In less than half a lifetime, the town's old, easygoing warmth has helped create a society with a real neighbourhood spirit and first-class community relations. But it was here, too, that ordinary Wulfrunians proved him wrong. Of all Wolverhampton's many achievements, none should give us greater satisfaction than that. This is a day for pride in our past and faith in our future, It is time, at last, to savour the words. Along with Inverness and Brighton and Hove, the town was chosen from 39 bidders for the accolade which MPs and civic leaders said should give a tremendous boost to both its community spirit and economic wellbeing.
News that Wolverhampton had been given its timely Christmas present more than 1, years after its birth came in an announcement from the Home Office. After the disappointment of losing out to Sunderland in , Wolverhampton's Mayor, Councillor Tersaim Singh, echoed a widely held view when he said that many people had said the town should have been a city a long time ago. As Mayor of Stafford I would like to offer my congratulations to the Mayor of Wolverhampton, soon to become Lord Mayor, and the people of Wolverhampton, soon to become citizens.
Lichfield District Council chairman, Terry Finn, said: I would like to offer my congratulations to the mayor and everyone concerned in Wolverhampton. It is nice to know there is now another city in the Midlands. He said: I think this is wonderful news and to tell you the truth I had every confidence that Wolverhampton would be recognised with city status.
Wolverhampton South East MP Dennis Turner, who has been campaigning for city status for the town since he entered Parliament in , said:It is great news.
It will achieve exactly the right psychological atmosphere in Wolverhampton the feel good factor, that something good has happened to the town.
Wolverhampton deserves it. It will be a wonderful boost for the town and everybody in it. Everyone has worked very hard, and they deserve to be congratulated. Ken Purchase, MP for Wolverhampton North East, said: I am very, very pleased indeed that Wolverhampton's long campaign for city status has been successful.
He said the town of the year competition, to be launched later this year, aims to celebrate achievements in entrepreneurship, technology, community, enterprise and integration. Government announces new Town of the Year contest. Image source, David Goddard.
Wolverhampton, the Millennium City - 10 years on. Wolverhampton was named one of three new cities Ten years ago this year, Wolverhampton was named a Millennium City. In , 39 towns from across the UK put themselves forward for city status. The Queen had expressed her intention to mark the new millennium by granting the new titles. Civic pride The time was right for Wolverhampton to become a city.
E-mail this to a friend. Wolverhampton gained gas light in From it had an electricity supply. The railway reached Wolverhampton in Railways made it even easier to transport goods to and from the town. The first public library in Wolverhampton opened in and the first public park opened in In Wolverhampton gained an art gallery. In a dispensary opened where the poor could obtain free medicines.
In a hospital opened in Wolverhampton. However, like all 19th century towns, Wolverhampton suffered from epidemics. There were epidemics of cholera in Wolverhampton in and but conditions improved later in the century when sewers were dug.
In local government was reformed and Wolverhampton gained a mayor and corporation in recognition of its growing size and importance. Wolverhampton suffered some bombing raids in but it was bombed far less heavily than neighboring towns. The s and s were years of prosperity for Wolverhampton as they were for the rest of Britain.
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