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11 March 2010 ~ 3 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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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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21 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Useful recycling advice for the Christmas period

Christmas is fast approaching which means in a few days time many of us will have piles of wrapping paper, cardboard packaging and maybe even the odd wine bottle or beer can lying around waiting to be disposed of.
Whilst Wolverhampton City Council has taken steps to make kerbside recycling relatively easy for residents, it can [...]

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18 December 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Bentley Canal – Past and Present

Blogger ‘Captain Ahab’ has written an in depth post about Bentley Canal which passes through Wednesfield.
The blog post not only contains a detailed history of the Canal and it’s origins, but also includes ‘then and now’ photos of the Canal from 1992 before much of the re-development work in the area began.
One such photo shows [...]

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03 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Major fire at Corus Steel plant

Over 20 members of staff were evacuated from the Corus Steel plant in Wednesfield last night after a major fire destroyed a sheet blasting machine.
Six fire crews attended the blaze around 8pm and one crew from Fallings Park remained at the scene until the following morning. No injuries were reported.
Read the full story at the [...]

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