Cliff & fans in W/ton.
The 1960's

Above advert for a 1960's Mini and T.H.Dalby Ltd.



Who is number one?


Below, does anyone remember seeing these on tv? i do.



In the 60's a packet of 10 cigarettes cost 1/9p, a pint 1/8p and most bus journeys cost around 6p.  if your old enough to remember this, i don't need to explain the coinage.  

Wolverhampton had 2 railway stations, high & low level.  There were also 2 goods depots, Herbert St and Wednesfield Rd.
The low level had remnants of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's broad gage rails. 

The Queens archway in Queen St was originally the entrance to a railway station. 

The "in" place was the "mil" or milano coffee bar in Darlington street.

We had mods & rockers

you could dance at the Queens during the week but saturday belonged to the civic hall.

Wolverhampton market was held on the civic car park where the Kremlin Whoops the civic centre now stands.

We had many cinemas including the Gaumont, the Odeon, the Penn, the ABC and the Clifton to name just some.

Wolverhampton was an open town without the ring road, you could drive down Dudley street.

Tettenhall was an "urban district" which was swallowed up by Wolverhampton.

Wolverhampton wanderers were the Man inited of their day with many top name European and south American teams taking them on at the Molyneaux.  

During the 60's Wolverhampton had several major industries including motor cycles, steelworking and was still a major railway repair centre.

television & Radio.
In the late 50's and early 60's television was in its infancy with a 405 line black and white, one channel system.

notable tv series included Wagon train, Rawhide, Boots & saddles, the army game, Whats my line?, Highway patrol, Dragnet, Dixon of dock green (evening all) and No hiding place. You could also "Keep fit" with Eileen Fowler. And there was Z-cars.

Once ITV started there were shows like Department S, The Champions, Jason King and The Prisoner.

On radio there were The Huggets, The Navy lark, The Goon show, the Archers, Mrs Dale & her diary as well as Workers playtime and the 
Edmundo Ross show.