Spend some time wandering this living museum depicting life and work in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Experience transport, shops, entertainment, and more - even learn the Chainmaker's art of creating chain from steel bar.
I am so pleased that you enjoyed the video ! AGE brings with it many memories - I felt the same wandering around the site even though not from that area. Thanks for not picking up on my "error" of referring to BIRMINGHAM as opposed to DUDLEY - it was mentioned just as a rough geographical location for anyone not familiar with the area !
Thank you, nice museum, nice people, nice accent. I plan to go there this year. I was born in the East End of London and lived most of my life in Essex, but I feel drawn to Worcestershire and the Black Country.
Brings back some memories to me, especially the two buses, the 74, my aunties and uncles were conducters on this route, and to think I could have been on this particular bus. The 245 was my taxj from Dudley to Tipton and back when I was courting, and then there was Hobbs fish shop, had a few chips from there when in Hall Street in the early 50s.
If you like outdoor 'living' museums , may I recommend The Avoncroft Museum, The Weald and Downland Museum and Beamish Open Air Museum.. All wonderful...
Did I hear correctly at the beginning when the man said "Dudley,Birmingham" ?. Don't let anyone make this mistake if they are in Dudley. Birmingham is not in the Black Country.
It is both ignorant and offensive that you claim the Black Country is in NW Brum! Let me assure you that the BCLM is in fact in Dudley, (NOT NEAR) and the Black Country, NOT BIRMINGHAM! DO NOT CONFUSE THE TWO! We in the Black Country are proud of our heritage, unique accent & dialect. Tired of constantly being labelled a Brummie by lazy media. You're welcome!
The Black Country, 'in the north west of Birmingham'??? Sorry but the Black Country is not, and has never been, a part of Birmingham. Hopefully, it will never be in the future either. The Black Country has a rich and entirely different history and culture from the rest of the West Midlands. We are Yam Yams and proud of being so.
no its not the black country is defined by its coal industry the coal seem covers West Bromwich, Coseley, Oldbury, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Old Hill, Bilston, Dudley, Tipton, Wednesfield and parts of Halesowen, Wednesbury and Walsall but not Wolverhampton, Stourbridge and Smethwick it stops well before birmingham
West Bromwich, Coseley, Oldbury, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Old Hill, Bilston, Dudley, Tipton, Wednesfield and parts of Halesowen, Wednesbury and Walsall but not Wolverhampton, Stourbridge and Smethwick its defined by the coal industry and the coal vein that spreads amongst those areas wolverhampton and stourbridge and possibly smethwick tend to be joined in to the black country due to workers traveling in from those areas but there not strictly black country kinda like how you can comute into london for work and claim to be a londoner but you cant call your house in london