During the 9th and 10th century's the battles between the Anglo Saxons and Vikings were always bloody, but none more so than at the battle of Wodens elde. Our history shows that the Anglo Saxon army, consisting of men from Mercia and Wessex met the might of the Viking army on the elds of Woden and utterly defeated them on the 5th day of August 910.

Take this next journey with me into Wednesfield's past and be assured that it will bring back memories of your own journey; and please enjoy! This 135 page book contains more than 100 photographs. This is my third journey into Wednesfield's past and I have loved doing it, it's been really great giving talks about our history to the Rotary Club of Wednesfield thanks to Mark Simmons and it was great to meet the Mayor and Mayoress in the Civic Centre. Thanks to Phil Bateman for organising that. Not forgetting the talks that I gave at The Vine Inn and also the Royal British Legion Club, once again it's been the main topic: 'Where did the famous battle between the Saxons and the Vikings take place?' Now all you folk of Wednesfield know.

Here we are again our second journey into Wednesfield's past. Our first journey produced a fantastic response from the folk of Wednesfield and indeed from other areas around the country and that is the reason for this second book and obviously my passion for Wednesfield's past. It's been really great giving talks to the kids at Wodensfield and St Patricks schools, and also at Long Knowle library and not forgetting the talks given in the Vine Inn on 6th August 2010 to celebrate the battle of Wednesfield's 1100th anniversary. Take this next journey with me into Wednesfield's past and be assured that it will bring back memories of your own journey. This 206 page book contains more than 138 photographs.