Wednesbury is the town I grew up in, and will always have the greatest of fondness for, but it has to be said it was a town I often seemed to walk around with my eyes closed. Sure I noticed the fabulous Victorian and Edwardian buildings, the town’s museum and art gallery, and its proud Carnegie Library. I’ve also long loved the two churches on the top of Church Hill, particularly the stunning St Bartholomew’s where some of my family members got married. But Art Deco buildings? Surely not in a small town like Wednesbury. Totally wrong. The Former Gaumont Cinema The former Gaumont cinema, which opened in 1938, which…

It was Benjamin Franklin who was famously quoted as saying ” in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Well I would disagree with this, and add that nowadays, we can also rely on the fact that each Winter, our heating bills will rise. The growing cost of fuel bills, and the rise of fuel poverty is one of the major problems facing families, with those most impacted sometimes having to choose between ‘eat’ and ‘heat’. But there are things that we can do to make savings on our bills, and to beat the fuel giants at their own game. We are all trying…