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Real Peaky Blinders Filming Locations in *Bradford* the world's first *UNESCO City of Film:* 1 - Tommy's Office, Westminster = *Bradford City Hall Lord Mayors Office* 2 - Midland Hotel and Bar, Birmingham = *Bradford City Hall Entrance Hall plus Another Room* 3 - Inkberrow Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon = *Bradford City Hall Conference Rooms* 4 - Winson Green Prison, Birmingham = *Bradford City Hall Old Cells* 5 - Hospital, Birmingham = *Bradford City Hall Upper Floor Room* 6 - House of Commons, Westminster = *Bradford City Hall Council Chambers* 7 - Changretta Family Photo = *Bradford City Hall Old Court Room* 8 - Unknown Location = *The Bradford Club* (I'll find out what scenes it was used for eventually) 9 - Tommy's Factory Offices, Birmingham = *Sekhon Group Warehouse* on *Hick Street, Little Germany, Bradford* 10 - Liverpool Dock Passport Control = *Bradford Midland Hotel* 11 - Cemetery, Birmingham = *Undercliffe Cemetery, Undercliffe, Bradford* 12 - Park, Birmingham = *Peel Park, Undercliffe, Bradford* 13 - Canal, Birmingham = *Salts Mill, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford* 14 - Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham = *Kings Hall and Winter Gardens, Ilkley, Bradford* 15 - Mr Zhang's Tailors and Brothel, Birmingham = *Dalton Mills, Keighley, Bradford* 16 - Railway Station, Birmingham = *Keighley Railway Station, Keighley, Bradford* 17 - Unknown = *St Andrew's Mill, Lidget Green, Bradford* (only found out about this place recently, and it doesn't seem to have any interior photos or videos online, so I'm not sure if I'll ever find out what it was used for)
I literally live just around the corner to the Black Country museum in Dudley and wanted to just thank you for doing this video , as a family we’ve been going years it’s lovely at Christmas time as well …it definitely gives you an idea of what the area was like at the time and if you ever do get the chance to explore The Black Country a little bit I would highly recommend it as it’s a very special place.
It is worth every penny of the entrance fee. The buildings are genuine. What the museum do, is that they take the old building apart literally brick by brick then transport it to the museum and put the building back together. They filmed parts of the Laurel and Hardy film there a few years ago.
The museum is set in 26 acres set in an industrialised landscape. The coal mine is very interesting as they have scenes laid out within the mine which would have been typical in the early 1800s. The old church with the high pulpit and the mercy seat was very interesting. The sweetshop tour explains how they made the sweets and what they used for the different colours. Lead, cyanide and copper etc were used for colourings, I’m not surprised that the people of those days had a short lifespan. The Severn Valley Railway isn’t too far from this museum, you can take a trip on an old steam engine which goes close by the West Midlands Safari Park. We saw a herd of buffalo on our trip, it reminded me of the old Wild West movies from when I was a young boy.
I've been to the Black Country Museum. It is good, especially the canal bit. However, if you're looking for a Living Museum, Beamish is much, much better. They have many time periods, from the early 1800s up to the 1950s. It's not because I'm biased, being from the North-East, near Beamish.
I actually went there last week - they're doing a lot to it currently, and adding more to the museum, a new pub, and a 30s-40s area! Only other time I went was when I was in school when I was 13. Great to see that you're doing it just after I've been. It's only an hour away from me. I do like it. There's also a place also similar place to this called Blist Hills which is part of Ironbridge museum - it's not actually too far from Black Country museum either.
@@clarelawton4653 Been to this museum and Blists Hill too and would recommend both. Ironbridge is a place you must go to if you come on over to the UK🇬🇧
I was just about to make the same suggestion as you. I only live about seven miles away in Stourbridge. There is another attraction to add which would complement both the Black Country Museum and Ironbridge and that is The Severn Valley Railway. That would make a good three days worth of attractions within a few miles of each other.
@@Silvermachine7 that’s where I am on the doorstep of the SVR, can hear the steam trains sometimes if the wind is in the right direction, only been on it once when my kids were small on the Thomas the tank engine day out, should use it more really, I could be there in two minutes, my friend went on it once and was shocked to see an elephant in a field, until her husband reminded her they were passing the West Midlands safari park, lol
Although I'm originally from Greater Manchester, I spent 42 years in Birmingham, and now have bought a house - which I'm very happy with - in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, so I now live in the Black Country. I've visited the Black Country Museum twice. The trip down the mines - although claustrophobic - is very good, as was the canal trip through the limestone caverns. Birmingham and the Black Country form one conurbation, but don't confuse the two! The accents are different, and the two areas don't really get on. The Black Country accents can be very strong, and their verbs are different, notably 'Y'am' for both 'I am' and 'You are' - which is why Brummies call Black Country people 'Yam-Yams'. Each part of the Black Country has its own accent and its own traditional trade. They say designers love Birmingham and the Black Country, because there will be somebody in the two areas who can make anything. My area used to make chains, and about 1890 three-quarters of the world's chains were made in my small area. The Black Country is very proud of its flag. 'Bostin' fittle' means 'great food' (victual). Don't think that the old buildings are only in the Museum. The Black Country is full of old buildings, scattered about and intermixed with modern buildings. Both Birmingham and the Black Country are surprisingly green; although there is still a great deal of industry, there are trees everywhere.
@@jonathangoll2918 I think it depends which part of the Black Country. As you rightly say, a Birmingham accent and Black Country are different, but different parts of the Black Country are different too.
Fellow Black Country local here Live in Darlaston in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. Lived in Dudley near Tesco on Burnt Tree visited the Muesum which from me would be bus to Wednesbury then bus to the Muesum or a 20 minute Drive maybe
1978 it was established. The Black Country was described as Black by day and red by night. This was due to all the iron and foundry works plus open coal mining. A young Princess Victoria (later Queen Victoria) travelled through the Black Country by train and kept the curtains on the train closed as she passed through the area.
It was actually an American called Elihu Burritt who gave wider currency to the name "Black Country" and the phrase black by day, red by night. He was the US Consul in Birmingham in the 1860s.
Hi Guys. I am from the Black Country. I have been following your Channel and I have been really impressed with your videos. But I was so surprised and impressed that you guys reacted to the Black Country Museum. Thank you to you both. For a time, we were the engine of the World.
Just down the road from where I live, and was a staple of School Trips when i was but a young ladd. Also it's changed and grown so much from back then. And my father worked as a Ironmonger, and in the Ironmongers shop there was all the things he used to sell back in the day. Used to be more focused on Victorian Era, but they've added a little from the early 20th century now. The Black Country accent and dilect was huge thing and one of my teachers who was a "Yam Yam" (what Brummies call Black Country folk), struggled with how strong some of the accents were.
Beamish Museum was the first regional open-air museum in England, located at Beamish, near the town of Stanley, in County Durham, England. Beamish also pioneered the concept of a living museum before anyone else did, ladies. So that would be worth a react for you both as well if you can find a good up to date one about it . . . ??!!!
Not to mention that practically every *Industrial Museum* in the UK has more of the same, with either original buildings which have always been there, or have been rebuilt there.
I’ve never been to the Black Country Museum but Beamish Museum was fantastic and took hours to go around. I think the tickets were only for the day though; going on the Puffing Billy replica was my favourite part.
@@catherinerobilliard7662 I can't remember anything about my trip or trips to Beamish, as they were at least 25 years ago. All I remember is that there was a tram, at least one set of my aunts and uncles were there, and I got a leather Beamish Museum bookmark with those frilly edges.
Loved this video. I've never been to The Black Country Museum, and will definitely be paying it a visit. My ancestors came from the area - Birmingham and Tipton which gives me extra added interest.
Great video, as always. I've never been here it looks interesting. However I've been to one called Beamish the living museum of the north. My family did re-enactment of Napoleonic solders and families there most years. Fun times.
