Wolverhampton is one of the best cities in the United Kingdom. The city grew initially as a market town specializing in the wool trade and became a center of mining, manufacturing during the industrial revolution. The population of the city is over a quarter of a million and the natives of the city are called “Wulfrunians”. Wolverhampton became a metropolitan borough in 1974 and became the city on 18th December 2000.
A large influx of immigrants settled in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. The center of Wolverhampton has been altered radically since the mid-1960s, with the Mander Centre (plans for which were unveiled on 15 April 1965) being opened in two phases, the first in 1968 and the second in 1971.
Here below are some stunning vintage photos of Wolverhampton from the 1970s and 1980s, capturing streets, roads, landmarks, and everyday life.
#1 Queen Street, 1979
#2 Junction of Lord Street and Merridale Road on 8th June 1980
#3 Clarendon Hotel, December 1977
#4 At the junction of North Street and Queen Square, with the town hall in the background. 3rd June 1985
#5 Junction of Victoria Street and Queen Square on 23rd July 1986.
#6 Corner shop at the junction of Waterloo Road and Staveley Road, Wolverhampton on 28th December 1980.
#7 Railway Street, April 1975
#8 The Posada, December 1983
#9 School Street, February 1978
#10 Pedestrians crossing the junction of Darlington Street and Red Lion Street on 30th May 1984.
#11 Darlington Street, 1979
#12 Prosser Street, Park Village, November 1983
#13 Fowler’s Park, April 1975
#14 Hordern Road, May 1984
#15 Cleveland Street, November 1980
#16 Chapel Ash, September 1976
#17 Bushbury, June 1982
#18 Anti-racist demonstrators, March 1978
#19 Chelsea Football Fans, May 1977
#20 Junction of Darlington Street and Red Lion Street, May 1984
#21 The Victoria Street entrance to Wolverhampton’s shopping precinct, the Mander Centre, with Beattie’s department store opposite. 5th April 1975.
#22 Queen Square, April 1975
#23 The True Briton, Bilston Street, on 25th February 1979
#24 A group of policemen wait on Wolverhampton ring road prior to the passing of an anti-racist demonstration procession. 11th March 1978
#25 Wolverhampton, March 1979 Overturned car at the Ring Road: Chapel Ash roundabout
#26 June 1983 Wulfruna Street
#27 Anti-racist demonstrators assemble in Cleveland Road, Wolverhampton, prior to marching through the town centre. 11th March 1978
#28 Lord Street, June 1980
#29 Corner shop at the junction of Waterloo Road and Staveley Road, Wolverhampton on 28th December 1980.
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newhampton road and the shop is on the corner of riches street
