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05 March 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Success at Bentley Bridge after 5 years of struggle

The Express and Star looks at the current success of Wednesfield’s Bentley Bridge Retail Park in this recent article.
As previously reported, national chain Cosmo is due to open it’s new Pan Asian restaurant next month which will serve food from China, Japan and Mongolia, creating 38 jobs.
JD Sports is also rumoured to be on the [...]

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04 March 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Introducing Lee Matthews Blackbelt Academy

Recently we were contacted by Carl Rowntree, a instructor from Lee Matthews Blackbelt Academy who have recently begun Martial Arts classes in Wednesfield. Here’s what Carl had to say:
I am writing to introduce the Lee Matthews Blackbelt Academy and to let WV11 readers know that we have just opened a new satellite school in [...]

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13 January 2010 ~ 3 Comments

Vote for your favourite Wednesfield pub!

Two of Wednesfield’s most popular watering holes have recently been reviewed by the PubBlog. Both the The Vine Inn and The Pyle Cock have a lot of history and remain ‘traditional’ style pubs despite it being 2010…
But what we want to know is which of Wednesfield’s pubs is your favourite? Vote in our poll below [...]

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07 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

New Pan Asian restaurant coming to Wednesfield

New Pan Asian restaurant coming to Wednesfield

As recently reported in the E&S, a new Pan Asian restaurant is set to open in Wednesfield later this year.
Restaurant chain Cosmo which owns 10 branches across the UK plans to open a new restaurant at Bentley Bridge retail park which will serve food from China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, Singapore, Mongolia, India and Vietnam creating [...]

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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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09 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Wednesfield Flickr photo pool

Our very own Steph has added a handful more of her photos to the Wednesfield / WV11 photo pool on photo sharing site Flickr recently.
We’d love to get some more photos of  Wednesfield/WV11 in there, so if you’re a Flickr user why not take a look at our guide on how to add your photos [...]

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