All the buildings are authentic and have been transported brick by brick to the museum. They even took the ancient cobblestones from the ancient market town of Dudley. Interestingly, Dudley is the birthplace of Abraham Darby, who is responsible for ‘The Industrial Revolution’. The Black Country was the heart of the industrial revolution and many flocked here for work back-in-the-day. Peaky Blinders filmed here. Parts of the Black Country are still pretty, though the Industrial Revolution transformed the area. In Cradley Heath they made the chain for the Titanic. They make horse shoes and a whole host of things. The Black Country brought prosperity and riches to the country and made us one of the richest countries in the world. Back-in-the-day it was very heavily industrialised. It’s said that Queen Victoria asked for the blinds to be shut on her train as she was passing through, but she apparently didn’t mind benefiting in the wealth it generated though. I can remember the smoke bellowing out into the air from all the industry and the subsequent fogs, where you couldn’t see a hand in front of you. T
A man walks into a chip shop with a 20lb salmon under his arm and says to the proprietor, 'Do you do fishcakes?' 'Of course we do. This is a chippy', replied the proprietor. 'Well, do him one', said the man pointing to the salmon. 'It's his birthday tomorrow.'
Please do the Brighton video at some stage. I live close by and it’s much more than just a seaside city. It’s quite quirky away from the seafront with some quite alternative areas. Hopefully the video will include those.
As an American who is a fan of one of the socc--er I mean, "football clubs" in the Black Country, I just had to visit this museum when I went over to England a few years ago. Not as big as some of the other open air architectural museums in the UK but definitely worth it! I had to rush through as I got there with only 2 hours before they closed, but I really enjoyed it and learned a lot about life in that region. By the way, about the phrase "bostin fittles": "bostin" means really good/great and "fittles" is where older Southern American English gets the term "vittles"... food.
Looks like a great place for a day out , l would certainly go if I was in the area ,lve been to similar places .Love to watch Debbie’s smile appear when the cakes and sweets pop up Thanks for another enjoyable informative video , loved it 👍⭐️( even laughed at one of Natasha’s jokes)😀
This was great! There’s another museum like this called Blists Hill in Shropshire that I’ve visited a couple of times, but of them was a school trip so it’s been a while 😂
Plymouth Pilgrim Plantation in Massachusetts, Mayflower and Grist Mill has a similar idea. They have people dressed as Pilgrims in the houses talking about their voyage from England to Massachusetts and other things. Also a Native American village there. Food and gift shop, too.
I recognise some of those buildings from ny childhood when they stood at their original sites. Also, travelled over the Broad Street canal bridge many times when it was in Wolverhampton.
This is so cool, this video reminds me of Beamish (working and living) Museum, North Yorkshire end of the uk somewhere very similar with its own railway and heritage days where people get dressed in the era of victorian dress etc
I was born and raised in the area, been to the museum a couple of times though must be 20 years since I last went. It is to use the local parlance a bostin ( great ) day out, I don't know what's changed or what couldn't be shown but there used to also be an old style funfair which the kids loved and canal trips that would take you into the tunnels. If you're in the area don't miss out on Warwick castle, which is arguably the best in England and a day out in its own right.
I’m a black country lad now living in Perth western Australia still proud to a Black country lad always will be the 14th of July is black country day it represents the birth of the industrial 🏭 revolution
We went for a quick visit, ended up staying all day, there’s so much to see and do there, like others have said it’s totally worth every single penny. You can ride on the old trams, see a copy of the first steam engine and it works, see the different types of houses, if your there later there’s even an old street complete with working chip shop where you. An get fish and chips to take away while you window shop by the old chemists shop. They even have links from the chain made for Titanic’s anchor that weren’t used. So much! I’d recommend it to everyone. On your side of the water, I think they do some things like this at Dollywood, blacksmiths, etc.
Another thing missed out was the canal tunnels where you can go legging on in a narrow boat which opens out into limestone caverns, these caverns are also a registered wedding location in the Dudley borough. This is an additional cost but from what I recall only about £7
I am from the Black Country. The museum is great and hours will slip by there. Well worth the visit. A few hundred yards away is Dudley Castle and Zoo.. Also worth the visit.. And if you did not know... the Industrial Revolution started in the area. Everything was powered by coal. The dust and smoke and smog left it's black snow all over, hence the name Black Country. Just 3 miles along the road in Netherton, the anchors and chains were made for the Titanic.. 25 miles away the first ever metal bridge in the world was built. The place is named after it; Ironbridge. It also has a museum and is a beautiful place by the river Severn.. Nearby is a place called Coalport and is world famous for it's pottery.
Knew Absolutely Nothing about this place. Love the fact that all kinds of buildings have been moved to create a museum like this. We have something similar outside Cardiff, but this looks more like a real town. Thanks, ladies.
I'm old enough to remember fish and chips being cooked in lard, which is essentially beef dripping and the taste difference is quite phenomenal. But, as mentioned, it's not good for you due to the amount of saturated fat. I noticed the prices of the ale and other drinks weren't 1930's, though!
I remember those days too John, and you're so right...the taste of fish and chips then was far superior to today's offerings. There's a couple of things I have to disagree with you about though...lard isn't beef dripping, it's made from pigs, and if the temperature of the fat is high enough, the food doesn't absorb much at all. Take away fish and chips cooked properly are actually lower in saturated fats than most pizzas for example, and definitely much more healthy than takeaway chicken korma or kebabs.
Amazing to see the Black Country mentioned, let alone be the subject of a video, especially from Americans. A lot of British people couldn’t even point out the Black Country tbh!
Here in Coventry we have Medieval Spon Street which has buildings spanning the 14th - 20th century. They are regular businesses however and it acts as a normal street. Three of the buildings have been relocated from Little Park Street which was under comprehensive redevelopment in 1972. Another building dating from 1440, from further along Spon Street, was dismantled in 1970 and placed into storage before being reconstructed at the top end of the street in 1990 !
I've been to this museum many times and it's great. I was born in Dudley so am a black country girl! I researched my ancestry and discovered my family were chain makers- a very hard and industrious life. I don't live near there anymore but like to visit from time to time. There is a crooked house there which was rebuilt brick by brick like the others but in it's original crooked form. There was so much mining in this area all those years ago that it wasn't uncommon for houses to have subsidance due to the under ground digging. The mine here is awesome! Yow cor sit 'ere our kid! Love it! My grandparents and aunts/uncles had strong black country accents. Some common phrases: "any road up" means "any way" or "bostin' " means great
I was born and grew up in the Black Country and I returned there a few years ago. It's where my heart is. The Black Country Museum is 2 miles away. A great place to visit if you have any interest in the past 100 years . My uncle used to be a chain maker and when he retired in the late 60s the Black Country museum was just being set up and he donated his old tools and anvil to them. A word of warning: to fully appreciate it you need to take a crash course in the dialect!
This is in my hometown, I could tell you exactly where most of the buildings and the bridge originally stood. It's such an immersive experience and the canal boat tour is well worth it too! If you ever go, I'd recommend finishing your day at the crooked house pub which is 20 mins down the road another amazing experience where everything in the pub has subsided! Just don't drink too much while you're there! Haha
Natasha & Debbie, great videos and thank you for sharing The Black Country one. Where chains & anchors for the Titanic were made besides many more industrial items. Black by day & red by night! We're proud to be Black Country. It's Bostin!. suggest you check out the Black Country alphabet & sayings...lol
Great video! I grew up in Birmingham and I believe the sweet shop is furnished with items from my local sweet shop, belonging to Mr Hutchings (sp), his family donated the contents when he died.
I’m from Liverpool but have lived in “The Black Country” for 35 years now but had the privilege of taking my parents, who were elderly even then about 17 years ago, now sadly long departed, around this museum which for me was a fascinating glimpse into a distant past but for them was actually a trip back to their childhood, which seeing it through their eyes really brought home to me the “living” aspect of this museum. It almost made it feel like I was experiencing actual time travel with them back to their childhood. The visible joy this travel back to aspects of their childhood gave them is right at the top of my memories of them😊.
