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Walsall, St Matthew's Church c.1965
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The most unusual feature of St Matthew's is an arched passageway underneath the chancel. This is a mystery for which there are various speculative explanations, some of them mundane, some more fanciful. Alfred Watkins, the man who came up with the idea of ley lines, claimed that churches were sometimes built deliberately on ancient tracks, with tunnels provided for travellers to pass through.

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A Selection of Memories from Walsall

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Walsall

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Saturday Night Disco In The 70s
My girlfiend (now my wife) introduced me to the Femina disco at the George. It was the first club I ever went to. Loved the music. The DJ played a mixture of chart records, Motown and something called Northern Soul, which I thought were simply little-known American labels. Didn't realise how popular it would become. The atmosphere was exciting and, for me, quite exotic at the time. We danced our feet ...see more
Walsall, The George Hotel c1965
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Man Up Pole
Does anyone recall the pole squatter who spent nights/ days in a barrel perched high overlooking the Arbouritum. It was around 1955. How long and what was his name. Was it the same man that did the same outside the Spring Cottage in Shelfield??
Walsall, Approach to the Arboretum 1967
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Good Ole Walsall
i have many happy thoughts of walsall the old gaumont where i won a free ticket and meal witghthe manager for a cayoning and we watched the alamo wonder what happened to the others who won i think there was three off us,the savoy cinema,the old college where i studied to be a mechanic working for reginald tildesley in wolverhampton st.great memories.
Walsall, The George Hotel c1965
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Happy Days
Used to play in the ladies dart team, went in there most days.... great atmosphere. Roy and Ann kept it then, before it was changed to the new one.
Walsall, the Littleton Arms 2005
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