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Ever changing face of Wolves

Used to go in there 1988-91ish, until it closed down (when new town hall tavern opened up on North Street) . Wasn't rockers place much then although a few in, more for young uns, was very few pubs in town for 18-25 in them days.
 
Regular haunt for me and my Wife when we were courting, ‘courting’, there’s a new one for the youts
 
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Just found this. I used to go to the Tav regularly on Friday evenings, some Saturday lunchtimes and Saturday nights in the mid to late 70s when I was 16-19. Great atmosphere complemented by two? pin ball machines to the right by the main entrance. I vaguely remember a bar billiards table? - is that true? There was a pool table further down at the back but the two pieces de resistance were no windows and the best selection of heavy rock music you can imagine on the juke box just inside the main entrance to the left. The Hells Angels were VIPs including Big John and they knew it was their place. One Saturday afternoon some misguided Leeds - or was it Chelsea? - fans kicked over a HA bike or two before the Saturday afternoon match. Let's say they regretted it immediately. I moved away from Wolves and sadly it became just a memory. An iconic bar at the time even though it was an M&B pub!
 
lemonjelly said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czq55l5y6n8o.amp

some fella who has been documenting Wolverhampton having an exhibition at Central library.
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Simply great work. I am also proud of my roots in Wolverhampton, well actually, I was taught that I was from a separate place called Wednesfield. It would be brilliant if someone in Wednesfield stepped up the way this guy did. Unfortunately, I cannot as I am only back in town a few days/weeks a year.
 
Me and my mate worked behind the bar at the Tavern. We were both 15.
We just served our mates free drinks all night and put annoying records on the jukebox to wind up the Hells Angels. Beautiful Dream - A 'B' side by Cockney Rebel used to send them into a fighting rage! Good times.
 
Also really enjoyed this article on the Civic and it's much discussed revamp. I do like most of what they have done. The enhanced wulfrun hall is superb. The one gig I did at the Civic was very early, and my experience was they hadn't quite got the sound levels right.
That said am glad it has reopened as several of my fave gigs were there, & it is one of the best concert venues imo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr4q1ypy4ro.amp
 
www.bbc.co.uk

Wolverhampton's former Grand Post House to become restaurant

It's re-development comes after 1,000 cannabis plants, worth about £1m, were found in the basement.
www.bbc.co.uk

Good news, that has been a derelict mess for far too long.

The uni have a lot to answer for with buying up properties/land and doing fuck all with them. The former Varsity/George is a complete waste of a quality building too (it is nominally open but you watch how many people go in and out - not many).
 
The Dixons building in Cleveland street/bilston road has got planning permission for redevelopment and a couple of new build houses, the Dixons family are doing the development so should be very good quality with a lot of the old building kept
 
Years since I lived in Wolverhampton and the wrong side of town for me now (on a match day) but wasn’t ‘that’ Dixons a paint store not the Dixons that was synonymous with Currys?
 
Deutsch Wolf said:
www.bbc.co.uk

Wolverhampton's former Grand Post House to become restaurant

It's re-development comes after 1,000 cannabis plants, worth about £1m, were found in the basement.
www.bbc.co.uk

Good news, that has been a derelict mess for far too long.

The uni have a lot to answer for with buying up properties/land and doing fuck all with them. The former Varsity/George is a complete waste of a quality building too (it is nominally open but you watch how many people go in and out - not many).
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Took Helen’s daughter for an “open day” at Wolves uni two weeks ago and it was grim. We had to arrive at The Varsity for 11:00 so got there about 15 minutes early. You couldn’t get in until someone prised the door open as the motorised thing didn’t work. We went in and it was literally empty, nothing or nobody in there. It felt so weird, I played so many gigs in that place a now it’s just a shell.
The tour itself was awful (the lad giving it tried schooling me on Wolverhampton history, give over mate I’ve been here probably forty years longer than you at least) and didn’t even touch the subjects Aleyna was interested in. And there was only us. Not a great advert especially after Brum and Warwick were crawling with prospective students.

But yeah what they’ve done with The Varsity is criminal.
 
Fuck, that's a real wounder for the city
 
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