I live about 5 minutes from the Black Country Museum. It's a great place to visit. I moved to the Black Country in 2000. I've found the people to be the most friendly I've ever met and I've lived all over the globe at different stages in my life.
I live about 5 mins from there too. Not a BC native but have lived in the area for 15+ years. Never been to the BCLM but will get around to it eventually!
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It must have been going more than 30 years as I went when I was at school, but they keep adding new buildings and expanding it. Last time I went was about 10 years ago. The mine was cool. They had a shaking floor to simulate a rock collapse/dynamite. The canal boat trip is good too. Recommend going for dinner after at The nearby Mad O’Rourkes Pie Factory.
The Black Country museum is fantastic as is Beamish in Co Durham. About an hour from the BCM is Bliss Hill. The same sort of thing but Victorian industry rather than 1930-40. It’s at Iron Bridge, the birth place of the Industrial Revolution. Well worth a visit.
We have been to the Black Country Museum and also Beamish, which is in the northeast - similar thing, but with trams and old buses to take you around (but it is al walkable). The schoolrooms are often set up for maths showing how people used to add up in pre-decimal money; pounds, shillings, pence (pennies), ha'pennies (half pennies) and farthings (a quarter of a penny!!)...I am much happier with 100p = pound instead of the Imperial system (which you covered a few weeks ago) For info - there is another attraction about 10miles away from the Black Country Museum that you might be interested in (Debbie?) - Cadbury World...
There's lots of these types of "real" museums. As others have mentioned Beamish in the North East, there's Critch tramway museum, hundreds of heritage railways, then more traditional type museums but specialising in themes like the museum of film and TV, national football museum. Yorvik viking Centre. We have so much history you can't move for museums 😀
@@trevorwright538 My point was more regarding the name *Museum of Film and TV* as its never been called that. It was originally the *National Museum of Photography, Film and Television,* which was then renamed to the *National Media Museum* in 2006, then it was renamed again to the *National Science and Media Museum* in 2017. The last renaming was shortly after the *100% London born/raised/educated/based bosses* tried to close it, so because they failed to close it, they decided to cancel *all 4 of our biggest film festivals,* along with stealing hundreds of thousands of artefacts (a lot of which were donated to the museum specifically) from *Bradford* the world's first *UNESCO City of Film,* and put them in *London* based museums instead (at least one of which the *Victoria and Albert Museum* has nothing to do with the *Science Museum Group* so how that works I have no idea). *Greater London* gets *billions of Arts funding* from the *National Lottery* and the *Government* even though they barely contribute anything, yet they wouldn't give the *3 biggest National Museums in the North* just *£4M* to keep all 3 of them open for a couple of years.
Loved this, thank you for covering this attraction, I actually come from Dudley and my mom still lives 1 mile from the museum, we have a language and comedy and culture that is quite unique. The video was misleading about entrance fee, the cost is for one entry only what they meant is that you have 12 months from purchase to use it not that you can go back as many times in a year unfortunately. They didn’t mention that you can also ride on the canal barges and you may even get to leg it through the tunnels, this is where you lie on your back and push the barge along by using your legs against the tunnel wall. Not sure how you feel about the fish, it’s basically cooked or deep fried in beef dripping which is beef fat heated into an oil as opposed to sunflower oil, it doesn’t taste of beef, you can also get a spam fritter which is chopped ham and pork in a batter coating deep fried. The museum I would say is about a 3-4 hour attraction if you want to take everything in and the mine is a must when it’s open, much of the buildings and lifestyle depicted is from the industrial revolution or world war 2 eras, this is where the Black Country got its name, the Black Country is an area within the West Midlands county which also includes Birmingham but make no mistake, Birmingham is not part of thee Black Country it just sits next door geographically, not sure if peeky blinders was filmed there as that show is set in Small Heath which is an area of Birmingham, I used to work in this area. Anyway it got its name from queen victoria who when passing through on a train exclaimed what a Black Country it was due to all the heavy industry such as coal mining and steel foundries prevalent and so everything was grime and black in those days. Sweets are probably limited most are simply boiled sugar flavoured candy such as sherbet lemons, barley sugars, pear drops and various rock which is a rolled tubular sugar candy more popular in seaside towns such as Blackpool. Cakes will be bakery based items such as Bakewell tarts, sponge cakes, bread pudding. While you can go into the shops you can’t buy the clothes they’re just for display. The black smiths shop and house are good you get to see how they lived, how they did laundry and how they cooked on an open fire, it smells wonderful, be careful trying the stairs though they very narrow. I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t like the traditional ales and beers as unlike in the us it’s served warm or at least unchilled. Mentioning Birmingham or Brumidgum as we call it you’re not too far from Bourneville which is a village in Birmingham where the home of Cadburys chocolate lives, it still makes chocolate today and also has a museum that goes into the history of the factory and the history of the company. I will provide you some links to our comedy stars and videos about our language and dialect separately, you will be in stitches that is if you cast understand what’s being said. Anything you want to know about the Black Country do not hesitate to ask. Thanks for all your videos you two are Bostin wenches as we say
Hey! Just found your channel and as a 'Black Country Mon' I loved this video. The museum is worth every penny and (if you're interested) just around the corner is the Black Country Zoo and Dudley Castle. Again, fantastic video and keep up the great work 👍
Morning,America-Black Country Living Museum-I live in Dudley about two miles from the Museum-the Museum opened in the 70's and is composed of buildings demolished around this area(the Black Country-called after the amount of coal pollution in the 18th century-nothing else!)the pub was relocated from nearby-the school was directly below me-and it was the school my mother attended-and the chemist was from Netherton-where my father was born-about 5 miles away!The staff are almost all local-the tram actual ly runs-and much of the Peaky Blinders was filmed on the canal dock area-OK?
You should also check out the Weald and Downland Museum in Sussex, which recreates (mostly) mediaeval England (with some later things), and Beamish in Durham which is similar to the Black Country Museum but on a much bigger site, which has a 1920s town, 1820s farming landscape (with recreations of the earliest railways), 19th century coal mining, and is currently creating a 1950s town area.
I am Black Country born and bred. It may be of interest to you as Americans that an American gave the region its name. Elihu Burritt the American Consul to Birmingham in 1862 described it as 'black by day and red by night' All the buildings were blacked by the soot from the furnaces and fireplaces and the furnaces glowed red at night. The museum is brilliant and gives a true feeling of the old Black Country. I used to walk pass the pub featured in the video on my way to school. It is exactly as I remember it as a child in the 1950's.
I've been there 3 or 4 times, it's only a bus journey away from me. It's a great day out, the things I remember most apart from the lovely and interesting buildings and little streets are the AMAZING chips and feeling claustrophobic underground in the coal miners bit. Lovely place and well worth the entrance fee even for the whole day, never mind a year:)
Loved that 1, I have been there 3 times twice as a child and once when I was in my 20's, and from what I remember it was an all day experience not a few hours. Although he did his best with his video you really have to go there to get it all. luv ya stay safe ❤❤❤❤❤
I'm a proud black country gel hear Born in West Bromwich and live,in Tipton,also did some volunteering for the black country and have to say this video was interesting to see other UK folk and also another country's point of view
That was a great intro. There are several other 'Living Museums' and they are all doing a GREAT job. This is how to make history real for the youngsters, and adults will be swept away by nostalgia.
The first time we went there the chain maker made a small link for a chain as a demonstration and after he cooled it down, you could buy it from him. Many tears later we went back and this time you could not buy anything from him, you had to buy a chain link from the shop. You couldn't stand too close to him anymore either (health and safety).
