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Penn Road, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 4HW

This is the A449 at Hollybush Lane. Turn right to climb the hill towards St Bartholomew's Church, or left down Hollybush Lane towards Warstones. Ahead to Wolverhampton city centre, and back to Kidderminster.

The A449 with Hollybush Lane on the left and Vicarage Road to the right.

Still going strong 111 years after it was built in 1903, is this steam powered road locomotive. It was built by Burrells of Thetford, Norfolk, one of the leading manufacturers of these vehicles. Its original use was as a showman's locomotive, as it was used to drive machinery at fairgrounds. The registration plate is BL8368. A fortunate stop at a red traffic light enabled this picture to be snatched!

This is where Vicarage Road meets the dual carriageway of Penn Road (A449). Turn right to go to Wolverhampton (or Stafford); turn left for Kidderminster (also Stourbridge). The Hollybush public house is on the corner to the left of the image.

This is where Vicarage Road meets the dual carriageway of the Penn Road (A449) and Hollybush Lane continues down the gentle slope towards Warstones. Turn left for Stourbridge or Kidderminster, and right for Wolverhampton city centre.

The view from in front of the Holly Bush Pub of the A449 in Wolverhampton.

This leads from the public house of the same name at the junction with the A449 (Penn Road), towards Warstones Road.

This is the A449 about two miles from the city centre. Buses from Stourbridge, Merry Hill and Wombourne stop here outside the Hollybush public house.

This dual carriageway is the A449, which connects Wolverhampton with Kidderminster, and also leads towards Wombourne and Stourbridge. The Hollybush public house is on the carriageway approaching Wolverhampton. These traffic lights are where Vicarage Road crosses the A449.

The Hollybush on the A449 Stourbridge/Kidderminster road has had a "facelift" with extra wood cladding, and lost its famous function room, which had hosted many a party, reception, club, society and gig, and become a modern expanded eating house with its "two meals for the price of one" nonsense which so annoys single people who fancy a pint and a lunch. It still sells beer, though I haven't tried it out yet! See other images from just eight months ago: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1745867 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1752197 Update 26.11.10 "Pint of mild, please." "We don't sell mild." So much for tradition. Both Bank's and Marston's were traditionally renowned for good milds.