Blockall, The Green, Bell Street, Cross Street, Booth Street, and Bentley Road South
A view of the Vine Inn pub in Bell Street. In 1834 the licensee was gunlock manufacturer William Wilkes.

The photograph was taken at a time when the area was being redeveloped. All of the old houses in the photograph would soon disappear.
Another view of Bell Street.

On the right is the Engine Inn.

Looking into Blockall with the Dog and Pheasant pub on the left, and the Olympia cinema across the road. The Dog and Pheasant was known as "The Wrexham". It closed in 1971 and was demolished as part of the St. Lawrence Way development.		  
The view from Eldon Street looking towards Little Cross Street, the Dog and Pheasant pub, and the partly demolished Olympia cinema.


Another view of Blockall.

  
 


The Barley Mow in Cross Street.


Looking down Eldon Street towards Cross Street and the back of the Barley Mow.

  
 
Another view of Eldon Street. The houses in Cross Street had been demolished. The houses on the right are in Little Cross Street and still survive.

Looking into The Green from St. Georges Street. The large house in the centre is St. George's vicarage, and on the extreme left is the Why Not pub.		  
 
The northern end of The Green with James Wiley & Sons Limited on the left, and the Nag's Head pub on the right. The pub was once frequented by William Walters, better known as Billy Muggins, the well known eccentric scrap dealer.
An aerial view of Richards Street, with part of Owen Street and Owen Park at the bottom-left. In the background is Heath Road .

The photograph includes much of Charles Richards and Sons' factory, and Wilkins and Mitchell Limited.

Darlaston Green Methodist Church which stood on the corner of Castle Street and Perry Street. It opened in 1871.

Within a few years a wooden schoolroom was built behind the church. It was replaced by a brick building in 1949.

By the late 1960s the church began to suffer from dwindling attendance figures. It closed its doors for the last time in the early 1970s and was soon demolished.
The Royal Oak on the corner of Booth Street.

It closed in 1976 and was soon demolished.
Looking towards Garringtons with Willenhall Road on the left and Bentley Road South on the right.
Another view of Garringtons, as seen from Willenhall Road.
 


The Boat in Bentley Road South.
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