1955 in 33 pictures from Wolverhampton, the Black Country and Staffordshire | OneFootball

Step back to 1955 with a gallery from Wolverhampton, the Black Country and Staffordshire, capturing post-war everyday life. It spans streets and landmarks, royal visits, sporting scenes, local events and the railway.

According to ExpressAndStar.com, the images chart a region in transition and are presented in no particular order. They offer a vivid snapshot of communities more than seven decades ago.

Among the sporting frames, Wolverhampton Wanderers captain Billy Wright and winger Johnny Hancocks are seen leaping hurdles in training in 1955, preparing for a trip to Moscow to face Dynamo. The drills reflect Stan Cullis’s pioneering conditioning.

On the corner of Graiseley Street and Dale Street, the Cross Pistols pub was pictured in 1955 shortly before demolition. Banks's Ales signage fronts the curved facade, with licensee Glen Edward Westbrook named above the door as factories and smokestacks loom behind, ahead of clearance for council flats.

Further along the same streets, another Banks's Ales house faced the same fate in 1955. A haunt for factory workers, it stood amid rubble and churned earth as terraced homes were torn down for modern housing.

In August 1955, 54 Malayan students arrived at Brinsford Lodge near Wolverhampton. Aged 18-22, they began a two-year teacher training programme at the former industrial hostel, the second specialist college opened in the UK by the Malayan Government, with around 100 more trainees due later that year. Pictured are Tan Kheng Poh, Khapijah Awang, Khaw Siok Choon and geography lecturer Miss M Morris.

Source: ExpressAndStar.com

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