Take a step back to Wolverhampton in 1966, when familiar streets and long-standing landmarks sat alongside the signs of a changing town.
From the newly opened sunken gardens by the Ring Road to residential streets and newly built places of worship, these archive photographs capture everyday life across Wolverhampton during the mid-1960s.
The pictures offer a glimpse of a town balancing its proud traditions with a changing skyline, capturing the people, places and everyday moments that made Wolverhampton what it was.
Do you recognise any of these places or remember Wolverhampton in 1966? Share your memories in the comments.
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25. Modern office developments on Waterloo Road
The striking, modern façade of the new branch offices for The General Accident, Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Ltd stands on Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, captured in September 1966. Nestled alongside traditional period buildings, the contemporary glass-and-steel development highlighted the town's ongoing commercial modernization during the mid-1960s. Do you remember when these new commercial offices opened on Waterloo Road back in 1966? | Express & Star archive