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Friday, March 18, 2011
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Face of man in probe over tram threats
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Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. To publicise your event in and around “Crime on the Metro system is pay then made threats towards the extremely low but British Transport Wolverhampton contact 01902 319426 conductor which left him fearing for Police will not tolerate abuse or aggreshis safety. sion towards members of staff who have the right to go about their duties Police without fearing for their safety,” added “The men left the service at Wednes- Pc Mannington. “Officers have viewed CCTV footage Events tomorrow include: Eagle, Lichfield Street, bury Great Western Street tram stop.” BILSTON Bilston. Call 01902 Anyone who knows the man should from on board the tram and would now Club dance night from 492522 for information. contact British Transport Police on like to speak to the man in this phot as WOLVERHAMPTON 0800 40 50 40, quoting incident num- we believe he will have information 9pm until 2am, New Forge Bar at The Spread Open mic night at The The man police want to speak to about the threats ber B5/WWA of 14/03/2011, or which can assist the investigation.” Eagle, Lichfield Street. Mitre Inn, Lower Green, Call 01902 492522. Tettenhall, 7pm. Also, Limelight Dance Academy archery club Wolf Archers at St Martin’s School, Wal- meets from 10am to midday. lace Road, 9am for three to Call 07946 615398 for five years old, 10am for six details. years old and above. Call Wii game night at The 07731 339009. Prince Albert pub, RailWOLVERHAMPTON way Street, smart dress, Social dancing, disco and 7pm. karaoke, 7.30pm-11pm, Crimson Tide CheerleadWest End Working Men’s ers, aged five upwards at the Club, Merridale Street West, Royal Wolverhampton Penn Fields. Details on School, first class free, call 01902 772465. 07909 697785. Pheasant Inn Pub, Wolverhampton Canoe Wood End Road, Wednes- Club meets on Staffordfield. Entertainment s h i r e / Wo r c e s t e r s h i r e from 8.30pm. Details on canal off Oxley Moor 01902 725548. Road, 11am-1pm. New Ashbourne Raiders meet members welcome. Call at East Park, Wolverhamp- 01785 712648 for more ton, between 3pm and 5pm. information. Details on 07971 657947. Live entertainment at Wolves Community Bushbury Working Men’s The infamous gates of the Auschwitz camp A heartbreaking display of prisoners’ belongings The barbed wire behind which many died Gingerbread for single Club, Bushbury Lane in the parents and carers of evening/bingo at lunchtime. children meets every Call 01902 429269. fortnight between 2pm West End Working and 5pm at Shepherd Men’s Club, Merridale Centre church hall in Street West, live enterSecond Avenue, Low tainment in the Phoenix Hill. Call 01902 652871. Room, starts 8.30pm. Punjab United Sports Call 01902 772465. Youth Club meets at 9.15am Country music dancing for girls’ and boys’ football and food at the Emerald coaching in Parkfields Sec- Club in Cross Street North, ondary School, Wolverhamp- Wolverhampton, between ton Road East. 8.30pm and 11.15pm. For Ballet, tap, disco, acro- more details call 01902 batics and contemporary 351419. dance at 10am, TettenModern, ballroom, hall Kings School, Regis Latin American and oldRoad. Call 01902 756411 time dancing, Bradmore for details. Social Club, Church Country music dancing Road, Bradmore, 8.30pm. Pupils from the West Midlands and food at the Emerald Call 01902 331389 for and Staffordshire experienced Club in Cross Street North, information. Wolverhampton, between Salsa class plus practice, the legacy of Auschwitz. ALEX 8.30pm and 11.15pm. For 7.30pm-10pm, at WolverCAMPBELL joined them information call 01902 hampton Lawn Tennis and 351419. Squash Club, Newbridge CODSALL Crescent. Details 01902 Almost 70 years ago, JewDance classes for chil- 335817. dren at Codsall Legionish prisoners packed like catConnaught Hotel, Tetnaires Club: 11am to tenhall Road, Karaoke tle in rail wagons were 11.30am baby disco, ages disco in aid of Compton two to six, 11.30am to Hospice. 7.30pm to midspilling starved and 12.30pm disco, seven night. Admission £1.50. exhausted into Auschwitz. years and over. Call WOMBOURNE Most were gassed within hours, 01902 565684. Martial arts Aikido classes Martial Arts aikido classes at Westfield School in Womthe rest were flogged to their at Codsall Leisure Centre bourne. For adults from graves in labour camps. from 1pm to 2.30pm for chil- 10.30am to noon. Details on This week 220 students from West Middren and adults. Details on 07973 923177 or 01902 lands and Staffordshire arrived at the 01902 897854. 897854. Nazis’ biggest extermination camp to tour SUNDAY To publicise your event the scene of 1.2 million deaths. in Wolverhampton and BILSTON The trip, part of a government-funded Hard rock night from surrounding areas telescheme launched 12 years ago by the Holo8pm until midnight, New phone our reporters on caust Educational Trust, is based on the Wolverhampton Conservative MP Paul Uppal with the school party near the start Paul Uppal with students Leah Forge Bar at The Spread 01902 319426. belief that “hearing is not like seeing”. McInnis, 18, and James Potts, 17 of the Auschwitz tour. The visit was an experience he would never forget, he said No textbook conveys the blinding force of standing in the spot where, enticed by the promise of a shower after week-long train journeys, entire families were murdered. This is the man police want to speak to after a Midland Metro tram inspector was threatened. It happened on board the Midland Metro service between The Hawthorns and Wednesbury Great Western Street on January 25 between 12.20pm and 12.30pm. Investigating officer Pc Pete Mannington, said: “Two men boarded a Birmingham to Wolverhampton tram at The Hawthorns, and while one man paid for his fare, the other refused to buy a ticket. The man who refused to
