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Description: | A row of retailing premises in Darlington Street, looking towards the Methodist Church. Distinguishable premises are (right to left): Edwards Stores the grocers, Player's the tobacconists owned by a Mrs A. M. Cook, the booksellers Bookland & Company at No. 42, Charmaine the milliners, E. Windridge & Sons the pram manufacturers and A. Chamberlain the bicycle retailers. The great photographer and artist Oscar Rejlander occupied the building now ocupied by Bookland from 1846 to 1862, when he left the area. The distinctive dome of the Methodist Chapel can be seen to the left. Part of this row, from E. Windridge & Sons down towards to Chapel Ash, was demolished to make way for the building of St. Mark's Ring Road. Darlington Street was cut through in 1821 and named after Lord Darlington, who later sold the land to the Town Commissioners. Photograph taken by Wolverhampton Chief Librarian Mr. F. Mason. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Mrs. P Mason | Subjects: | Photograph Photographs Buildings Streets | Temporal: | c 1960s | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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