When Princess Diana visited Molineux

[Adrian_Monk]

Now my memories of 1985 are pretty sketchy, partly due to age and partly because I couldn't actually see the pitch (and that was before we got moved to the new stand) but does anyone recall Diana using Molineux as a helipad at the end of the season under the Bhattis?!

 

[Deleted member 7862Bler]

Now my memories of 1985 are pretty sketchy, partly due to age and partly because I couldn't actually see the pitch (and that was before we got moved to the new stand) but does anyone recall Diana using Molineux as a helipad at the end of the season under the Bhattis?!

I think there was a picture in one of the programs meeting the team lined up on the pitch. Seem to remember it was a black and white photo.

 

[Mutchy]

May 23, 1985: Princess Diana was pictured visiting the 'Crypt Association' in Wolverhampton, which provided child care in the local community. ​

 

[Tojo the grass]

That’s a dark name for a nursery.

 

[Adrian_Monk]

I think there was a picture in one of the programs meeting the team lined up on the pitch. Seem to remember it was a black and white photo.

While looking for my birth certificate last night I actually found a program with a black and white picture of Diana and a crowd of people in the background, but no players, and the crowd, ermmm, with the risk of sounding sexist, didn't look like the crowd typically looked like at Molineux back then (firstly there were more than a smattering, secondly they weren't caged in, thirdly most of them were female, and fourthly they were smiling rather than shouting vitriol about the Bhattis) hence the timing of my question.

I asked my dad, he doesn't remember it at all, and the date (as Mutchy correctly points out, 23rd May) would suggest the season was already over.

Also discovered yesterday that I did actually see Campbell Chapman play. Obviously made quite an impression on me as I've gone the best part of 40 years since certain I hadn't.

 

[Dr Wolfenstein]

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/220817187954762667/

Welcome to the wild West Midlands , your royal highness:

https://apnews.com/article/3220ef295d31f8a9ac7a61a4144089b9

Central News: 23.05.1985: Princess Diana

Diana, Princess of Wales on a visit to Brockmoor School in Wolverhampton.

www.macearchive.org

And a later visit (also 1988 mentioned)

Flashback: The day Princess Diana came to Wolverhampton

This week, West Midlands Police took a trip down memory lane and published video from 1992 when the world's favourite princess was welcomed to Wolverhampton.

www.expressandstar.com

No mention of Molineux though.