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The Mander Centre is a major shopping centre in Wolverhampton City Centre, in Wolverhampton, England, developed by Manders Holdings Plc, the paint, inks and property conglomerate, between 1968 and 1974. [1]
The Mander family has held for over 200 years a prominent position in the Midland counties of England, both in the family business and public life. [1] In the early Industrial Revolution, the Mander family entered the vanguard of the expansion of Wolverhampton, on the edge of the largest manufacturing conurbation in the British Isles.
The partnership of Mander Brothers was founded by the brothers Charles Benjamin Mander and Samuel Small Mander in 1845, concentrating on varnish manufacture. [9] As the business expanded with the Industrial Revolution and the rise of railways all over the British Empire , branches and agencies were established in "all the civilised countries of ...
Wolves in Wolves was a joint project between City of Wolverhampton Council, Outside Centre and Wolverhampton Business Improvement District (BID). [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In May 2016, Outside Centre commissioned Marie Sewell to design the prototype wolf sculpture, which formed the basis of each exhibit. [ 9 ]
The city centre includes the main shopping centres: the Mander Centre (named after the Mander family whose paint factory once stood on the site) and Wulfrun Centre), the Civic Centre (the headquarters of the city council), the main campus of the University of Wolverhampton and the terminus of the West Midlands Metro.
Wolverhampton: Based opposite Beatties in Victoria Street before moving to the Mander Centre. [201] [202] [203] Beehive Birmingham: Located in Albert Street. [204] Bellmans Brighton and Hove: Opened in the 1920s after Sydney Bellman purchased the store from the Jacomeli family.
Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander was the first of the Mander family to sit in the House of Commons. The house is now in the hands of the National Trust. The Mander family also owned the nearby 'Mount', seat of the Mander Baronets, which is now a hotel and conference centre with views as far as the Malvern hills, over 40 miles (64 km) away.
Sir Charles Tertius Mander (16 July 1852 – 8 April 1929), JP, DL, TD, was the eldest son of Charles Benjamin Mander, of The Mount. He was uniquely four times mayor of Wolverhampton 1892-6, [2] an honorary freeman of the borough, a colonel in the Staffordshire Yeomanry, and the first of the Mander family to serve as High Sheriff of Staffordshire. [3]