From a 1937 council election poster.

He also became Chairman of Darlaston Council in 1936, and was a Justice of the Peace. He served on many council committees and was Chairman of the Parks, Cemeteries and Allotments Committee.

He was treasurer of the Darlaston Poor Children's Outing Committee, and of the All Saints' Ward old folk's treat, and also organised Darlaston's first carnival in 1925.

He became a member of the Court of Referees, and of the Juvenile Advisory Committee, and also the Wednesbury & Darlaston Rotary Club.

W. M. Bradshaw became Labour Councillor for the Central Ward. He worked in the insurance industry, before becoming a publican, and Steward of Darlaston Labour Club. The road was named after him in November, 1929.

From a 1937 council election poster.

He was Vice-Chairman of Darlaston Council School Managers, a manager at Wednesbury Boys' High School, All Saints' Intermediate School, Old Church School, and Bilston Girls' High School, and Chairman of the Child Welfare, and Higher Education Committees. He was also Vice President of the Darlaston Branch of the British Legion, President of the Darlaston Division of St. John's Ambulance Brigade, Treasurer of Wednesbury Conservative and Unionist Association, and Secretary of St. Paul's Church Council.

He was greatly involved in the negotiations for the expansion of Darlaston, when Bentley became part of the town in 1934. Gilbert's father, Alfred H. Partridge had also been Chairman of Darlaston Urban District Council. First in 1911, and again from 1915 until 1919.

William Henry Sproat was Councillor for the Central Ward in the 1920s and 1930s. He was a pawnbroker with shops in New Street, and Pinfold Street, and was known as 'Jimmy' after his father James, who previously ran the business. Because of this the shops became known as Jimmy Sproat's. The road was named after him in November 1929.

William Walker Stanbury in the early 1920s.

He was well known in the town because of his gents' outfitters and drapery shops in Poplar House, and Victoria House, in King Street. William was born at Durston in Somerset, and came to Darlaston in 1907 when he opened his shop in Poplar House, where he lived with his wife Florence, before moving to ‘Wellsacre’, in Wrottesley Road, Tettenhall.

He served on a number of council committees including the Higher Education Committee, the Public Assistance Committee, the Finance Committee, the Highways Committee, the Housing Committee, the Child Welfare Committee, and the General Purpose Committee.

He was also treasurer of the Unemployed Welfare Council during the late 1920s and early 1930s depression, and a member of the Public Assistance Committee for Wednesbury and District, a member of West Bromwich and Staffordshire Assessment Committee, and a member of the Poor Children's Outing Committee.

The road was named after Councillor George Wells in October 1930.

From a 1937 council election poster.

He worked at the family's business, George Wiley & Sons Limited, at Eagle Works, The Green, Darlaston, and became Managing Director of the firm, and also of Normalised Bolts Limited of Midland Works.

He served on a number of council committees, and was a member of Darlaston Conservative Club, and the Darlaston Poor Children's Outing Committee.

He was also Vice-President of St. John's Institute in Pinfold Street, and helped to organise the annual treat for the aged folk of All Saints' Ward.

The streets in Rough Hay that were named after local councillors include Hall Street, Lowe Avenue, Ince Road, Brown Road, Biddlestone Place, Crawford Avenue, Wesson Road, and Whitehouse Avenue.

Councillor Bob Brown was a school attendance officer. He sat on the local council from 1946 until 1958.

Mr. T. F. Biddlestone was Labour Councillor for the Catherines Cross Ward in the 1920s and 1930s.

From a 1937 council election poster.

He was twice President of the Wednesbury Branch of the N.U.T. and was a teacher and secretary of All Saints' Sunday School, Darlaston. He also became Secretary of the Darlaston Conservative Club Committee, and of the Wednesbury Conservative and Unionist Association.

He was involved in the All Saints' Ward old folk's Christmas treat, and the summer outing for the poor people of the town.

In the First World War he fought in France, and afterwards became treasurer for the Earl Haigh's Poppy Day Appeal fund, and the Wednesbury and Darlaston Hospital Ball Committee.

From a 1937 council election poster.

During the latter half of the 1920s, and the 1930s, Cyril Hall was Conservative Councillor for the Green Ward. He lived at 34 Waverley Road, and worked as a senior clerk at the LMS Railway’s goods department.

He served on many council committees, was Chairman of the Free Library, Chairman of the Green Ward Conservative and Unionist Committee, and Chairman of the Midland Travel Club.

He greatly cared for the less well-off people in the town, and organised the annual Whitsuntide outing, which allowed many local people to travel to far-off places, both at home and abroad.

He also helped to organise the Darlaston Poor Children's annual outing, was secretary of the Darlaston Unemployed Welfare Council, and the Personal Service League, and founder of the Green Ward old folk's Christmas tea.

Councillor Ince was a Labour Councillor who worked as a builder.

From a 1937 council election poster.

He was a member of several council committees, and chairman of the Fire Brigade and Ambulance Committee.

He became a member of Darlaston Council after the First World War, and was Chairman of the Council from 1926 until 1929.

He served on many of the council's committees, and became chairman of the Housing Committee, and the Rating and Valuation Committee, and was also Chairman of the Governors of the Council Schools, the Parish Church School, and Bilston  Girls' High School.

He became a member of Staffordshire County Council, and Justice of the Peace for Sedgley Division.

John Whitehouse owned the Britannia Corn Mill, and had a well-known shop at The Green, Darlaston. He was a baker and confectioner, and represented The Green Ward in the 1920s and 1930s.