV11. The Wednesfield area was renowned as the British centre for trap making during the Victorian era and the traps that were made in Wednesfield were exported in huge numbers around the world. Read the […]
As previously revealed by WV11, former ‘The Apprentice’ runner up and Wednesfield native Ruth Badger will return to her hometown to switch on the Christmas lights in Wednesfield this year. The event is set to take place on Friday 27th November 2009, and will begin at 3:30pm with the lights being switched on at 4:30pm. […]