- 1960s Post Office building, since demolished.
- Rear of New Inns public house. Since demolished.
- Railway Drive, serving the Railway Station.
- Disused chimney of the former Commercial Road Power Station, since taken down.
- Original ground level construction of the Ring Road, since rebuilt at a lower level to allow Railway Drive to be bridged over it.
In 1980, WMPTE constructed a new bus station in Wolverhampton to takethe bus services displaced by the closure of Victoria Square BusStation, and St James Square bus terminus in 1980. The bus station wasbuilt between Railway Drive and Horseley Fields on land that had oncebelonged to British Railway's, placing the new bus station close tothe Town’s railway station and making it an ideal interchange point.
The new bus station, seen here from Railway Drive on 30th June 1981(when still relatively new), was to be a short lived affair. In 1985,it was closed and completely demolished, with the ground level raisedto make way for a much larger bus station, which could accommodate allof the town’s services. The new bus station fully opened on 26thOctober 1986.
To the left of this picture can be seen an empty car park, but thiswas in fact intended to be part of the Eastern side of the Town’s RingRoad, which was then still in the early stages of construction.However, like the bus station, plans changed and the road level wasconsiderably sunken at this point, and a flyover built above it, toallow Railway Drive (in the foreground) to continue to serve theTown's Railway Station without intersecting the Ring Road and havingto construct a major junction at this location.
The dark bricked building behind the bus station, is the back of theNew Inn public house, which stood on Horseley Fields. Today,everything in this picture has long since disappeared, and the sceneis altered beyond all recognition
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ellisg60,33106,mulvey_adam, and4 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Amazing how much of this photo has gone. All of it by the looks!
