The Market Square is now the Civic Centre, home of The City of Wolverhampton Council. Left of Corporation Street is the old Town Hall now Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court. Right of Corporation Street is Wolverhampton Civic Hall. In the middle at a distance the spire of St. Mark's church. The church is now the home of the company Technology Management.
Front to back
First row
Unidentified red car, Volkswagen 1300/1500 (Type 1, Beetle), Austin/Morris/BL Mini, unidentified car probably Vauxhall Viva HA.
Second row
Vauxhall Victor FD, Austin/Morris/BL Mini Van.
Third row
Ford Capri Mk I, Volkswagen 1300/1500 (Type 1, Beetle), Ford Capri Mk I, Opel Kadett (C) Caravan.
Fourth row
Unidentified blue car, Ford Anglia 105E, Austin/Morris 1800/2200 (BMC ADO17), Austin/Morris 1100/1300 (BMC ADO16), Triumph 1300 or Triumph Toledo.
Fifth row
Unidentified orange/yellow car, unidentified blue car, unidentified car probably a Ford Anglia 105E Estate, unidentified car, unidentified car probably Simca or Fiat.
Sixth row
Austin/Morris 1100/1300 (BMC ADO16), Ford Cortina XL or GXL (Mk III, Cortina TC), Ford Cortina L (Mk III, Cortina TC).
Seventh row
Triumph 1300 or Triumph Toledo, unidentified white car, unidentified car.
Eight row
Simca 1000, Morris Marina.
Parked in front of the fence, front to back
Unidentified yellow car, Rover P6, Morris Marina, Morris Marina, Austin Maxi, four unidentified cars.
Parked in the Corporation Street, front to back
Unidentified car, unidentified car, Morris Minor 1000, unidentified car probably Austin/Morris 1800/2200 (BMC ADO17), unidentified car, Austin/Morris/BL Mini, Austin/Morris/BL Mini, Rootes Arrow (Hillman/Sunbeam/Singer/Humber), Ford Transit Mk I, three unidentified cars.
Wednesday 25 May 2022
1975, Car Spotting: Market Square / Corporation Street, Wolverhampton, UK
Sunday 15 May 2022
1974, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)
Best Film
Winner: ‘La nuit américaine’
Nominees:
- ‘The Day of the Jackal’
- ‘Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie’
- ‘Don't Look Now’
Best Actor
Winner: Walter Matthau
As Charley Varrick in ‘Charley Varrick’
As Pete Seltzer in ‘Pete 'n' Tillie’
Nominees:
- Donald Sutherland as John Baxter in ‘Don't Look Now’
- Donald Sutherland as Jesse Veldini in ‘Steelyard Blues’
- Laurence Olivier as as Andrew Wyke in ‘Sleuth’
- Marlon Brando as Paul in ‘Last Tango in Paris’
Best Actress
Winner: Stéphane Audran
As Alice Senechal in ‘Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie’
As Helene Masson in ‘Juste avant la nuit’
Nominees:
- Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in ‘Lady Sings the Blues’
- Glenda Jackson as Vickie Allessio in ‘A Touch of Class’
- Julie Christie as Laura in ‘Don't Look Now’
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Arthur Lowe as Charlie Johnson in ‘O Lucky Man!’
Nominees:
- Denholm Elliott as Nils Krogstad in ‘A Doll's House’
- Ian Bannen as Baxter in ‘The Offence’
- Michael Lonsdale as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel in ‘The Day of the Jackal’
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Valentine Cortese as Severine in ‘La Nuit Américaine’
Nominees:
- Delphine Seyrig as Colette de Montpellier in ‘The Day of the Jackal’
- Ingrid Thulin as Karin in ‘Cries and Whispers’
- Rosemary Leach as Mary Maclaine in ‘That'll Be the Day’
Best Screenplay
Winner: Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière: ‘Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie’
Nominees:
- Kenneth Ross: ‘The Day of the Jackal’
- Anthony Shaffer: ‘Sleuth’
- Melvin Frank and Jack Rose: ‘A Touch of Class’
Best Cinematography
Winner: Anthony B. Richmond : ‘Don't Look Now’
Nominees:
- Sven Nykvist: ‘Viskningar Och Rop’
- Douglas Slocombe: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ / ‘ Travels with My Aunt’
- Oswald Morris: ‘Sleuth’
Best Direction
Winner: François Truffaut: ‘La nuit américaine’
Nominees:
- Fred Zinnemann: ‘The Day of the Jackal’
- Luis Buñuel: ‘Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie’
- Nicolas Roeg: ‘Don't Look Now’
Best Costume Design
Winner: Phyllis Dalton: ‘The Hireling’
Nominees:
- Danilo Donati: ‘Brother Sun, Sister Moon’
- Beatrice Dawson: ‘A Doll's House’
- Yvonne Blake: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
Best Film Editing
Winner: Ralph Kemplen : ‘The Day of the Jackal’
Nominees:
- Frank Morriss: ‘Charley Varrick’
- Graeme Clifford: ‘Don't Look Now’
- Ralph Sheldon: ‘The National Health’
Best Sound Track
Alan Price : ‘O Lucky Man!’
Nominees:
- Bob Dylan: ‘Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid’
- Taj Mahal: ‘Sounder’
- Mikis Theodorakis: ‘State of Siege’
Saturday 7 May 2022
1973, Music: Belgian Single Charts 18/08/1973
N° 30
Stealers Wheel – Late Again
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Gerry Rafferty, Joe Egan
- Highest Position: N° 20
- Weeks in the charts: 6
- Video clip
N° 29
Cindy & Bert – Immer wieder sonntags
- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: Jonny Halvey, Andreas Dries Holten
- Highest Position: N° 6
- Weeks in the charts: 11
- Video clip
N° 28
Detroit Emeralds – Feel The Need In Me
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Abrim Tilmon
- Highest Position: N° 24
- Weeks in the charts: 4
- Video clip
N° 27
Ivan Heylen – De werkmens
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Ivan Heylen
- Highest Position: N° 16
- Weeks in the charts: 9
- Video clip
N° 26
Sharif Dean – Do You Love Me?
