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Never been there but I guarantee this is a high immigrant area.

Reminds me of Perry Beeches where the M6 goes through the estate. I imagine the mortgage/rent is a bit lower if the motorway is your neighbour, so there's that at least.

Happy memories of the park and the King George V Pavilion. It all looks so empty now though.

My dad owned that pub John loftus and mary

Do they still hold the Historic Vehicle Parade at Dartmouth Park in May? On the morning of the parade some of the historic vehicles did a drive around the borough.

Thanks for this Phil. My memories when I was a young boy was the Sandwell Historic Vehicle Parade and it finishing at Dartmouth Park. My Dad was well into it and spending the afternoon going around the park looking at the cars, lorries and buses. I seem to remember one year they had a Chieftain Tank going around ripping up all the grass in a demo area below the area of the pavilion. I too remember being in the paddling pools on a warm day. You had to be careful of any broken glass in there though! so my mom kept reminding me. I also seem to recall one year going to the park for the bonfire and fireworks display. I seem to remember that the bonfire was absolutely huge made out of pallets which took them days to build. I don't seem to recall any barrier around the fire, you could walk up to the embers when it had died down. I also seem to recall there was some kind of amphitheatre and bandstand in the park behind where the duck pond is now, kind of built into the hill as you ascend, at 12:27 in the video. Remember that the Farley Fountain used to be in the park (near the Dagger Lane entrance), but this got moved in the 90's to its current location in High Street (by where the Farley Centre is). Nice to see that you mentioned the Darbys Ales recovered painting. You can find some more info on that at this link. www.friendsofdartmouthpark.org.uk/book/Section%204.pdf Thanks.

A guy called Joseph Ridley Straughan of 5 Dagger Lane built the rowing boats for the pool up until 1954, next to the boathouse was a bird aviary and the bowling green was behind the aviary (where the picnic tables are today), often went in the old cafe to see the talking mynah bird, the modern Fort Apache is a poor replacement but it has some nice old photos of the park inside and a large bell from somewhere local (forget but think it may be from the Christ Church), went on the top once when newly open it gives nice view but been closed off ever since, i was one of the many kids who fished both boating lake and duck pond, remember the art deco bandstand it stood unused for years till knocked down, and of course the flower clock.

Used to love going to the park as a child the big flower clock by the entrance, and when it was hot going in the paddling pool with it's fountain, and as I got older the boating pool and to the right of the boat house was the bowling green.

Hello Phil just to say i spent many happy hours with my family around the park paddling pools and on the boating pool rowing and fishing and also on small pond you had to be there early to get a peg in those days happy days behind the boat house was a bowling green before that fort there was a cafe in lived an amazing mynah bird that was very entertaining

Ha ha 😂 I thought that there was something wrong with my hearing, that horse noise 🐎 🤣 frightened the life out of me. Thanks for the entertaining video Phil 📹 👍 😂

The councils are responsible for the demise of towns because their in charge of them , I believe they've pinched and wasted money

Enjoyed the walk again Phil, heard 5 Easter egg sounds but won’t spoil the surprises 😂. Made it interesting thank you 😊

Park Videos generally contain a few "easter egg sounds" see if you can spot them. Many thanks for watching

What was that noise at 5.16😂

Loved this one mate, have you done Sandwell Priory woods/ Ruins & Sand Well?

My grandads mom went for a job at chances glass works but they turned her down for the job as the management thought having someone with the surname chance on the shop floor the workers would think she was spying.

Hi Phil I always loved the Boating Lake/Pool I liked looking inside the boat workshop to see the boats being maintained and as you say Phil come in number 9 and are you in trouble number 6 and will you please add that ugly building Plallet central to your ugly buildings tour of west Bromwich and I bet the sensory Garden looks loverly in the summer and I enjoyed the walk around Dartmouth Park all the best Paul

Hello Phil, enjoyed the walk around Dartmouth Park.. I'm sure you can still fish on the boating lake.Nice to hear the resident flock of sheep at the beginning 😂, the invisible galloping horse and the growling beast...😂.

