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The Hidden History of the Wolverhampton Synagogue
Wolverhampton once had a thriving, if relatively small, Jewish community. The former Wolverhampton synagogue is still in existence on Fryer Street, but is now St Silas Church (continuing), having been sold after the community largely moved away. At the top of the building there is a stone with the date of 1903, commonly thought to…
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A False Start for Monmore Green
With the world having recently gone through an unprecedented time of quarantine, almost all public events around the world were cancelled. Careful planning and preparation can only ever overcome so much and one location in Wolverhampton experienced similar feelings some 90+ years ago. Monmore Green is home to Wolverhampton’s first purpose-built greyhound and motor speedway…
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Do You Know of the Lord’s Prayer?
Following the arrival of large waves of Irish immigration, anti-Irish sentiment on these shores began to grow. Echoes of this, such as “Paddy and Murphy” jokes live on to this day, playing the Irish down as stereotypically “thick” or stupid”. The bulk of this text is an extract from The Limerick Evening Post of 15th…