THE POWELL FAMILY

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5.  Baggott Street then and now

Martin Barratt referred to my mention of Corson's paper shop and wrote:  "That was my Gradad!  Do you remember Marjorie, his daughter?  That was my Mum!  She is now a sprightly 78 year old, living in Cannock.  We lived in the Midlands until 1971 when my Mum and Dad moved to Fleet, in Hampshire.  Dad (a Hednesford lad) died in1988, so my Mum moved back to the Midlands.  As a long time Wolves fan I still have ties with that great city".

Richard Green noticed my mention of the Waterloo Road Baptist Church and sent me such an interesting and amusing account of his association with it that it has been put on a seperate page on this web site. 

Manoj Dhanda wrote:  "I was born in Wolverhampton in 1974 and lived at 10 Baggott Street until 1978/9.  We were the last ones to live there before it was demolished.  My family were immigrants from India.  My uncle lived at number 16.  I also went to Graiseley Primary.  The headmaster at the time was Mr. Newey.  I moved back to Wolverhampton after university and am working as a dentist on the Dudley Road, not too far from Baggott Street.  I just can't get away from the place!".

The area is all very different now:

This is Baggot Street, 2000 AD. Part of the Corona factory is still there but the green on which my father played bowls so often is now the car park of the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, which faces on to Duncan Street. And our house and garden is a green space.

This is me, in the year 2000, standing, as far as I can make out, where our back garden was.  All the houses are long gone.

And here I am, again in the year 2000, standing near where I think the back wall of our house would have been.

And this is an old photo, taken by my father, showing my mother standing in almost the same place.  The wooden railings have now been removed as the trees have matured.  The town houses in the background are still there today but the tower block has been demolished.

I would love to hear from anyone who knew this area or Graiseley school or Penn School at the time I was there. Please email me at: stonechat2018@gmail.com