EPW015106 ENGLAND (1926). Housing along Watling Street Road, Bridgtown, 1926

Lockley's butcher shop

Wynn's Iron Foundry. A great sprawling factory that employed a great many staff. Finally closed down in the 1970's before eventually being demolished.

Park Street Methodist Church. The last service was held in 1965 and the building became a factory. It was finally demolished in 1987

East Street Primitive Methodist Chape. Originally constructed in the late 19th century,it became Carmel Methodist Church in 1932. After World War 2 the gatherings began to dwindle until finally in 1948 the church closed & the buildings sold off. A housing development now stands on the site.

The Bethel Church, Union Street. Dating from 1879, the original Bethel is the much smaller building just behind the image in the picture. In 1909 a 'new' Bethel was opened, much closer to the road. This church survived both wars & is still very much in use today - the only church that remains in the village.

The corner of what is now Longford Road. Sited here is a war memorial, commemorating local people who died in the great war of 1914 - 18. Erected in the 1920s (although details of exactly 'when' remain sketchy. Updated at the end of World War 2 to include locals killed in that war.

North Street. The main street in Bridgtown. Once a bustling little village centre with a variety of useful shops, North Street today is mainly business orientated. The picture shows North Street in the early 1970s

The Castle public house - affectionately known by the locals as The Dog. Still just about going today.

Bridgtown social club. One of the last drinking places in the village still open today

This is number 17 Longford Road. The Smallman family have lived there since the mid 1950s to the present day

My mother & her sister went to this primary school in the 20's.

In the 50's these building were iron foundry works and I remember the glow from the furnaces at night and the sound of the steam hammers pounding the iron into shape.

In the 50's this building was a general store and post office. I remember Janet who worked there, she had a very strong Walsall accent. They used to have large mounds of butter on marble counter tops and used wooden butter pats to make them into smaller block s to sell.

I can just remember this as a butcher's, it originally had its own Abattoir, it's now the Bridgetown Business Centre. Somewhere I have some old pictures of the owner, I'll have to search for them.

I used to sleep in this bedroom in the 50's as my Grandfather owned the house and ran a music business from a shop on the ground floor. There was not inside bathroom - tin bath and the toilet was outside up the entry!! My Grandfather died in 1966 and the shop usage changed a few times, but id did become a Music shop again, but today on Street View it seems to be a clothes shop.