My wife and I went there when it first opened, we had a bit of trouble finding it and when we did it was closed for the winter. We were 5 days too late. A few years later we went back when it was open. If you remember the map in this video, and imagine it split into thirds then the right hand side was stage 1, the middle stage 2 and the left hand side stage 3. So when we went there was only stage 1 in existance (but it was only a few years after it had opened). The buildings are real buildings that were saved from being demolished by being taken down brick by brick and then being rebuilt in the museum.
It has recently opened new areas, and they rebuilt one of the pubs that was local to me. Awesome place we go at least once a year and go to some of the special night time events.
Beamish Folk Museum in the North East was earlier, true, but I think St. Fagans outside Cardiff was earlier still. Beamish has just opened a 1950s village Natasha!
Chain and nail making was often done by women, with men in the pits or in workshops. Nail making and Chain making were done on a piecework basis, and usually done at home, usually the homes had a run of out buildings, a wash house, a forge and, importantly, a brew house, it was thirsty work!
Blists Hill at Ironbridge has something similar. It is not as large, but you can change your modern day Pounds and Pence for old fashioned £ s d (pounds, shilling and pence) I think the rate of exchange is 10p (modern) gets you a farthing (1/4d) Everything in the place is priced in old and new monies. It's fun for the kids to work out how much they actually have as there were 12 old pennies to a shilling, and 20 shillings to a pound. And the denominations are 1/4d, 1/2d, 1d, 3d, 6d, 1s, 2s, 2/6. For older folks this was one of the reasons we had to do our 12 times table!
I still have some Ironbridge pennies from years ago when I enjoyed a visit. According to that exchange rate, I wonder if anyone has ever changed £96 worth to get an old £1 or indeed, to be posh, a guinea (£100.80p)!
Black country is probably best described as the legs of the swan that made Birmingham seamlessly glide. I've lived in both (West Bromwich) and Birmingham itself, and the Black Country was the heartbeat that made the city of a thousand trades; aka Birmingham tick. I'm so proud of where I'm from. 'mon the Baggies!!
There is a bigger museum called Beamish in Darbyshire that is great & has vintage buses, trams& Trolleybuses & a full gage & narrow-gauge rail network,Also in Wales St Fagans museum of Welsh Life. The pub in the Black Museum is an Ale House only allowed to sell Beer ,Ale ,& soft Drinks No Spirit's that was common back In the Day, all three museum's buildings have been rescued from demolition & reassembled on site !!
can't believe I missed this vid, I love the black country museum, have been there several times 😁 there is so much they didn't show, the old houses, one is made out of metal, on the other side of the pub is were you buy your fish n chips, the old buses, the arcade & fairground, you can go down into the coal mines & you don't get to sit down in there, the classroom they didn't show much of, so so much more to see there, well worth a day out there, it is an amazing place to visit 😊
If you want to hear the Black Country accent, Sir Lenny Henry is from the heart of that area, a place called Dudley. He's a comedian turned serious actor and there are clips of him on UA-cam. You could also watch a short clip of another comedian, who's from Birmingham, doing both accents on the Graham Norton show - search UA-cam for "Joe Lycett mimics the Black Country Accent" If you do visit the Black Country, it's worth a side trip to Ironbridge. There's another living museum there but more particularly, the village of Coalbrookdale is home to the world's first bridge made completely of cast iron, which is now a symbol of the Industrial Revolution which began in that area. These places will also give you an idea of the importance of canals at that time - they were built to get goods and raw materials across England. They linked the ocean-going ports and factories of the west and northwest to the cities of the south-east and then, by joining manmade canals to natural rivers and waterways, they formed a freight highway across England. And then came the railways...
There's a similar place in Durham in the North East called Beamish Open Air Museum, that's about 10 times bigger, both places really cool though! So many great historical places to visit in the UK :)
A great place to visit! You’ve already been told, but there’s a couple more to visit - Blists Hill and Beamish. Two more great days out! And the piano player and sing songs at Blists Hill are an superb. Great video as always!
Hi very good video, I was unaware their was another living museum like this, I used to go to a place in County Durham called Bemish living museum, very similar to this one, I've been three time on one entry price, I loved it got many photos, but the only video it took was in 3D.
It is a nice museum to visit. All the houses are fully furnished as if they where from 1900. The bakery has its own mill for grinding flour. So it's all made as in the old days. The sweet shop make most of the sweets on sale. The reception area has souvenirs cast at the foundry. And booklets explaining some of the history shown. The staff in period clothing are cheerful and very knowledgeable. Well worth a visit.
I lived in County Durham and had an annual pass for The Beamish Museum, locals mainly elderly donated a lot of things passed down to the from previous generations. It's a fascinating place and the fish n chips was ever so fantastic
The museum was used in the recent film 'Stan and Olliie'. The chip shop and the Bottle & Glass Inn were used and the pub especially was instantly recognisable, even if they'd CGI'd different outside surroundings to it.
Thanks Ladies. The museum really does look like a great place to visit. I always enjoy your "take" on all things British, and how you discuss anything which takes your interest, like how to pronounce the various dialects and slang - Keep it up and cheers!
If you want to learn about England in the 1930's read J.B.Priestley's 'English Journey'. He was the most successful English author of the mid C20th, and is mostly forgotten; but his story of travelling through England in 1933 is still shocking today. Many things have changed, but too many things are the same, or worse.
Hello to all! Hope you enjoy this short but sweet trip to the Black Country Museum. Before everyone says it, we know everything wasn't included. We know that about all the places we look at. These videos aren't meant to teach & show us everything but to give us a glimpse. Thanks for watching and please hit the Like button. ❤️❤️
And its very haunted
Real Peaky Blinders Filming Locations in *Bradford* the world's first *UNESCO City of Film:*
1 - Tommy's Office, Westminster = *Bradford City Hall Lord Mayors Office*
2 - Midland Hotel and Bar, Birmingham = *Bradford City Hall Entrance Hall plus Another Room*
3 - Inkberrow Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon = *Bradford City Hall Conference Rooms*
4 - Winson Green Prison, Birmingham = *Bradford City Hall Old Cells*
5 - Hospital, Birmingham = *Bradford City Hall Upper Floor Room*
6 - House of Commons, Westminster = *Bradford City Hall Council Chambers*
7 - Changretta Family Photo = *Bradford City Hall Old Court Room*
8 - Unknown Location = *The Bradford Club* (I'll find out what scenes it was used for eventually)
9 - Tommy's Factory Offices, Birmingham = *Sekhon Group Warehouse* on *Hick Street, Little Germany, Bradford*
10 - Liverpool Dock Passport Control = *Bradford Midland Hotel*
11 - Cemetery, Birmingham = *Undercliffe Cemetery, Undercliffe, Bradford*
12 - Park, Birmingham = *Peel Park, Undercliffe, Bradford*
13 - Canal, Birmingham = *Salts Mill, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford*
14 - Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham = *Kings Hall and Winter Gardens, Ilkley, Bradford*
15 - Mr Zhang's Tailors and Brothel, Birmingham = *Dalton Mills, Keighley, Bradford*
16 - Railway Station, Birmingham = *Keighley Railway Station, Keighley, Bradford*
17 - Unknown = *St Andrew's Mill, Lidget Green, Bradford* (only found out about this place recently, and it doesn't seem to have any interior photos or videos online, so I'm not sure if I'll ever find out what it was used for)
I literally live just around the corner to the Black Country museum in Dudley and wanted to just thank you for doing this video , as a family we’ve been going years it’s lovely at Christmas time as well …it definitely gives you an idea of what the area was like at the time and if you ever do get the chance to explore The Black Country a little bit I would highly recommend it as it’s a very special place.
@@danielgardecki1046 They do also use the Black Country Muesum for the Iron Works shots and stuff it is known they film there.
Got an annual membership to the black country museum. My .others family was from Dudley and Rowley Regis
It is worth every penny of the entrance fee. The buildings are genuine. What the museum do, is that they take the old building apart literally brick by brick then transport it to the museum and put the building back together. They filmed parts of the Laurel and Hardy film there a few years ago.
