THE GREEN - ALDRIDGE The high walls that surrounded Manor Farm are now gone. The line of the road has been changed so that Little Aston Road now takes a straighter line. The Cenotaph was moved out of the church yard onto the piece of the Croft that became an 'island' between the old road and the new, and is now a prominent landmark in Aldridge

MASONIC HALL - THE GREEN The Masonic Hall 'The Compass Suite' now stands on the site formerly occupied by the Manor Farm Buildings at the junction of The Green with Little Aston Road. A particularly well known view of old Aldridge is that below of the Manor Farm Duck Pond, which was to the left as you entered through the gate way in the picture above.

 ALDRIDGE HIGH STREET - Taken from where ' SHAPERS' now stands looking down towards the 'ELMS ISLAND' Shapers occupies shop units which formerly housed the popular stationers and record store 'KINGS CASTLE'. These shop units are built on the site of the old CROOK COTTAGES which were of significant architectural interest and are a great loss

 THE CROOK COTTAGES High Street Aldridge . These are the buildings to the left in the picture above (left) and which in addition to being residential dwellings also housed at different times during their history, the village Post Office, the first Telephone Exchange in Aldridge, a Bank and a Thomas's Green Grocery shop (Still trading today in Rookery Lane). The above picture (right) shows their demolition in the1960's

HIGH STREET - ALDRIDGE Taken from outside Lloyds TSB looking towards the Church as it is today and as it was in the early 1900's with the original black and white timbered 'ELMS HOTEL' on the opposite side of the road where the Italian restaurant is now located