Wednesfield FC were held to a 2-2 draw with Bloxwich Utd AFC in the WMRL Premier Division at The Cottage Ground on Saturday 15th. The Cottagers’ next WMRL match is away against the Wolverhampton Casuals (map) on Tuesday 15th. Kick off is at 7:45pm. We’d love to get the scores or a match report from […]
Author: James Clarke
Co-founder of WV11.co.uk. I live in Wednesfield and am involved in various community groups and associations. I build websites and develop digital marketing strategies for a living. When not writing for WV11 or attending meetings I play drums in my band Arbor Lights. I think Wednesfield is a great place, with a great sense of community and it isn't given the credit it deserves. Hopefully WV11.co.uk goes some way to fixing this!
Here’s a strange one for you! According to the store locater section of the Marks & Spencer website there is a Marks & Spencer Outlet at Bentley Bridge Retail Park in Wednesfield. Now, as far a we know there has never been a Marks & Spencer store at Bentley Bridge and yet the M&S website […]
We have recently installed a new commenting system on the website which allows visitors to login and comment on our articles using their Facebook or Twitter accounts. This means you don’t need type in your name and email address to post a comment on an article – just click on the Facebook or Twitter button […]
Reigning Midland boxing champion Steve Saville aka ‘The Wednesfield Bomber’ has pledged to repay local businesses and organisations who helped him after his personal gym was damaged by a fire earlier this month. Steve is hoping to bring home the English title at Wolverhampton Civic Hall on September 18th as a way of repaying those […]
Local community campaigner Irene Dodd recently contacted us with some information about the Ashmore Park Resident’s Association: “The next meeting of the Ashmore Park Resident’s Association takes place on Wednesday September 2nd at 7pm. Meetings are held at the Community Centre on Griffiths Drive. Please come and help us to work for our estate by […]
A successful campaign by led The Black Country Chamber of Commerce means that from September onwards The Black Country will be highlighted on Ordnance Survey maps for the first time. The campaign which aimed to raise the profile of the area nationally has resulted in the decision to show the region by name on the […]
The Express & Star reports that the Department of Work and Pensions’ Future Jobs Fund has handed Wolverhampton £3 million to create new jobs for long term unemployed people aged 18 to 24. The fund aims to create around 2,000 new jobs in the Black Country from October 2009 at a variety of different organisations. […]