Maurice Birch, 79, has made it his life`s work to sketch all his memories of old Aldridge for his children, grandchildren and great children.  He has published a book featuring 40 years of his sketches, poems and memories of growing up in Aldridge when it was still a village for his family.    Entitled "Aldridge On A Roll", it is based on artwork he created on a large roll of paper he bought from a car boot sale in Cannock in 1969.  Maurice has sketched for his family nearly every building before they were demolished forever.  Prior to publication the illustrated history measured 55 feet and it was unveiled at the Mapseekers Studio and Gallery in Aldridge and the Aldridge Social Club in 2013 at a charity event in aid of the Mayor of Walsall`s Appeal.  In a burst of activity Maurice then doubled the number of drawings over the next 12 months to 110 feet of illustration before suffering his 5th stroke in 2015.  Work on the roll had to be suspended.   "Please can Best of Walsall help me complete my life`s work?" asked Aldridge grandfather Maurice Birch,  "I am searching for photos, images or pictures of old buildings which once stood in and around the district of Aldridge so that I can complete my scroll, "Aldridge On A Roll".  Please can Best of Walsall help?"   The images Maurice is seeking are the following:   (1) Dumblederry Farm (formerly Drumble Dairy)   (2) Aldridge Mortuary (which once stood in the old station yard off Anchor Road)   (3) Dilgers Clock Shop   (4) Houses with archways at the end of Walsall Wood Road (opposite Brammers Garage next to the old Anchor Inn)   (5) Views of old buildings taken from Five Ways looking down Vigo Road, Salters Road, Brookland Road and Aldridge Road including Copes Fish and Chip Shop   (6) The prefabs in Vigo Road   (7) Sunnyside Cottages   (8) The Palace Cinema (which was known as the "Blood Tub")   (9) Houses known as Brickyard Row in Brickyard Road (including the outdoor beer licence, level crossing gates and the  phone box on Leighswood Road)   "I have been working on this scroll" said Maurice "since July 1969 adding sketches randomly.  The scroll is 300 feet in length and I want to complete it within the next year to bring a life long hobby to an end".   Maurice has tried everywhere than he can think of to obtain these images but without success.  There is 72 feet of space remaining on his scroll to fill it up completely and this amounts to another 68 sketches.  Maurice has recently added around 20 more sketches and he is presently shading them in as he works from his conservatory in Aldridge.    If you can help Maurice complete his life`s work please contact him at maurivor.birch@virginmedia.com.