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Brunswick In The Blitz – A Treat For Vintage Fashion Fans
Brunswick Park is a gorgeous green space in the heart of Wednesbury. It was opened in 1887 to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, and it retains a wonderful air of calm, a perfect place for a picnic, to walk your dog or just to spot local wildlife. But on Saturday and Sunday last week, the park was alive with the sounds of Big Band tunes, and awash with colourful 1940s fashion as it played host to the first ‘Brunswick in the Blitz‘, transporting the park and its visitors back to the heady days of 1940s. The beautiful bandstand, which is usually closed, was open once again, as the Ashby Big…
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TK MAXX OPENS IN WEDNESBURY.
Fashionista‘s of Wednesbury rejoice! You have a new fashion emporium on your doorstep. Today was the day of the grand opening of the new TK MAXX store on the Gallagher Retail Park, and Fashion Mommy was invited along to take a look. There was already a long queue of eager fashionista’s waiting for the store to open when Fashion-Mommy arrived. They had been lured with the promise of a free goodie bag for the first 500 lucky customers through the doors, along with a £10 gift voucher to spend in store. Lots of the waiting crowd were yummy-mummies who had rushed from the school run to take a…
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Wednesbury wears
I spent today in Wednesbury. For those who don’t know it, Wednesbury is a small, market town in the Black Country. I go there for two main reasons. My mom lives and works there. It has five great charity shops with rich pickings – the missoni dress mentioned in my first blog unbelievably came from there. I love Wednesbury for many reasons, its two great churches perched majestically on a hill named after a genuine Mercian heroine.(Queen Ethelfleda), the unusual Masonic Hall that lies hidden behind some trees and for the bargains you can find amongst the array of hardware and greetings card shops that somewhat clutter what I find…