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Sharif Dean
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 22
- Video clip
N° 25
Slade – Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Noddy Holder, Jimmy Lea
- Highest Position: N° 11
- Weeks in the charts: 9
- Video clip
N° 24
Medicine Head – One & One Is One
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: John Fiddler
- Highest Position: N° 13
- Weeks in the charts: 8
- Video clip
N° 23
Willy Sommers – Mooi als rode rozen
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Armath
- Highest Position: N° 6
- Weeks in the charts: 12
- Video clip
- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Mathias Camison, Pierre-Alain Dahan, Peter Arpadys
- Highest Position: N° 8
- Weeks in the charts: 12
- Video clip
N° 21
Mungo Jerry – Alright, Alright, Alright
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Jacques Dutronc, Joe Strange, Jacques Lanzmann
- Highest Position: N° 12
- Weeks in the charts: 7
- Video clip
N° 20
Francis – Schat wat kost een zoen van jou
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Walter Ertvelt, Francis Deproft
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 10
- Video clip
- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Ad van Olm, Frank Faas
- Highest Position: N° 17
- Weeks in the charts: 8
- Video clip
N° 18
Gary Glitter – I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am!)
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
- Highest Position: N° 9
- Weeks in the charts: 10
- Video clip
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond
- Highest Position: N° 13
- Weeks in the charts: 11
- Video clip
N° 16
Dawn feat. Tony Orlando – Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Irwin Levine, Lawrence Russell Brown
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 18
- Video clip
N° 15
Will Tura – Verboden dromen
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Will Tura, Nelly Byl, Jean Kluger
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 18
- Video clip
N° 14
Peter en zijn Rockets – Angeline (m'n blonde sexmachine)
- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Peter Koelewijn
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 13
- Video clip
N° 13
Barry Blue – Dancin' (On A Saturday Night)
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Lynsey De Paul, Barry Blue
- Highest Position: N° 13
- Weeks in the charts: 14
- Video clip
N° 12
Carpenters – Yesterday Once More
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Richard Carpenter, John Bettis
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 11
- Video clip
- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: Jack White
- Highest Position: N° 8
- Weeks in the charts: 12
- Video clip
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Al Jacobs, Jimmy Crane
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 17
- Video clip
N° 9
Albert West – Ginny Come Lately
- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Peter Udell, Gary Geld
- Highest Position: N° 6
- Weeks in the charts: 13
- Video clip
N° 8
Nick MacKenzie – One Is One
- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Jack de Nijs, Bastiaan
- Highest Position: N° 3
- Weeks in the charts: 13
- Video clip
N° 7
Albert Hammond – The Free Electric Band
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 9
- Video clip
N° 6
John Terra – Is er een ander? (tussen jou en mij)
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: John Terra, Yan Nick, Jean Kluger
- Highest Position: N° 3
- Weeks in the charts: 15
- Video clip
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 9
- Video clip
N° 4
Redbone – We Were All Wounded At Wounded Knee
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Lolly Vegas, Pat Vegas, Sandy Baron
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 14
- Video clip
- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: Kurt Feltz, Franz von Suppé
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 20
- Video clip
N° 2
Björn + Benny + Anna + Frieda – Ring Ring
- Country: Sweden
- Music/Lyrics: Neil Sedaka, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Phil Cody, Stikkan Anderson
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 11
- Video clip
N° 1
Demis Roussos – Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye
- Country: Greece
- Music/Lyrics: Mario Panas, Klaus Munro
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 17
- Video clip
Monday 2 May 2022
1972, Car Spotting: Zandvoortselaan and Amaryllislaan Heemstede, Netherlands
Coming from the Amaryllislaan (left) left to right:
Mercedes-Benz 250 S/SE or 280 S/SE/SEL or 300 SEL(W108/W109), NSU Prinz 1000/1000 C/TT/TTS, DAF 44/45, Simca 1000 Rallye 1, Mini Mk III (BL), Volkswagen 1200 (Beetle, Type 1).
On the Zandvoortselaan, left to right, front to back:
First row (parked):
Vauxhall Victor FD.
Second row:
Unidentified car, unidentified car probably Fiat, unidentified car, Renault 4.
Third row:
Ford Taunus 17M/20M (P5), unidentified car, Fiat 850 Coupé, two unidentified cars, Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Beetle, Type 1),unidentified car probably Triumph Spitfire, Opel Rekord C, two unidentified cars, Mercedes-Benz 200 (W114/W115), three unidentified cars, unidentified coach, three Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Beetle, Type 1), the rest is unidentifiable.
Fourth row:
Simca 1100, Renault 16, DAF 44/45, Mercedes-Benz Coupé (W114/W115), Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Beetle, Type 1), Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Beetle, Type 1), Opel Manta A, unidentified car, Fiat 600, Ford (Taunus) 20M (P7a), the rest is unidentifiable.
Fifth row:
DAF 33, Peugeot 204, unidentified car probably Ford Capri Mk I, Opel Kadett A, Peugeot 204, unidentified car, Ford Cortina Mk I.
Sixth row (parked):
Ford Taunus 17M (P3, Bath-tub Taunus), two unidentified cars, Volkswagen Transporter T2 (Type 2), the rest is unidentifiable.