West Brom (A, FAC) 28/1: Build-Up & Match Thread

[Law's Bus]

New Invention is Walsall, always has been...

Only administratively, and only since 1966.

And places <> like-named local authorities.

If you really want to get nerdy, it's west of the Sneyd Brook, which was the eastern boundary of the contiguous land granted to Lady Wulfruna... (though Pelsall and Brownhills were both part of Wolverhampton back then, and are east of there)

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[Deutsch Wolf]

It's Walsall MBC administratively, but Wolverhampton historically and functionally.

Genuine story - it (and Willenhall generally) were merged administratively with Walsall rather than Wolverhampton in 1966 simply to shrink the size of Wolverhampton County Borough rather than make it the size it should have been. It's there in black and white in the official paperwork of the time.

I knew two solitary Walsall fans in all my childhood there. One top geezer who's still a mate now and one weapon who even at school was going about joining Combat 18 and is probably in the EDL or Britain First now.

It's not Walsall territory in reality, no way. The border between Wolves/Walsall on the Lichfield Road was after I got off the bus back home from Wolves.

 

[Keef]

I knew about the chimney story for new invention, but being off ashma, vention was always known for the nutters that lived there who always wanted to fight ashma.

I can translate that for anyone who doesn’t understand

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I knew about the chimney story for new invention, but being off ashma, vention was always known for the nutters that lived there who always wanted to fight ashma.

I can translate that for anyone who doesn’t understand

Other way round, you roughneck bastards

(I don't want to fight you, although you can keep Tory Karl, he's one of yours)

 

[Tredman]

I'm not sure what would be worse at school in the 90s, loads of Villa fans, or loads of United fans, which is what I had (in Kidderminster )

I didn't mind Villa, but then there were only a handful of their fans that I knew, and they were OK.

United however, I absolutely hated them, that hatred hasn't left me.

We had both in Stafford. Varying shades of glory hunters.

 

[Quirkafleeg]

New Invention is Walsall, always has been...

WV12 fuck Walsall.

 

[Keef]

Other way round, you roughneck bastards

(I don't want to fight you, although you can keep Tory Karl, he's one of yours)

Willard Wigan the bloke who does the smallest sculptures in the world, he’s one of ours as well

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Willard Wigan the bloke who does the smallest sculptures in the world, he’s one of ours as well

Went to school with my Dad at Coppice

 

[Keef]

Can we claim your dad as one of us?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Dad is Ashmore, yeah. He moved us up in the world in the Thatcher 80s.

 

[jd1981]

I lived on the new estate in the former site of Squires Locks, I had a Wolverhampton postcode but a Walsall number.
Fair to say myself and all our neighbours still classed ourselves as Wolverhampton than Walsall even though it was technically Walsall.
Every aminity needed shops, hospitals etc Wolverhampton is far more accessible. I’d say it doesn’t feel like Walsall until you go the other side of the M6

 

[Boozad]

End of Peacock Avenue just before you hit the Lichfield Road have Wolverhampton postcodes but Walsall dialling codes. Then go down Broad Lane on the estate to the right before you get to the Spread Eagle and they have Walsall postcodes but Wolverhampton dialling codes. Or at least they used to years ago.

 

[Boozad]

I lived on the new estate in the former site of Squires Locks, I had a Wolverhampton postcode but a Walsall number.
Fair to say myself and all our neighbours still classed ourselves as Wolverhampton than Walsall even though it was technically Walsall.
Every aminity needed shops, hospitals etc Wolverhampton is far more accessible. I’d say it doesn’t feel like Walsall until you go the other side of the M6

Willenhall definitely feels like Walsall.

 

[pagey]

End of Peacock Avenue just before you hit the Lichfield Road have Wolverhampton postcodes but Walsall dialling codes. Then go down Broad Lane on the estate to the right before you get to the Spread Eagle and they have Walsall postcodes but Wolverhampton dialling codes. Or at least they used to years ago.

Isn't there a sign saying 'welcome to wolverhampton' as you approach The Broadway from coppice Farm? I always assumed anything past The Broadway was therefor Walsall.

 

[leedswolf]

For a long time I thought 'circular' was a place, because it said it on the front of buses. Only vaguely relevant but a worthwhile contribution I'm sure

I bet you've asked for a return fare to Duplicate before now too.

 

[Law's Bus]

Isn't there a sign saying 'welcome to wolverhampton' as you approach The Broadway from coppice Farm? I always assumed anything past The Broadway was therefor Walsall.

That's a local authority marker, not a place marker. And local authorities can name themselves whatever they like, just usually either some random name (Sandwell, Tameside, Cheshire East), or named after the largest place within.

You get "Welcome to South Staffordshire" signs, but that doesn't mean that South Staffordshire Actually is a place.

Wolverhampton is one of those strange places where the city itself is larger than the like-named local authority (see also Nottingham, Manchester)

 

[GLASGOWOLF]

I knew two solitary Walsall fans in all my childhood there. One top geezer who's still a mate now and one weapon who even at school was going about joining Combat 18 and is probably in the EDL or Britain First now.

It's not Walsall territory in reality, no way. The border between Wolves/Walsall on the Lichfield Road was after I got off the bus back home from Wolves.

Border was just after the Broadway Pub.
I lived on the Broadway Estate, so just over the border

 

[GLASGOWOLF]

I had a WV post Code
Wolverhampton dialling code, I remember it changing from 0192, to 01902.

The trouble when I was younger was between Ashmore, and the Beacon Estate by the Square, we never really got involved wether that changed after 82 when I left I don't really know, we only had 1 ruck with Ashmore then, that's when they were heading to the square we got involved by the roundabout where you head to the Milestone.

We were the 1st kids on the Broadway Estate in around 1968, most were Wolves, but 2 of my best mates were Albion, Martin and Chris Buckle, Chris still goes to the games, they took me once in the Brummie road end when I was about 12 or 13.

Have some fantastic memories of Those times as kids.

 

[leedswolf]

I had a WV post Code
Wolverhampton dialling code, I remember it changing from 0192, to 01902.

Post codes and dialling codes were developed as a means of identying the nearest major sorting offuces and exchanges. Neither bear any relationship to ceremonial or administrative boundaries.

 

[Paul]

That's a local authority marker, not a place marker. And local authorities can name themselves whatever they like, just usually either some random name (Sandwell, Tameside, Cheshire East), or named after the largest place within.

You get "Welcome to South Staffordshire" signs, but that doesn't mean that South Staffordshire Actually is a place.

Wolverhampton is one of those strange places where the city itself is larger than the like-named local authority (see also Nottingham, Manchester)

And today on learning something I didn't know before.