Off Yer Trolley: The Dead Centre of Darlo Traditional Cache
Off Yer Trolley: The Dead Centre of Darlo
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Cache 'n' Grab while out shopping or just relax and watch the world go by in the DEAD centre of darlaston!.......
In the late 1850s Darlaston's main graveyard in Cock Street was rapidly running out of space for burials and something urgently had to be done. In 1853, 1855, and 1857 Acts of Parliament were passed that allowed municipal authorities to build and run their own cemeteries.
The newly formed Darlaston Local Board considered the problem of overcrowding in Cock Street graveyard and decided to build a municipal cemetery on a piece of waste land in-between Bentley Mill Lane, the Walsall Canal and the London & North Western Railway.
By the mid 1930s the old graveyard in Cock Street was very dilapidated and had been vandalised. The Rubery Owen company paid for its refurbishment, and seats were added to turn it into a garden of rest.
It was dedicated to the late Mr. A. E. Owen, but in recent times the burial ground fell into disrepair. The graveyard has now been refurbished and is sandwiched in-between St. Lawrence Way and ASDA which can get busy at times with muggles.
THE CACHE IS ONLY AVAILABLE FROM 8am - 5pm(DAYTIMES) and parking available at local supermarket.
You are looking for a camo film cannister with very small pencil so pen may be required, log book and small present for FTF ( please look after )
This is our first cache placed and would appreciate any feedback on your visits.
I would also like to thank Walsall Green Space for giving me permission to place this cache in this location.
Congratulations
FTF = One True Buzzard & Witch24
STF = Stormy Storm & Buttercup
TTF = Greyboots
Additional Hints
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