These images capture a period of change through familiar buildings and evolving streetscapes across Wolverhampton. Together, they offer a snapshot of life in the early 1990s, drawn from the Express & Star archives.
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5. St George's, Wolverhampton, 1990s
A 1990s view across Wolverhampton, looking from the Law Courts towards Sainsbury’s, capturing a familiar everyday cityscape from a decade of quiet change. | Picture: Express & Star
6. Tower Street, Wolverhampton, 1990
Wolverhampton in April 1990, as Tower Street is cleared to make way for a new police headquarters. The familiar high street backdrop includes Littlewoods, Birmingham Midshires Building Society and Marks & Spencer, offering a glimpse of a city centre on the cusp of change, where the old is steadily giving way to the new. | Picture: Express & Star
7. Tower Street, Wolverhampton, 1990
Work begins on the new police station to replace the former Dunstall Road site, captured in April 1990 as Councillor Mick Ablett of the West Midlands Police Authority turns the first sod. The moment marks the start of a new chapter in local policing, set against a backdrop that includes the Express & Star premises and the Birmingham Midshires Building Society. | Picture: Express & Star
8. Civic Centre, Wolverhampton, 1990
Wolverhampton Civic Centre on 14 May 1990, where long queues formed on poll tax payment day. The scene reflects a moment of frustration for many residents, with delays stretching through the building as people waited to make their payments. One woman, clearly exasperated by the experience, summed up the mood at the time: “They should pay us for having to do this.” | Picture: Express & Star