This arrangement lasted until 1974, when it became part of the borough of Sandwell in the newly created West Midlands county.

The Eliza Tinsley Company's business in Old Hill was in earlier days based on outworkers making nails and chains.

However, as the company started to set up its own work-shops and move production in-house, numbers reduced.

[6] Later speakers included geologist Charles Lapworth on "Our Midland Coalfields"[7] and Wesleyan minister-cum-scientist Dr William Dallinger on "Spiders: Their work and their wisdom".

Haden Hill Leisure Centre offers a range of sporting facilities including a gym, swimming pools and squash courts.

However, the estate had fallen into decline by the early 1990s, and in August 1996 one of the tower blocks was demolished in a controlled explosion.

Buses run to Halesowen, Dudley, Walsall, West Bromwich, Birmingham and Merry Hill Shopping Centre.

Former Trams ran from Old Hill to Blackheath along a single line track with passing place loops owned by Rowley Regis Urban District Council.

Perry Park Road with its 100-foot incline and hairpin bend was laid specifically for the tramway to avoid the steeper gradient up Waterfall Lane.

Holy Trinity Parish Church stands at the junction of Lawrence Lane and Halesowen Road (the main street).

The Grade II listed church building was completed circa 1875 and is built of snecked rock-faced red sandstone.

[21] The Methodists meet at a building on the corner of Lawrence Lane and Clyde Street, built after several other congregations amalgamated.

[22] A number of members and congregation from Spring Meadow left in 1902 to form the Ebenezer Strict Baptist Chapel, and opened a new church building on Station Road in 1904.