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  A Brief Guide to All Saints’ Church: by Martin Rispin
  A Brief History of Victorian Wolverhampton: by Jon Wallis
  A Brief Look at Some Old Streets and Buildings from Wolverhampton's Past: by Bev Parker

 

 A Clean Water Supply: by Bev Parker

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 A Great Victorian Adventure: by Bev Parker
  A History of Some Houses in Lower Street: by Valerie Tupper
  A Report on Wolverhampton Markets, 1927: by Frank Sharman
  A Swedish Visitor in 1754: by Frank Sharman. An industrial spy visits Wolverhampton
  Adult Education and the Public Library in 19th Century Wolverhampton: by Patrick Quirke.  The story of adult education in Wolverhampton in the 19th century, the creation of the Public Library and the classes it ran.

 

 Building Radios in the 1960s: by Frank Batkin

 

 The Business of Lunch:  by Hugh Meynell

 

 Conway Garage, a new attraction at the Black Country Living Museum: by Bev Parker
  Corners of Old Wolverhampton: by Bev Parker
  The Design of Coal Scuttles in Wolverhampton in the 19th Century by Frank Sharman.  Did the industrial art theories affect Wolverhampton manusactures?
  Excavation at the Old Hall: by Bev Parker with a report by Mike Shaw
  Exhibitions Great & Small: by Frank Sharman

 

 Fearncombe's Font: by Frank Sharman with Fred Wright: a curious Wolverhampton artefact put to good use in Gippsland.
  Heritage and Cultural Roots - population growth of Wolverhampton: by Frank Sharman
  Historical Walks: by Bev Parker

 

 Howe's Life: Articles by Bill Howe.
  Lady Wulfruna: Wolverhampton's Founding Mother: by Jenny Jones
  Mapping the town: Medieval Wolverhampton and Walsall: by Mike Shaw

 

 Molineux Alley:  by Frank Sharman and Ang Johnson. 
  'N Between Times: by Keith Farley. A successful local history book telling the story of local pop groups in the 1960s and 1970s.
  Queen Square Before the Nineteenth Century: by Gerald Mander
  Queen Victoria's Visit: a brief description by Bev Parker
  Street Names of Wolverhampton:  by Peter Hickman and others
  Some features of Wolverhampton's suburbs: by Frank Sharman

 

 St. Loe and the Early History of Lock Making in Wolverhampton: by Frank Sharman
  The Art Journal Catalogue of the Great Exhibition 1851: by Frank Sharman
  The Building of Our Parks: by Sue Whitehouse
  The Cromard Special by Jim Evans. The story of a racing car from Wolverhampton
  The Great Hall: an Elizabethan Mansion in Wolverhampton: by Mike Shaw
  The History of George Price, locksmith: by Pat Tempest

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 The Rediscovery of Bentley Hall, Walsall. by Mike Shaw and Danny McAree
  The Wool Trade in Wolverhampton: by Frank Sharman
  Thomas Parker's Inch Weights: by Norman Biggs
  Tractor Spares Ltd.: by Charles Weight.  The story of the company that was Briton Cars and became a global player in the earthmovers market and a local land developer
  Turner Racing Cars by Jim Evans. The story of a racing car from Wolverhampton
  Victorian Wolverhampton: A Town Through Its Buildings: by Michael Albutt and 
Anne Amison.

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