Virtual Museum introduction
       
 

 

What's inside?

Currently there are over 10,315 images or photographs on this site!

New additions here

Follow the links below and in 'People & Places' to see what must be the largest collection of photographs showing the history of an area on line

Photographs old and new, spanning the decades

School, community and church events

The redevelopment and regeneration  of Willenhall

Historical documents, maps and records

The story of the Willenhall Local History Group

 

WW2 Hostels

 
Research documents and records, from 1183 onwards: when was the chapel of Saint James first mentioned, also where is the chapel site today?
Photographs and pictures, which tell the story of Willenhall from a small country village in the County of Warwickshire to the present day.
During our research the group found that there is very little information about life in the World War Two Hostels.