What makes it even more worth it is that you get a year pass with your entry to revisit as much as you like.
@@azzifyy5988 Yep, they already said this.
Actual black country lad here, live in dudley myself!! Debbie said it best 👍
The museum is set in 26 acres set in an industrialised landscape. The coal mine is very interesting as they have scenes laid out within the mine which would have been typical in the early 1800s. The old church with the high pulpit and the mercy seat was very interesting.
The sweetshop tour explains how they made the sweets and what they used for the different colours. Lead, cyanide and copper etc were used for colourings, I’m not surprised that the people of those days had a short lifespan.
The Severn Valley Railway isn’t too far from this museum, you can take a trip on an old steam engine which goes close by the West Midlands Safari Park. We saw a herd of buffalo on our trip, it reminded me of the old Wild West movies from when I was a young boy.
Another uk living museum worth a look is Beamish 😀🏴🇬🇧
@Nichola Try this one.
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I've been to the Black Country Museum. It is good, especially the canal bit. However, if you're looking for a Living Museum, Beamish is much, much better. They have many time periods, from the early 1800s up to the 1950s. It's not because I'm biased, being from the North-East, near Beamish.
Beat me to it!
@@maccatarquin7098 yeah the Black Country museum is about 25 acres, Beamish is about 350 acres.
I actually went there last week - they're doing a lot to it currently, and adding more to the museum, a new pub, and a 30s-40s area! Only other time I went was when I was in school when I was 13. Great to see that you're doing it just after I've been. It's only an hour away from me. I do like it. There's also a place also similar place to this called Blist Hills which is part of Ironbridge museum - it's not actually too far from Black Country museum either.
Yes love this museum and I live near to blists hill too
@@clarelawton4653 Been to this museum and Blists Hill too and would recommend both. Ironbridge is a place you must go to if you come on over to the UK🇬🇧
I was just about to make the same suggestion as you. I only live about seven miles away in Stourbridge. There is another attraction to add which would complement both the Black Country Museum and Ironbridge and that is The Severn Valley Railway. That would make a good three days worth of attractions within a few miles of each other.
@@Silvermachine7 that’s where I am on the doorstep of the SVR, can hear the steam trains sometimes if the wind is in the right direction, only been on it once when my kids were small on the Thomas the tank engine day out, should use it more really, I could be there in two minutes, my friend went on it once and was shocked to see an elephant in a field, until her husband reminded her they were passing the West Midlands safari park, lol
Although I'm originally from Greater Manchester, I spent 42 years in Birmingham, and now have bought a house - which I'm very happy with - in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, so I now live in the Black Country. I've visited the Black Country Museum twice. The trip down the mines - although claustrophobic - is very good, as was the canal trip through the limestone caverns.
Birmingham and the Black Country form one conurbation, but don't confuse the two! The accents are different, and the two areas don't really get on. The Black Country accents can be very strong, and their verbs are different, notably 'Y'am' for both 'I am' and 'You are' - which is why Brummies call Black Country people 'Yam-Yams'. Each part of the Black Country has its own accent and its own traditional trade.
They say designers love Birmingham and the Black Country, because there will be somebody in the two areas who can make anything. My area used to make chains, and about 1890 three-quarters of the world's chains were made in my small area.
The Black Country is very proud of its flag.
'Bostin' fittle' means 'great food' (victual).
Don't think that the old buildings are only in the Museum. The Black Country is full of old buildings, scattered about and intermixed with modern buildings. Both Birmingham and the Black Country are surprisingly green; although there is still a great deal of industry, there are trees everywhere.
I’m 48 years old, and have lived in the Black Country all my life. I can honestly guarantee I’ve never said Y’am.
@@Archipelington But I have heard it!
@@jonathangoll2918 I think it depends which part of the Black Country. As you rightly say, a Birmingham accent and Black Country are different, but different parts of the Black Country are different too.
Fellow Black Country local here Live in Darlaston in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. Lived in Dudley near Tesco on Burnt Tree visited the Muesum which from me would be bus to Wednesbury then bus to the Muesum or a 20 minute Drive maybe
Hi! I’m from Dudley too. 👍
1978 it was established.
The Black Country was described as Black by day and red by night.
This was due to all the iron and foundry works plus open coal mining.
A young Princess Victoria (later Queen Victoria) travelled through the Black Country by train and kept the curtains on the train closed as she passed through the area.
It was actually an American called Elihu Burritt who gave wider currency to the name "Black Country" and the phrase black by day, red by night. He was the US Consul in Birmingham in the 1860s.
Hi Guys. I am from the Black Country. I have been following your Channel and I have been really impressed with your videos. But I was so surprised and impressed that you guys reacted to the Black Country Museum. Thank you to you both. For a time, we were the engine of the World.
Just down the road from where I live, and was a staple of School Trips when i was but a young ladd. Also it's changed and grown so much from back then. And my father worked as a Ironmonger, and in the Ironmongers shop there was all the things he used to sell back in the day. Used to be more focused on Victorian Era, but they've added a little from the early 20th century now.
The Black Country accent and dilect was huge thing and one of my teachers who was a "Yam Yam" (what Brummies call Black Country folk), struggled with how strong some of the accents were.
Where's that Richard?
I lived in Old Hill until the age of 35.
Beamish Museum was the first regional open-air museum in England, located at Beamish, near the town of Stanley, in County Durham, England. Beamish also pioneered the concept of a living museum before anyone else did, ladies. So that would be worth a react for you both as well if you can find a good up to date one about it . . . ??!!!
I wondered which one came first. Thanks
Not to mention that practically every *Industrial Museum* in the UK has more of the same, with either original buildings which have always been there, or have been rebuilt there.
I’ve never been to the Black Country Museum but Beamish Museum was fantastic and took hours to go around. I think the tickets were only for the day though; going on the Puffing Billy replica was my favourite part.
@@catherinerobilliard7662 I can't remember anything about my trip or trips to Beamish, as they were at least 25 years ago.
All I remember is that there was a tram, at least one set of my aunts and uncles were there, and I got a leather Beamish Museum bookmark with those frilly edges.
Loved this video. I've never been to The Black Country Museum, and will definitely be paying it a visit. My ancestors came from the area - Birmingham and Tipton which gives me extra added interest.
Great video, as always. I've never been here it looks interesting. However I've been to one called Beamish the living museum of the north. My family did re-enactment of Napoleonic solders and families there most years. Fun times.
All the buildings are authentic and have been transported brick by brick to the museum. They even took the ancient cobblestones from the ancient market town of Dudley. Interestingly, Dudley is the birthplace of Abraham Darby, who is responsible for ‘The Industrial Revolution’. The Black Country was the heart of the industrial revolution and many flocked here for work back-in-the-day. Peaky Blinders filmed here. Parts of the Black Country are still pretty, though the Industrial Revolution transformed the area. In Cradley Heath they made the chain for the Titanic. They make horse shoes and a whole host of things. The Black Country brought prosperity and riches to the country and made us one of the richest countries in the world. Back-in-the-day it was very heavily industrialised. It’s said that Queen Victoria asked for the blinds to be shut on her train as she was passing through, but she apparently didn’t mind benefiting in the wealth it generated though. I can remember the smoke bellowing out into the air from all the industry and the subsequent fogs, where you couldn’t see a hand in front of you. T
A man walks into a chip shop with a 20lb salmon under his arm and says to the proprietor, 'Do you do fishcakes?'
'Of course we do. This is a chippy', replied the proprietor.
'Well, do him one', said the man pointing to the salmon. 'It's his birthday tomorrow.'
Please do the Brighton video at some stage. I live close by and it’s much more than just a seaside city. It’s quite quirky away from the seafront with some quite alternative areas. Hopefully the video will include those.
