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Revision as of 14:13, 21 November 2004 by 213.122.12.53 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Darlaston is a town in Walsall in the West Midlands of England.
The town grew in the nineteenth century around the nut, bolt and gun lock manufacturing and coal mining industries. But most of the town's industries had closed by the end of the 1980's and the town is now a ghost town, with an increasing high level of unemployment.
Many Victorian terraced houses were demolished during the second half of the 20th century, and the Urban District Council of Darlaston built thousands of houses and flats to replace them with. Since 1966, Darlaston has been part of the Walsall borough and is now in the WS10 postal district which also included neighbouring Wednesbury.
The athlete Mark Lewis-Francis was born at Darlaston in 1981.
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