And another gem. I do remember back in the early 1970s seeing a yellow coloured craft coming from the Chemical Arm, going down Brades and pumping chemical effluent down through a little hut on the Main line, into the ground. IIRC I saw a horse drawn boat at Brades Top and have a photo of me alongside, in my bowler hat ( the idea drawn from Voyage in a Bowler Hat, written by a cousin Hugh Malet).
Superb as usual Andy. Another area that is close to my heart. Modernisation has changed Oldbury so much that it's virtually unrecognisable from those old pictures. Thank you.
@@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 I hope you have enough material to do a slideshow of the Wednesbury Oak Loop too as I used to walk to school on part of the old canal line.
Thanks, really enjoyed this collection photos. You can understand why nobody wanted to photograph Oldbury , not a green pleasant land, old green was the old pound notes it was making for the factory owners.
What with the clay pits, brick works, iron works and of course the chemical industry, whats not to like? The river Tame rises here and the pollution was so bad that the river was called the rainbow river.
Thanks Andy, another great video, I worked at Allen's yard 1976-80 & the loop could be followed easily then. Just a knit pick, that was Clayton's yard not Valencia wharf .