As an American who is a fan of one of the socc--er I mean, "football clubs" in the Black Country, I just had to visit this museum when I went over to England a few years ago. Not as big as some of the other open air architectural museums in the UK but definitely worth it! I had to rush through as I got there with only 2 hours before they closed, but I really enjoyed it and learned a lot about life in that region.
By the way, about the phrase "bostin fittles": "bostin" means really good/great and "fittles" is where older Southern American English gets the term "vittles"... food.
Hi Natasha and Debbie......Love your reactions. In Black country dialect I would say...Yow is Bostin!........You are great!
Aye they?
"Yow'm" ay it.
Looks like a great place for a day out , l would certainly go if I was in the area ,lve been to similar places .Love to watch Debbie’s smile appear when the cakes and sweets pop up Thanks for another enjoyable informative video , loved it 👍⭐️( even laughed at one of Natasha’s jokes)😀
This was great! There’s another museum like this called Blists Hill in Shropshire that I’ve visited a couple of times, but of them was a school trip so it’s been a while 😂
Plymouth Pilgrim Plantation in Massachusetts, Mayflower and Grist Mill has a similar idea. They have people dressed as Pilgrims in the houses talking about their voyage from England to Massachusetts and other things. Also a Native American village there. Food and gift shop, too.
Yep it’s pretty good there, was there a few yrs ago..
There are several living museums in the UK, "IronBridge" is the first one that springs to mind
I recognise some of those buildings from ny childhood when they stood at their original sites. Also, travelled over the Broad Street canal bridge many times when it was in Wolverhampton.
There are a number of museums like this around the U.K. I have not been to this one, but have others. Highly recommended.
This is so cool, this video reminds me of Beamish (working and living) Museum, North Yorkshire end of the uk somewhere very similar with its own railway and heritage days where people get dressed in the era of victorian dress etc
I was born and raised in the area, been to the museum a couple of times though must be 20 years since I last went.
It is to use the local parlance a bostin ( great ) day out, I don't know what's changed or what couldn't be shown but there used to also be an old style funfair which the kids loved and canal trips that would take you into the tunnels.
If you're in the area don't miss out on Warwick castle, which is arguably the best in England and a day out in its own right.
I’m a black country lad now living in Perth western Australia still proud to a Black country lad always will be the 14th of July is black country day it represents the birth of the industrial 🏭 revolution
A Black Country wench also living in Perth....bostin aw kid 😊 ❤️🩶🖤
We went for a quick visit, ended up staying all day, there’s so much to see and do there, like others have said it’s totally worth every single penny. You can ride on the old trams, see a copy of the first steam engine and it works, see the different types of houses, if your there later there’s even an old street complete with working chip shop where you. An get fish and chips to take away while you window shop by the old chemists shop. They even have links from the chain made for Titanic’s anchor that weren’t used. So much! I’d recommend it to everyone. On your side of the water, I think they do some things like this at Dollywood, blacksmiths, etc.
Another thing missed out was the canal tunnels where you can go legging on in a narrow boat which opens out into limestone caverns, these caverns are also a registered wedding location in the Dudley borough. This is an additional cost but from what I recall only about £7
I am from the Black Country. The museum is great and hours will slip by there. Well worth the visit. A few hundred yards away is Dudley Castle and Zoo.. Also worth the visit.. And if you did not know... the Industrial Revolution started in the area. Everything was powered by coal. The dust and smoke and smog left it's black snow all over, hence the name Black Country. Just 3 miles along the road in Netherton, the anchors and chains were made for the Titanic.. 25 miles away the first ever metal bridge in the world was built. The place is named after it; Ironbridge. It also has a museum and is a beautiful place by the river Severn.. Nearby is a place called Coalport and is world famous for it's pottery.
Never been but I shall go after seeing this, thanks both great review as always X.
Loved your reactions.
So much better watching someone seeing it for the first time.
Fantastic.
Knew Absolutely Nothing about this place.
Love the fact that all kinds of buildings have been moved to create a museum like this.
We have something similar outside Cardiff, but this looks more like a real town.
Thanks, ladies.
9:55 That's not sawdust, that's the previous nights furniture. It's a very rough pub.
I'm old enough to remember fish and chips being cooked in lard, which is essentially beef dripping and the taste difference is quite phenomenal. But, as mentioned, it's not good for you due to the amount of saturated fat. I noticed the prices of the ale and other drinks weren't 1930's, though!
I remember fish and chips in proper newspaper. Red hot and fresh and tou had to do juggling act to save burning your fingers on way home 😀
I remember those days too John, and you're so right...the taste of fish and chips then was far superior to today's offerings. There's a couple of things I have to disagree with you about though...lard isn't beef dripping, it's made from pigs, and if the temperature of the fat is high enough, the food doesn't absorb much at all. Take away fish and chips cooked properly are actually lower in saturated fats than most pizzas for example, and definitely much more healthy than takeaway chicken korma or kebabs.
Actually attitudes are changing to animal fats. Makes you wonder our grandparents didn't seem to suffer from modern old age ailments.
Lard is pork fat so not the same as beef dripping, quite a different flavour.
Check out Beamish, it's a similar living museum in the North East of England and a really cool place for a day out
Haven't been to the Black Country museum in years but I do remember their fish and chips and sweet shop being amazing. We used to go for school trips.
Similar to The Black Country Museum there is also Beamish Living Museum in the north of England near Durham. Thanks for uploading, ladies. 😎😁🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦
Im originally from Dudley where the Black Country Musuem is located. Its an amazing place to visit if you want to take a step back in time
Glad you did this, the cast characters are great, and have great old fashioned conversations and arguments on the street, fascinating
Amazing to see the Black Country mentioned, let alone be the subject of a video, especially from Americans. A lot of British people couldn’t even point out the Black Country tbh!
Here in Coventry we have Medieval Spon Street which has buildings spanning the 14th - 20th century. They are regular businesses however and it acts as a normal street.
Three of the buildings have been relocated from Little Park Street which was under comprehensive redevelopment in 1972.
Another building dating from 1440, from further along Spon Street, was dismantled in 1970 and placed into storage before being reconstructed at the top end of the street in 1990 !
I've been to this museum many times and it's great. I was born in Dudley so am a black country girl! I researched my ancestry and discovered my family were chain makers- a very hard and industrious life. I don't live near there anymore but like to visit from time to time.
There is a crooked house there which was rebuilt brick by brick like the others but in it's original crooked form. There was so much mining in this area all those years ago that it wasn't uncommon for houses to have subsidance due to the under ground digging. The mine here is awesome!
Yow cor sit 'ere our kid! Love it! My grandparents and aunts/uncles had strong black country accents.
Some common phrases: "any road up" means "any way" or "bostin' " means great
I love this place, its not to far from me, so have been only trips there, the fish and chips are truly the best xx
A friend of mine got caught stealing calendars. He got 12 months!
Was he from Tipton?
I was born and grew up in the Black Country and I returned there a few years ago. It's where my heart is. The Black Country Museum is 2 miles away. A great place to visit if you have any interest in the past 100 years . My uncle used to be a chain maker and when he retired in the late 60s the Black Country museum was just being set up and he donated his old tools and anvil to them. A word of warning: to fully appreciate it you need to take a crash course in the dialect!
They dow harf.
This is in my hometown, I could tell you exactly where most of the buildings and the bridge originally stood. It's such an immersive experience and the canal boat tour is well worth it too! If you ever go, I'd recommend finishing your day at the crooked house pub which is 20 mins down the road another amazing experience where everything in the pub has subsided! Just don't drink too much while you're there! Haha
My home town too!
I’m from Dudley too. It’s quite disconcerting to go in that pub and the ball rolls uphill. You feel drunk before you’ve even had a drink.
