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11 March 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Google Street View comes to Wednesfield

Google has today extended it’s Street View service to cover 95 per cent of the UK, making an extra 210,000 miles of detailed mapping images available online – including Wednesfield.
As you can see by clicking on the street view image above, the majority of Wednesfield is now available to explore and you can literally ‘drive’ [...]

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05 March 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Famous, Rich and Jobless – BBC TV show brings celeb to Wednesfield

Next week a new BBC TV documentary called ‘Famous, Rich and Jobless’ in which four celebrities learn about the realities of unemployment will feature the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker Bowles’ niece Emma Parker Bowles behind the bar at the Noah’s Ark pub in Wednesfield.
Celebs Larry Lamb, Diarmuid Gavin, Emma [...]

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04 March 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Phil Bateman gets what’s coming to him (a bus pass!)

Wednesfield resident and former Mayor of Wolverhampton Phil Bateman finally got what was coming to him this week when National Express staff unveiled a 22ft Happy Birthday advert on a bus.
The advert included the free bus pass which Phil, who has worked in the public transport sector for the past 20 years will be entitled [...]

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02 March 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Derelict garages take a step closer to demolition

WV11 recently reported on the fate of a set of derelict garages which border Ashmore Park and Wednesfield Aces Cycle Speedway Club after reporting the problem on Fix My Street.

Since our original article, the story has been picked up by local paper the Express & Star and today we were contacted by Wolverhampton Homes who told us that vacation notices have been served to the two remaining tenants. These orders are due to expire on the 25th March and once this has happened a demolition order will follow.

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08 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Local eyesore facing demolition?

A local eye sore which is attracting vandalism and anti-social behaviour has taken a step closer to being demolished.
The set of Garages bordering Ashmore Park adjacent to the Wednesfield Aces Cycle Speedway have been in a poor state of repair for a number of years. This has led to damage, flytipping and grafitti, as well [...]

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18 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Weekend Headlines: Forklifts, Lizards and Care Homes

Chaintec expands Midlands operations with move to larger premises
Forkliftaction.com – 14th January 2010
For the love of a lizard!
Dudley News – 14th January 2010
Elderly will no longer be sent to care home
Express & Star – 15th January 2010
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