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Thurlstone Drive, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 5QL

These attractive, if rather densely built, houses were erected in the 1980s following the demolition and sale of Manor Road School (Colton Hills Lower School Annexe) and its playing fields.

Off to the left is The Fold. Wakeley Hill leads from near the A449 to Penn Common and the Barley Mow public house. In Victorian times this was Wakeley Lane (not Hill), and was often called Workhouse Lane*. Before the building of the golf course, the old route also continued (unsurfaced) to Gospel End. * Old tithe maps from the 1840s show the workhouse about 220 metres further up the hill, and on the right, past Butts Road. It is now called Ivy Terrace.

Off to the left is The Fold. The bus on Midland route 64 is a 1997 Dennis Dart Alexander ALX200 Demonstrator, reg P942EMS. This used to be called Wakeley Lane, and also Workhouse Lane. Tithe maps show the workhouse to have been at the (current) Grade II listed Ivy Terrace, about 300 metres ahead on the right.

Looking south-east from the junction with Church Hill. Wakeley Hill leads towards Colton Hills and Penn Golf Club. In Victorian times this was Wakeley Lane (not Hill), was often called Workhouse Lane. Old tithe maps show the workhouse about three hundred metres up the hill, on the right, rather than in cottages here off to the left, which has been suggested.

This is Wakeley Hill at the junction with Church Hill. Wakeley Hill leads towards Colton Hills and Penn Golf Club. In Victorian times this was Wakeley Lane, though locally it was often called Workhouse Lane. Old tithe maps show the workhouse about three hundred metres ahead, on the right.

Looking north-west towards Church Hill.

Butts Road is a cul-de-sac, seen here from Wakeley Hill by looking north-east towards Swan Bank (footpath link only).

I was disgruntled when a useful car park was converted into this business in the early 1990s. Now it is in administration due to the fact that its business plan has not kept up with changes in technology and alternative sourcing of movies in the twenty-first century. Update: The building is now occupied by the very highly regarded White Cross Vets.

I was disgruntled when a useful car park was converted into this business in the early 1990s. Now it is in administration due to the fact that its business plan has not kept up with changes in technology and alternative sourcing of movies in the twenty-first century. The few car parking spaces this side of the wall are for the Co-op store/Post Office, off to the right.

This bleak deserted scene was timed at 13:31 on Sunday afternoon, and the thorough snow coverage makes me wonder whether an 11am service actually took place on this day.