Honestly I’ve never even minded cold or wet weather that much, it’s just the way people treat their own country and that nobody seems to care about where they live anymore… I like going for a walk in almost any weather apart from when it’s REALLY pouring it down. Lol

There use to be some big fish in the bigger lake

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Tesco was where the Co-op is and Halifax was already there when Tesco was open

the tv program Car s.o.s garage is in Manchester st

Guardian house is just a solicitor’s office and DWP Restart now, run by SERCO

Yes! I’ve seen this for myself! What are Sandwell Council doing about this? It’s a bad reflection for the town and of course dire for the homeless I mean, we’re not a third world country! By the way, did you know the level crossing by the church used to be a subway! It’s been covered over and tarmac’s over, but it’s still there

The M32 in Bristol has a lot of houses running alongside the elevated section in Eastville, junction 2. The first floor of the houses are bang inline with the road deck literally feet away.

I'm not 100% sure why but that bust was targeted when there was the attacks on statues of people associated with slavery .....can't really the details but it was when a black guy in America was suffocated by a cop kneeling on his neck 😢

Just out of curiosity, all the homeless people were removed off the streets during ´Covid’ they were housed somewhere so my question is why can’t they be ´housed’ again?

Great vlog Phil, you really are showing the extremes of West Brom. In fact what you’re showing is HOW WB has changed over the decades, good and bad. I agree with Michael that this Government needs to look in its own back yard to the poverty, homelessness and lack of work ethic this country has rather than turning a blind eye to it and begging for our donations to other countries when Britain is in a dire situation with the above, we truly are on the verge of 3rd world status, NO JOKE!

You failed to mention the old Kings Cinema was where them tents were

Pub on the right was I think the red lion.

Hi phil did you happen to pass Stafford drive Bedford road towards The Talbot pub on the main road to West Bromwich and Wednesbury via Hill top at all?. I lived there in 1989 til 1992 and haven't been back since . I wondered if they were still maisonettes in Stafford drive or have they been modernised because they weren't great when I lived there. Also if the Talbot pub was still there because it was M&B owned too. Anyway think your videos are brilliant and bring back many memories too me especially your Smethwick high street to Victoria park one Inc the Red cow pub glad its still open . Anyway thanx again Steve Guest

Empty shops should be utilised as charity shops, ppl have loads of stuff they don't need , and ppl have little money to purchase items at retail prices

Vote reform party 😊

The shelter charity shop , should do more , but I guess they have to pay there CEO and managers there wages first before any of it actually helps the homeless,

Big money given by government in America to agencies that manage the tent cities, six figure salaries to their staff, some people might say that the controllers cause the problems that they then create the solutions, free tents handed out by a ‘charity’ I wonder how much shelters CEO is on…. £££££

Quite simple, turn the tents upside down and say it's a dinghy.

Just watched a video about Stoke on Trent earlier. Feels even more dead. Not long before the final nail in the coffin for this country.

Don't be fooled by these so called homeless people, they all get benefits, roof over their heads etc , I have seen Mugs offering these people free food , money etc , they are taking advantage of the situation this country is going.

What is going on in this country? And still the boats keep coming!!!!!! When will it end , useless politicians on both sides!

Love watching your videos of West Bromwich and surrounding areas, I agree there are a lot of negatives, it would be even better if you could be a little more positive on the good aspects of where we live. You highlighted the shops with no customers, but skimmed past the school uniform shop. They had customers leaving as you walked past. That shop is always quite busy. We have a number of great pubs and restaurants, libraries and some great museums. Looking forward to seeing your next videos. 👍

Police don't want to know these days .But they will come knocking on your door if you say boo to a goose on Facebook .

15 years ago very few people were begging or sleeping rough. Then the Tories got in and made it difficult for people to claim benefits or to keep their homes, and here we are. Hopefully Labour will slowly reverse the mess the country got itself into, but they haven't made a great start.

shelter gave the old man the first tent .,...i gave the rest so get your facts right mate stop trying to make money out the homeless

Good morning Phil from British expat John living here in Davao Philippines. I am renting here a 2 bedroom new house for 96 pounds sterling a month. In our sub-division we have swimming pools and sports facilities. Escape the winter in the UK.

Its getting like that in most towns and cities now....homeless is a major problem

And just down the road immigrants are staying in a hotel.

great shops there in the 80s . trend. preedys . berries cafe. Woolworths. snooker hall. the flamingo.brays.ace cycles. and the best kebab shop in the world . kebab house. must have been one of the first kebab shops in the midlands. p.s wednesbury was in Staffordshire when I was a kid.

Hi Phil if the homeless don't want help its difficult for Sandwell Council to resolve they need to move these people out of the Town to a safe place were they can pitch their tents i would help them find work and sort out any drug problems and as you say Phil they can now get a Bank accounts we know the council can sort this out i found your walk around West Bromwich interesting all the best Paul