Natasha & Debbie, great videos and thank you for sharing The Black Country one. Where chains & anchors for the Titanic were made besides many more industrial items. Black by day & red by night! We're proud to be Black Country. It's Bostin!. suggest you check out the Black Country alphabet & sayings...lol
i'm from the black country and the houses, streets and shops shown are exactly as it was when i grew up in the 50's.
Great video! I grew up in Birmingham and I believe the sweet shop is furnished with items from my local sweet shop, belonging to Mr Hutchings (sp), his family donated the contents when he died.
I love American retro the big cars , diners , Rock n Roll , the fifties and early sixties , must be America’s golden years .
I’m from Liverpool but have lived in “The Black Country” for 35 years now but had the privilege of taking my parents, who were elderly even then about 17 years ago, now sadly long departed, around this museum which for me was a fascinating glimpse into a distant past but for them was actually a trip back to their childhood, which seeing it through their eyes really brought home to me the “living” aspect of this museum. It almost made it feel like I was experiencing actual time travel with them back to their childhood. The visible joy this travel back to aspects of their childhood gave them is right at the top of my memories of them😊.
I live about 5 minutes from the Black Country Museum. It's a great place to visit. I moved to the Black Country in 2000. I've found the people to be the most friendly I've ever met and I've lived all over the globe at different stages in my life.
I live about 5 mins from there too. Not a BC native but have lived in the area for 15+ years. Never been to the BCLM but will get around to it eventually!
@@shadowysea I'm also not a native. Moved up from down South in 2000.
Hi Ladies. Been watching your videos and thought you might be interested in Cheddar Gorge Caves and Wokey Hole caves in Summerset. The caves ae huge and very accessible and the scenery in summerset is to die for. xxx
It must have been going more than 30 years as I went when I was at school, but they keep adding new buildings and expanding it. Last time I went was about 10 years ago. The mine was cool. They had a shaking floor to simulate a rock collapse/dynamite. The canal boat trip is good too. Recommend going for dinner after at The nearby Mad O’Rourkes Pie Factory.
My Mom worked there when it first opened and the Express & Star to our pictures for the paper. I was 5 ish, it was later 70s
The Black Country museum is fantastic as is Beamish in Co Durham. About an hour from the BCM is Bliss Hill. The same sort of thing but Victorian industry rather than 1930-40. It’s at Iron Bridge, the birth place of the Industrial Revolution. Well worth a visit.
We have been to the Black Country Museum and also Beamish, which is in the northeast - similar thing, but with trams and old buses to take you around (but it is al walkable). The schoolrooms are often set up for maths showing how people used to add up in pre-decimal money; pounds, shillings, pence (pennies), ha'pennies (half pennies) and farthings (a quarter of a penny!!)...I am much happier with 100p = pound instead of the Imperial system (which you covered a few weeks ago)
For info - there is another attraction about 10miles away from the Black Country Museum that you might be interested in (Debbie?) - Cadbury World...
There's lots of these types of "real" museums. As others have mentioned Beamish in the North East, there's Critch tramway museum, hundreds of heritage railways, then more traditional type museums but specialising in themes like the museum of film and TV, national football museum. Yorvik viking Centre.
We have so much history you can't move for museums 😀
*National Science and Media Museum
@@danielgardecki1046 National Brewery Museum in Burton Upon Trent.
@@trevorwright538 My point was more regarding the name *Museum of Film and TV* as its never been called that.
It was originally the *National Museum of Photography, Film and Television,* which was then renamed to the *National Media Museum* in 2006, then it was renamed again to the *National Science and Media Museum* in 2017.
The last renaming was shortly after the *100% London born/raised/educated/based bosses* tried to close it, so because they failed to close it, they decided to cancel *all 4 of our biggest film festivals,* along with stealing hundreds of thousands of artefacts (a lot of which were donated to the museum specifically) from *Bradford* the world's first *UNESCO City of Film,* and put them in *London* based museums instead (at least one of which the *Victoria and Albert Museum* has nothing to do with the *Science Museum Group* so how that works I have no idea).
*Greater London* gets *billions of Arts funding* from the *National Lottery* and the *Government* even though they barely contribute anything, yet they wouldn't give the *3 biggest National Museums in the North* just *£4M* to keep all 3 of them open for a couple of years.
Loved this, thank you for covering this attraction, I actually come from Dudley and my mom still lives 1 mile from the museum, we have a language and comedy and culture that is quite unique. The video was misleading about entrance fee, the cost is for one entry only what they meant is that you have 12 months from purchase to use it not that you can go back as many times in a year unfortunately. They didn’t mention that you can also ride on the canal barges and you may even get to leg it through the tunnels, this is where you lie on your back and push the barge along by using your legs against the tunnel wall. Not sure how you feel about the fish, it’s basically cooked or deep fried in beef dripping which is beef fat heated into an oil as opposed to sunflower oil, it doesn’t taste of beef, you can also get a spam fritter which is chopped ham and pork in a batter coating deep fried. The museum I would say is about a 3-4 hour attraction if you want to take everything in and the mine is a must when it’s open, much of the buildings and lifestyle depicted is from the industrial revolution or world war 2 eras, this is where the Black Country got its name, the Black Country is an area within the West Midlands county which also includes Birmingham but make no mistake, Birmingham is not part of thee Black Country it just sits next door geographically, not sure if peeky blinders was filmed there as that show is set in Small Heath which is an area of Birmingham, I used to work in this area. Anyway it got its name from queen victoria who when passing through on a train exclaimed what a Black Country it was due to all the heavy industry such as coal mining and steel foundries prevalent and so everything was grime and black in those days. Sweets are probably limited most are simply boiled sugar flavoured candy such as sherbet lemons, barley sugars, pear drops and various rock which is a rolled tubular sugar candy more popular in seaside towns such as Blackpool. Cakes will be bakery based items such as Bakewell tarts, sponge cakes, bread pudding. While you can go into the shops you can’t buy the clothes they’re just for display. The black smiths shop and house are good you get to see how they lived, how they did laundry and how they cooked on an open fire, it smells wonderful, be careful trying the stairs though they very narrow. I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t like the traditional ales and beers as unlike in the us it’s served warm or at least unchilled. Mentioning Birmingham or Brumidgum as we call it you’re not too far from Bourneville which is a village in Birmingham where the home of Cadburys chocolate lives, it still makes chocolate today and also has a museum that goes into the history of the factory and the history of the company. I will provide you some links to our comedy stars and videos about our language and dialect separately, you will be in stitches that is if you cast understand what’s being said. Anything you want to know about the Black Country do not hesitate to ask. Thanks for all your videos you two are Bostin wenches as we say
Hey! Just found your channel and as a 'Black Country Mon' I loved this video. The museum is worth every penny and (if you're interested) just around the corner is the Black Country Zoo and Dudley Castle. Again, fantastic video and keep up the great work 👍
Morning,America-Black Country Living Museum-I live in Dudley about two miles from the Museum-the Museum opened in the 70's and is composed of buildings demolished around this area(the Black Country-called after the amount of coal pollution in the 18th century-nothing else!)the pub was relocated from nearby-the school was directly below me-and it was the school my mother attended-and the chemist was from Netherton-where my father was born-about 5 miles away!The staff are almost all local-the tram actual ly runs-and much of the Peaky Blinders was filmed on the canal dock area-OK?
You should also check out the Weald and Downland Museum in Sussex, which recreates (mostly) mediaeval England (with some later things), and Beamish in Durham which is similar to the Black Country Museum but on a much bigger site, which has a 1920s town, 1820s farming landscape (with recreations of the earliest railways), 19th century coal mining, and is currently creating a 1950s town area.
Remember this is an old english fish & chip shop. The menu is simple, there's fish & there's chips and they're cooked just one way.
I am Black Country born and bred. It may be of interest to you as Americans that an American gave the region its name. Elihu Burritt the American Consul to Birmingham in 1862 described it as 'black by day and red by night' All the buildings were blacked by the soot from the furnaces and fireplaces and the furnaces glowed red at night. The museum is brilliant and gives a true feeling of the old Black Country. I used to walk pass the pub featured in the video on my way to school. It is exactly as I remember it as a child in the 1950's.
