EPW011847 ENGLAND (1924). The town centre, Walsall, 1924. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.

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Title [EPW011847] The town centre, Walsall, 1924. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.
Reference EPW011847
Date September-1924
Link
Place name WALSALL
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 401631, 298097
Longitude / Latitude -1.9759271820443, 52.580325268658
National Grid Reference SP016981

Pins

Blue Coat School, St Pauls Street - demolished to make way for bus station c1934

KevTheBusDriver
Saturday 1st of May 2021 10:18:53 PM

Sandwell Street Kid
Sunday 9th of November 2014 05:18:10 PM
On the 1901 O.S. map this area was known as Belle Vue.

Sandwell Street Kid
Sunday 9th of November 2014 05:09:07 PM
Manor House, by 1901 it was the Manor Dental Works.

Sandwell Street Kid
Sunday 9th of November 2014 05:06:18 PM
The greenhouse type structure on the top of Walsall Art School buildings.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:54:47 PM
The Woolpack Inn. The watercolour painting shows the original building that was demolished around 1892.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:52:34 PM
The old Courts now a J. D. Wetherspoon pub.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:48:35 PM
Hatherton Street.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:46:43 PM
Teddesley Street.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:46:04 PM
Edgar Stammers Limited, clothing manufacturers.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:44:01 PM
Queen Mary's Grammar School on the corner of Lichfield Road and Littleton Street.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:42:13 PM
Tower of the entrance to Walsall Arboretum.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:41:17 PM
The building that housed Blue Coat Infants and Junior Schools in Hanch Place.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:39:03 PM
The back end of the Gaumont Cinema.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:37:23 PM
The premises of John Shannon & Sons Limited on George Street, the tower can just be seen on the edge of the photograph. Burned down by arsonists in August 2007, the site has stood empty ever since the debris was removed.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:36:34 PM
The premises of Thomas Gameson Limited on Dudley Street.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:31:30 PM
St. Matthew's Church.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:29:45 PM
Butts School on Butts Road. The photograph of the buildings today was taken on 21st April 2014.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:28:43 PM
Mill Lane with the bridges over the railway.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:22:55 PM
Ryecroft engine sheds, closed to steam locos around 1958, after this date only DMUs were based there.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:21:55 PM
Houses and business premises on Birmingham Street.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:19:52 PM
Backs of house down Dandy's Walk.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:18:56 PM
Central Hall on Ablewell Street.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:18:12 PM
The roofline of the properties down Windmill Street, the perspective makes it difficult to see the exact line of the street.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:16:58 PM
This is the roofline of the tightly packed houses down Newhall Street to the junction with Bath Street.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:14:15 PM

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:11:38 PM
Nine years after this photograph was taken Blue Coat Senior School moved from their premises in St. Paul's Street to a new school built on this land.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:10:46 PM
Springhill Road.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:09:08 PM
Walsall Town Hall.

Sandwell Street Kid
Thursday 6th of November 2014 09:55:00 PM
St. Paul's Church.

Sandwell Street Kid
Thursday 6th of November 2014 09:54:10 PM
The Guildhall on the corner of High Street and Goodall Street.

Sandwell Street Kid
Thursday 6th of November 2014 09:50:25 PM
The Royal Oak on Ablewell Street with the New Royal Oak under construction directly behind it.

Sandwell Street Kid
Thursday 6th of November 2014 09:48:29 PM
Bath Street Burial Grounds.

Sandwell Street Kid
Thursday 6th of November 2014 09:45:34 PM
Arboretum Lake with the boat house.

Sandwell Street Kid
Thursday 6th of November 2014 09:43:44 PM
Lower Rushall Street.

Sandwell Street Kid
Thursday 6th of November 2014 09:42:43 PM
New Street, to the right of this street is Birmingham Street, due to the perspective it cannot be seen clearly. On the corner of the two streets was the Duke of Wellington public house. This closed some years ago and was converted into apartments I think. The picture shows the premises in 2008.

Sandwell Street Kid
Thursday 6th of November 2014 09:41:57 PM
Orlando Street, this street ceased to exist after the re-development in the early 1960s.

Sandwell Street Kid
Thursday 6th of November 2014 09:32:18 PM
Lysway Street. In later year there was a shop called Lysway Stores on the corner.

Sandwell Street Kid
Thursday 6th of November 2014 09:30:47 PM
Sandwell Street.

Sandwell Street Kid
Thursday 6th of November 2014 09:28:47 PM

User Comment Contributions

The only aerial view to show a little bit of Sandwell Street, Caldmore.

Sandwell Street Kid
Friday 7th of November 2014 09:05:17 PM
At last a photograph that shows part, albeit a very small part, of Caldmore. The street in the foreground is Sandwell Street that ran into New Street.

Sandwell Street Kid
Thursday 6th of November 2014 09:27:38 PM