More correctly named the Staffordshire and xxxxx Hospital, the "Royal" has stood deserted since the late 1980 when the NHS decision makers thought it a good idea to relocate all medical expertise to New Cross Hospital, some 3 miles distant, thereby successfully depriving the city of an important facility, but opening the way to sell the site to the supermarket chain with the most money on offer. This picture was taken in September 2008. [Home]

Another view of the Royal. This part used to be the nurse's living quarters. [Home]

It is fitting that we see here displayed is the original foundation stone. The inscription reads: KING EDWARD VII MEMORIAL WING. BUILT OUT OF FUNDS RAISED IN. THIS TOWN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD DURING THE MAYORALTY OF JOHN GROUT ESQ LRCP. THIS STONE WAS LAID BY. EVELYN SHAW-HELLIER ESQUIRE. CHAIRMAN OF THE HOSPITAL. 15TH FEBRUARY 1912 [Home]

One time the vicarage of all Saints Church, All Saints Road. The building, for many years in the 50s, served as a Patients' Aid Association. [Home]

On the opposite street corner to the Vicarage (above), this was once the shoe making works of James Baker and Sons. The company went out of business in the early 1960s . It has been put to a variety of uses since then. [Home]

Situated in Cleveland Street, the Club has holds happy memories for many a young Wolverhampton lad on a night out. Although the establishment was well known as a late-night drinking and gambling house, there was seldom trouble of any kind. Note the building in the distance; it is Dixon's Paint Works. [Home]

This building is Dixon's Paint Works. It has successfully maintained its reputation for service and quality materials since its foundation in 18xx [Home]