Scans of the 16 page booklet titled The Delves by Henry E. Green, circa 1984
The image on the front cover is described inside the booklet as follows:- Watercolour of Folly House Lane, the approach to the Delves, by the late Henry Somerfield (courtesy of Mr. P. Farmer)


















Excellent, thanks so much. I lived in Bell lane 1957 to 1973 and have happy memories of playing on Delves common. I now live in South Australia.
Hello Mike, My pleasure, pleased you enjoyed reading about the Delves. Have you seen my other post about the Walsall in Western Australia? Regards, John G.
Yes John I recall it and I just reread it. There is absolutely nothing at Walsall in WA. BUT there are other Walsall names in Australia that lead to a connection that you may not be aware of. There is a Walsall Street in Adelaide SA and parallel to it is Holden street. That is a direct connection to Walsall as Holden Cars originated from a saddler in Walsall that moved to Australia in about 1850. Holden later became a GM brand and is now merely a rebadged Opel.
There is another connection from my old school QM. Sir Edwin Thomas born Walsall 1830 migrated to South Australia started a large brewery, went into politics and became mayor of Adelaide.
Small world!
Hello Mike, thanks for your two replies. Think those people that resettled in Walsall WA in the mid 1920s got a bit of a raw deal and the place never really got going. I knew about Sir Edward Holden’s brother going to Australia and being one of the founders of Holdens cars as I wrote about him in one of the Walsall Lives calendars I used to do some years ago. Didn’t know of Walsall St or Holden St in Adelaide though or the brewery founder. Thanks again for the information, regards, John.