Caldmore
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Caldmore is one of the villages that make up the town of Walsall (defined as the area within the Broadway ring road). The pronunciation of Caldmore often leaves those from other areas in confusion, because it is pronounced 'Karma' or 'Calmer'.
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[edit] History
The area was an important junction of roads which created a triangular shaped green called Caldmore Green. During the 19th century, the area began to develop into a social and commercial area with the majority of the development being focussed around the green. The area was once again developed in the 1950s with the removal of Victorian slums, which were replaced with new flats.
[edit] Caldmore House
Caldmore House is the surviving segment of Victorian terraced houses in Caldmore. Located on Carless Street (then Oxford Street until 1923), it was part of a row of three houses which were built in 1886. The houses remained until the 1950s and 1960s when the street was bulldozed with only one house remaining. This was saved from demolition and modernised. It is now a museum open to the public with the original Victorian features still remaining in the house.
[edit] Caldmore at present
The area, a centre of fine Indian and Pakistani cuisine in South Walsall, has a busy shopping precinct, which often causes mild traffic congestion around its narrow main street connecting with Caldmore Green.
Caldmore has many restaurants, take aways and grocery shops. There is also a litter problem around Cladmore Green and occassionaly, the community is urged to go and clean up the area[1]. Also in the back streets there are problems with drugs too[citation needed].
[edit] References
- ^ Balti Village rewards litter pickers - Walsall MBC website, November 29, 2004 (Retrieved Feb 14 2007)
