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The photographs of Old Bilston seen here have been supplied by Megan. Click on an image to see a larger version.  More Photos Here and Here

Office building now demolished Old Toilet Block Previously Access to Town hall
This Building at the side of The Post Office (seen here in 1999), has now gone The old toilets seen here in 1998 now  part of spread eagle - were once the site of the tramways waiting room. This door (seen here in 1999 in the Orchard) was to
The Original Town Hall.
Bilston in 1960's The old Market Hall R Whites Mens Wear late 50's
Sangha supermarket now stands here, the old building shows
what Bilston used to look like. 
This building was demolished in the 1960's.		 The Old Market was opened in 1892
by Sir Alfred Hickman		 R Whites mens shop, the only original business
left in the town,
seen here in the late 50's
Swan Bank early 1900's The Castle - now a Furniture Shop Heaths Shop 1960's
Swan Bank, the pretty glass building was the Gas Light & Coke Company seen here in the early 1900s The Castle of course. Which is now a furniture shop. One of Heaths shops, seen here in Bilston High Streetin the 1960s
  The last surviving Fountain  
 

St Marys Church, Oxford St. The fountain built into the railings is the only remaining one of three that was donated to the Town. the inscription is as follows:

"To perpetuate the name of Joseph Percival beyond the days of those who knew him as an old and honoured inhabitant of Bilston. This fountain is dedicated to the public by his son in law John Mason 1866."

  

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