Wolverhampton, Warstones, Leasowes farm

[richy B]

Cati,
Angus Dunphy looks to be the next step. I googled his name and got side tracked for about 2 hours reading all about Wolverhampton. My dad used to work at Sunbeam and Villiers.

Uplands,
Good find with the map. I have some Cassini Historical maps from 1831 to 1921 they only show the word Leasowes and in a slightly different position. It is lying back more from the road, this may have confused me with the name of the farm. By any chance do you remember a farm where the flats are now. That is roughly where the Leasowes appears on my maps?

I feel an expedition coming on, always wondered what lay along that drive.

Books by Angus Dunphy http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/2107110.Angus_Dunphy

Thanks all for your help
Rich

[truebritmega]

Oooh ive been looking into Sunbeam lately, My grandad (and maybe great grandad) worked there, Grandad lost his finger in the machinery there too, he worked there in the 20's 30s then moved on to Villiers I recently had a photo  of him sent to me at sunbeam where he was part of the football team

[richy B]

I found this site on my travels, not sure if it will help anyone,it kept me quiet for an hour or two.

http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/genealogy/genealogy.htm

tbm you have a PM

[truebritmega]

do any photos exist of the ak ak batterry? Id love to see how it actually looked when  "in use"

[Uplands]

do any photos exist of the ak ak batterry? Id love to see how it actually looked when  "in use"

So would I. There probably are stuffed away in some old suitcase in some old attic, it's just a matter of them coming to light and I doubt that very much!!

Bob.

[truebritmega]

Yes, I agree, but after seeing its... remains, ive always wondered of how it actually woulda looked etc...

[cati]

Rich, there's an book in Penn Library with maps of Wolverhampton from the 1550s up to the 1980s:  don't know if Leasowes Farm is shown, but I'll have a look next time I'm in the library (there's also a copy of the book in Central, but their's is reference only)

[truebritmega]

Do you know the name of that book Cati? id be interested in that too

[cati]

I just happen to have it with me (*so it's not in Penn Library at the moment!! - it's in Chez Cati)....

'Mapping The Past - Wolverhampton  1577-1986' Mary Mills 1993 pub Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton Library and Information Services Division 1993

Very interesting.