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Holden was a member of Walsall Borough Council for more than sixty years. [1] He was the mayor of Walsall on three occasions: in 1870/71, 1871/72 and 1904/05. [3] He was also a member of the Walsall School Board and the Walsall Board of Guardians, and a justice of the peace for the borough of Walsall and the county of Staffordshire. [4]
The school had (and still has) strong connections to St Matthews Church in Walsall, [2] where private contributors and collections funded the school in the early days. Originally for younger children, the school began educating older pupils in 1884. In 1965 the senior part of the school relocated to its current location in Birmingham Street. [3]
The towns of Walsall, Bloxwich, Darlaston and Willenhall have always used these age ranges, but the Aldridge, Brownhills and Streetly areas (which became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in 1974) adopted 5–9 first, 9–13 middle and 13-16/18 secondary schools in September 1972.
Reading finished the regular 2000–01 season in third place in the Second Division, the third tier of the English football league system, one place ahead of Walsall.Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the First Division and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the third promoted team.
Beechdale Infant School for 5-7 year olds opened on the estate in 1955 in Remington Road, followed by the 7-11 junior school in 1959. These schools later merged to form a single primary school and remained open until July 2006, being demolished in early 2007.
Hinsley's father worked in the coal department of the Walsall Co-Op. [1] His mother Emma Hinsley (née Adey) was a school caretaker and they lived in Birchills, in the parish of St Andrew's, Walsall. Harry was educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall and, in 1937, won a scholarship to read history at St. John's College, Cambridge. [2]
William Henry Duignan (16 August 1824 – 27 March 1914) [1] was a solicitor who lived in and around the town of Walsall for his entire life. He was better known as an antiquarian, writer, historian and local politician and wrote a number of books and pamphlets about local history and especially on the etymology of place naming, many of which are still available today.
The Delves schools are separated from Whitehall Juniors by the Broadway. There is also one secondary school; Joseph Leckie Academy. Delves has the West Entrance of the University of Wolverhampton's Walsall Campus. It is located directly adjacent to Whitehall Junior School.