Wolverhampton is a treasure trove of Art Deco buildings, and in this post I am looking at some of the less obvious ones (you can see the Beatties/Burton building and other, more famous examples in a previous post here.) Clock Chambers Clock Chambers are so known as they house a Barristers Chamber, but the building is actually the former showroom and company offices for the Wolverhampton Gas Company. It was built in 1938 by Lavender and Twentyman, and is a lovely example of the streamline moderne style, complete with the requisite Art Deco clock. I think this building has a real elegance to it, and I’m glad to say it…

One of my passions in recent years has been photography. I have always been a person who carried a camera everywhere so I could capture all those memories, the person who would photograph the drunken night out, the holidays, the family weddings and parties, and generally happy occasions, all there for posterity. When I became a mother to Joe, this became even more pronounced, like most parents I constantly snapped photos of Joe at all his milestones, and literally have thousands of photos of my now (not so little boy), but recently, my interest in photography has taken a different turn. As I’ve become more and more interested in local…