Report by Lisa Wright
Wolverhampton
Visit to Auschwitz is life-changing experience for students
PUPILS’ GRIM TRIP TO HEART OF NAZI HORROR
Atrocities
Students first visited Oswiecim town (Auschwitz in German) in southern Poland where, before the Second World War, 58 per cent of the people were Jewish. Since Holocaust survivor Shimshon Kleuger died 11 years ago, no Jews are left. The pupils toured Auschwitz I, the original camp, and stood beneath the vents through which SS soldiers poured Zyklon B crystals and murdered thousands of Jews, Poles, gypsies and Soviet prisoners of war. They were confronted with the legacy of Birkenau, where the Nazis tried to destroy all evidence of their atrocities as the camp was liberated by the Red Army in 1945. They saw the creaking wooden barracks where men slept 12 to a bunk, and the remains of warehouses used by Nazis to store plunder stripped from bodies. Jamie Potts, aged 17, of Perton, is a youth MP for Wolverhampton and a pupil at St Edmund’s Catholic School. “I’ve never been to a place with so much negativity,” he said. “I feel, after the lessons we’ve learned, that everybody should get this opportunity. “You hear all the numbers, you hear
Mica Ahir,17, and Victoria Alice Power of Tettenhall, and In one of the most disturbing displays, a pile of shoes McCormack, aged 16 taken from the prisoners who met their deaths Luke Bodenm 16, of Castlecroft about the millions who died, you read it in much more.” On the tour, pupils are urged room, suitcases are piled from floor to ceilbooks and you see where it happened. But to think beyond numbers – behind every ing, stripped from Jewish prisoners on there’s something missing – the people. The plea for mercy was a family, an ambition, a arrival. Nearby are shoes, hair and even history. prosthetic limbs. silence is the most striking thing. “The difference between reading about it For Wolverhampton South West Conser“The gas chamber really stood out to me. You’re standing in a room where so many and being there is trying to make people out vative MP Paul Uppal, a Sikh, the trip was people died. There’s a world of difference of the statistics,” said David James, a 24- unforgettable. He said: “I’ve seen the films between reading about this and seeing it.” year-old South Staffordshire College stu- and read the books, but nothing compares to seeing,” he said. “I will never forget For Adam Freeman, 18, of Perton, a pupil dent who lives in Cannock. this.” at St Peter’s Collegiate School, the scale of Remember The trip concluded with a sunset sermon the camp proved difficult to comprehend. “The camp is just so incredibly massive” “You have to be there to understand it. I and then each student paused for reflection he said. “Then there were the shoes at will remember it all. The experience and and lit a candle in tribute to the dead. “This is not something we are going to Auschwitz and the endless piles of tooth- what we saw will always be there.” brushes and make-up brushes. I’m so glad A brutal reminder of those who were forget” said Jamie Potts. “It has been lifeI came. It’s everything I imagined and slaughtered is seldom far away. In one changing.”
Ball raises £7,500
A Valentine charity ball held in hope that it will go a long way to Staffordshire raised £7,500 for the improving the lives of ex-service British Limbless Ex-Servicemen’s men and women. “I’d like to thank all those who Association. The black tie event at Keele Hall attended for helping us to raise was run by internet services com- these funds and hope that everyone pany Internet Central Ltd on Febru- had an enjoyable evening.” Due to the success of the event ary 11 and featured a four-course Internet Central is to host an annual meal, disco, and a prize draw Maitland Hyslop, managing direc- Valentine ball and the next will be tor of Internet Central said: “We’re on February 10 with all proceeds more than delighted with the going towards the National Memoamount of money that was raised. rial Arboretum at Alrewas, home to It’s all going to a great cause and we the Armed Forces Memorial.
Quiz night fun for trust funds Dudley and District Business Club members are staging a quiz night in aid of their charity for 2011, the Pocklington Trust. Visitors are invited to take part in the event, at Hagley Golf Club, Wassell Grove Lane, near Stourbridge, on Tuesday at 7pm. Chairman Mick Davies said: “All profit will help the club to help local people sufferung with sight loss.
Play with real heart
Children in Willenhall will get the chance to learn about the importance of having a healthy heart when unusual characters drop into their school next week. Characters called Brains, Old Ticker and Gutsy will drop into Beacon Primary School for a special performance. The 50-minute play educates pupils about keeping their hearts healthy using an array of funny characters. The performance has been made
possible through a £9,000 grant awarded to Gazebo Theatre Company, who are putting on the play. Michael O’Hara, artistic director at the Gazebo, said: “We’ve been working in schools for over 30 years to inspire children and get them learning through performance arts. “It’s great to be able to bring this play to children in Walsall. “It’s all developed with lots of input from the kids and teachers who are very enthusiastic about their amazing hearts.”
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