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Construction of the Black Country Route, the bridge is the  fly over by the school, (Stonefield) Hall Green as it was known then, this can be seen on the right.	Church Street Bilston	Church Street Bilston again	Church Street Bilston yet again
Darlaston Lane  Porkets Bridge as it was known locally can be seen in the back ground,	"Fiery" 'Moorcroft' 1959, plot of land situated on the same side as the Fiery Holes Pub, the buildings were demolished in the 60s	God's Acre	The Golf Links Prouds Lane Pike pool, Bilston Boys Grammar School in the photo.
The Golf Links Prouds Lane Again	The Grounds Old Hospital (Peascroft Wood?)	Lichfield Street	The Old Market Hall
Inside the Theatre Royal during demolition, in 1960s	The Pipes Meadow Hotel 1940,s	St. Mary's Church	The Theatre Royal
Bilston Windmill in 1954. The windmill in the picture was constructed in 1791,  although there had been one on the site for centuries.  By the 1880s it had become a cement works and in 1902 the machinery and cap were removed and the battlements added to the top. It was demolished in the early 1970s and is now the site of an old people's home. Mill House. The Mill was on the corner of Mount Pleasant & James Street.	The Town Hall Clock Tower	The Town Hall	Getting coal in the main street, Swan Bank in 1906. There were a number of small pits very close to the centre of Bilston well within living memory. This one was begun when excavations for a sewer uncovered large quantities of coal"