There’s also Beamish, Blists Hill and Iron Bridge Gorge that are very similar
I've been there 3 or 4 times, it's only a bus journey away from me. It's a great day out, the things I remember most apart from the lovely and interesting buildings and little streets are the AMAZING chips and feeling claustrophobic underground in the coal miners bit. Lovely place and well worth the entrance fee even for the whole day, never mind a year:)
Hi lovely ladies x another brilliant video, yeah we mainly say "take away" in the UK and Ireland when it comes to ordering food to eat at home
Loved that 1, I have been there 3 times twice as a child and once when I was in my 20's, and from what I remember it was an all day experience not a few hours. Although he did his best with his video you really have to go there to get it all. luv ya stay safe ❤❤❤❤❤
I'm a proud black country gel hear Born in West Bromwich and live,in Tipton,also did some volunteering for the black country and have to say this video was interesting to see other UK folk and also another country's point of view
Debbie actually got closer than the people on the video, she nailed the "yow"
That was a great intro. There are several other 'Living Museums' and they are all doing a GREAT job. This is how to make history real for the youngsters, and adults will be swept away by nostalgia.
The first time we went there the chain maker made a small link for a chain as a demonstration and after he cooled it down, you could buy it from him. Many tears later we went back and this time you could not buy anything from him, you had to buy a chain link from the shop. You couldn't stand too close to him anymore either (health and safety).
Natasha, there is a castle just up the road from the museum too.
It's in the grounds of a zoo.
My wife and I went there when it first opened, we had a bit of trouble finding it and when we did it was closed for the winter. We were 5 days too late. A few years later we went back when it was open. If you remember the map in this video, and imagine it split into thirds then the right hand side was stage 1, the middle stage 2 and the left hand side stage 3. So when we went there was only stage 1 in existance (but it was only a few years after it had opened). The buildings are real buildings that were saved from being demolished by being taken down brick by brick and then being rebuilt in the museum.
It has recently opened new areas, and they rebuilt one of the pubs that was local to me. Awesome place we go at least once a year and go to some of the special night time events.
Beamish Folk Museum in the North East was earlier, true, but I think St. Fagans outside Cardiff was earlier still. Beamish has just opened a 1950s village Natasha!
St fagans was 1948
Chain and nail making was often done by women, with men in the pits or in workshops. Nail making and Chain making were done on a piecework basis, and usually done at home, usually the homes had a run of out buildings, a wash house, a forge and, importantly, a brew house, it was thirsty work!
Blists Hill at Ironbridge has something similar. It is not as large, but you can change your modern day Pounds and Pence for old fashioned £ s d (pounds, shilling and pence) I think the rate of exchange is 10p (modern) gets you a farthing (1/4d) Everything in the place is priced in old and new monies. It's fun for the kids to work out how much they actually have as there were 12 old pennies to a shilling, and 20 shillings to a pound. And the denominations are 1/4d, 1/2d, 1d, 3d, 6d, 1s, 2s, 2/6. For older folks this was one of the reasons we had to do our 12 times table!
I still have some Ironbridge pennies from years ago when I enjoyed a visit. According to that exchange rate, I wonder if anyone has ever changed £96 worth to get an old £1 or indeed, to be posh, a guinea (£100.80p)!
Black country is probably best described as the legs of the swan that made Birmingham seamlessly glide.
I've lived in both (West Bromwich) and Birmingham itself, and the Black Country was the heartbeat that made the city of a thousand trades; aka Birmingham tick.
I'm so proud of where I'm from.
'mon the Baggies!!
There is a bigger museum called Beamish in Darbyshire that is great & has vintage buses, trams& Trolleybuses & a full gage & narrow-gauge rail network,Also in Wales St Fagans museum of Welsh Life. The pub in the Black Museum is an Ale House only allowed to sell Beer ,Ale ,& soft Drinks No Spirit's that was common back In the Day, all three museum's buildings have been rescued from demolition & reassembled on site !!
The mine tour and canal tour are great.
can't believe I missed this vid, I love the black country museum, have been there several times 😁 there is so much they didn't show, the old houses, one is made out of metal, on the other side of the pub is were you buy your fish n chips, the old buses, the arcade & fairground, you can go down into the coal mines & you don't get to sit down in there, the classroom they didn't show much of, so so much more to see there, well worth a day out there, it is an amazing place to visit 😊
If you want to hear the Black Country accent, Sir Lenny Henry is from the heart of that area, a place called Dudley. He's a comedian turned serious actor and there are clips of him on UA-cam. You could also watch a short clip of another comedian, who's from Birmingham, doing both accents on the Graham Norton show - search UA-cam for "Joe Lycett mimics the Black Country Accent"
If you do visit the Black Country, it's worth a side trip to Ironbridge. There's another living museum there but more particularly, the village of Coalbrookdale is home to the world's first bridge made completely of cast iron, which is now a symbol of the Industrial Revolution which began in that area.
These places will also give you an idea of the importance of canals at that time - they were built to get goods and raw materials across England. They linked the ocean-going ports and factories of the west and northwest to the cities of the south-east and then, by joining manmade canals to natural rivers and waterways, they formed a freight highway across England. And then came the railways...
The black country museum has been there for at least 40 years as I remember going there with my grandmother back in the early 80s
There's a similar place in Durham in the North East called Beamish Open Air Museum, that's about 10 times bigger, both places really cool though! So many great historical places to visit in the UK :)
just a bit of info the anchor for the titanic was made in Dudley not far from the museum in a town called Netherton
A great place to visit! You’ve already been told, but there’s a couple more to visit - Blists Hill and Beamish. Two more great days out! And the piano player and sing songs at Blists Hill are an superb.
Great video as always!
Hi - Also try Ironbridge Gorge museums and try Beamish as well
Hi very good video, I was unaware their was another living museum like this, I used to go to a place in County Durham called Bemish living museum, very similar to this one, I've been three time on one entry price, I loved it got many photos, but the only video it took was in 3D.
It is a nice museum to visit. All the houses are fully furnished as if they where from 1900. The bakery has its own mill for grinding flour. So it's all made as in the old days. The sweet shop make most of the sweets on sale. The reception area has souvenirs cast at the foundry. And booklets explaining some of the history shown. The staff in period clothing are cheerful and very knowledgeable. Well worth a visit.
I lived in County Durham and had an annual pass for The Beamish Museum, locals mainly elderly donated a lot of things passed down to the from previous generations. It's a fascinating place and the fish n chips was ever so fantastic
If you do come to the Black Country museum go to the pie factory pub just across the road. The castle and zoo is next door. So proud you love this
This was so Interesting to watch it would be so cool to go there thank you both for your reaction to it
Just a few miles away from BCM is a pub called "The Crooked House" . Check that out as well. There are some clips on UA-cam.
The museum was used in the recent film 'Stan and Olliie'. The chip shop and the Bottle & Glass Inn were used and the pub especially was instantly recognisable, even if they'd CGI'd different outside surroundings to it.
Thanks Ladies. The museum really does look like a great place to visit. I always enjoy your "take" on all things British, and how you discuss anything which takes your interest, like how to pronounce the various dialects and slang - Keep it up and cheers!
Also not far from there is Ironbridge museum on the river Seven is worth a visit.
Never been here looks like a great day out though, have a nice Easter weekend🐰
You should have a look at Longleat Safari park when you can.
yep see u Easter Sunday great video very funny informative as always, an we say TAKE AWAY
If you want to learn about England in the 1930's read J.B.Priestley's 'English Journey'. He was the most successful English author of the mid C20th, and is mostly forgotten; but his story of travelling through England in 1933 is still shocking today. Many things have changed, but too many things are the same, or worse.