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That oakswell well is new to me. I lived in Wednesbury for many years. And i am so grateful for learning this new information. I enjoy this channel very much
Excellent video my mom loved it, she used to get off the bus there to visit her nan and grandad Looking forward to more Wednesbury videos when you get round to them
Enjoyed that walk Phil. Hardly recognised it. I worked for a while at The Old Stoneyard, it was Charles Hill Memorials then. Miss those old dress shops with the lovely interiors and friendly service. Yes, Spear & Jackson too. Never knew about the well. Great to see The Leathern Bottel is still well maintained and that some buildings are Grade 11 listed. We need to retain some character in our towns. Tfs 😊
Hi Phil enjoyed the walk around Wood Green Road I used to live about 5 doors down from the Leather un Bottle in vicarage Road .I remember the grocer shop was open about 40 years ago but a cannot remember the name of it all the best Paul
Great to see the leather & Bottle pub again ( Old Coach House ) and the Star & The Queens Head When Howard Had these places Not been in their for some 20yrs as we moved out of the area to a village in Staffordshire
I remember The Cottage pub, not that many years ago. You mentioned The Old Leathern Bottel, anyone visiting there should also try The Old Blue Ball 10 mins walk away.
Hi Phil, being born in Short St just off the Bilston Road and a short Walk from the High Bullen, I remember the gaumont well, As we got older we would take it in turns every Saturday Matinee and one of us would pay to go in, then that person who go down to the side of the screen area which was behind velvet curtains and open the fire escape door and loose us all in under the cover of darkness when the lights went down, as you looked over to the cenotaph on the side of the road it is always a serene place to sit and just observe , my late uncle is mentioned as one of those killed in action in 1944 at the Battle of Caen in France, I remberthe Oakeswell Hall as a youngster but never knew about the well, Across the road from Kendrick where the health centre is now was my old doctors surgery, my GP was Dr Huey, he bought me into the world in the upstairs front room of my grandparents house, I later learned that is son also became a doctor,I had many happy hours at the age of 15 looking through the jobs at the Labour exchange, you could go in ther say on a Monday, pick a job and start on Tuesday, not like that these days eh! phil, another fine video , Well Done, Mike AKA Poggy
Hi Phil you have joged my memory I worked as a contractor at the Spear & Jacksons site as a welder Fabricater repairing the metal bins and modifying the Pallets all the best Paul
@user-sc3ts6lf8r I'm not aware it was called Bescot Drop Forgings although its original name was Elwell forges, Elwell was of course a big name in Wednesbury at the turn of the 20th Century
That Chinese on Walsall road was my regular in the 80s. Bamboo Hill it was called back then. I used to walk from Whitley street to Stuart Bathurst every day for school 80-85. Went different ways all the time so it wasn't boring 😂 sometimes that way, sometimes over the top or more of a back way. Used to go to the Cottage on a Sunday with mates. Good big beer garden. It's changed so much. I left the area about 1990/91
I think it was bamboo hill and I also visited it regularly in the 80s so much so I ended up with food poisoning. I will try and film a few more areas of Wednesbury just to show how much has gone from our youth,. Many thanks for this comment, much appreciated.
@@awalkwithphil I watched your walk around the town center too, makes me sad how it's changed. I had such good childhood memories. My aunty is still there in Windmill Street, she's 87 now. I need to go visit soon so I'll have a good look around.
Thanks very much Mark the name of that shop has bothered me for years every time I passed it. Gibson, at last!! They retired and moved to a house off Vicarage rd and the shop has looked like it does now for about 30 years or so. I used to go in there to buy bacon and Mr Gibson would use his bacon slicer, the bacon was some of the best around. Great little shop. Much appreciated
I think the chapel in the Wood Green/ Brunswick cemetery was still standing in the late 60's. I remember as kids we all went racing to the chapel on our bikes because the Express & Star had done a story saying that someone had seen a ghost there, or it could have been on the TV news or both.
You may very well be correct. When filming by the gates someone was just leaving the cemetery and told me that a building stood there and was bombed during the war. I took his word for it so he may have been mistaken. Many thanks for the correction
Start of video you showed Squirers Walk but did you know the houses on the right going up was Squirers Walk and opposite houses was situated in the name of Brunswick Terrace? Nightmare for delivery drivers lol Good to see Woodgreen Nursing home still there, delivered every day there from Oconnells shop 🙂 and delivered all those areas, you look familiar, maybe you used to come in the shop I worked 🤷♂️😉
Very interesting info i wasn't aware the 2 areas ran parallel - I did indeed live around the area in the early 90s for a short time so you may have seen me around, it's a small world really!
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Hope you enjoyed this short look down the Wood Green Road in Wednesbury. Consider subscribing to this channel by hitting the SUBSCRIBE BUTTON in order for me to continue making films in and around West Bromwich and it will also ensure you are alerted to new video content.
As always, all comments, questions, and feedback are welcome. Thanks for watching!!
That oakswell well is new to me. I lived in Wednesbury for many years. And i am so grateful for learning this new information. I enjoy this channel very much
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Another well in Sandwell that’s amazing that you find them ( Oakswell and purl well )
The horse and jockey had a restaurant upstairs, it was loverly, miss it these days, no where to go for a decent meal anymore
I never knew it had a restaurant.
Wonderful, Dick Turpin and Stage Coach Inns. Thankyou
Excellent video my mom loved it, she used to get off the bus there to visit her nan and grandad
Looking forward to more Wednesbury videos when you get round to them
Many thanks, pleased it brought back memories
Enjoyed that walk Phil. Hardly recognised it. I worked for a while at The Old Stoneyard, it was Charles Hill Memorials then. Miss those old dress shops with the lovely interiors and friendly service. Yes, Spear & Jackson too. Never knew about the well. Great to see The Leathern Bottel is still well maintained and that some buildings are Grade 11 listed. We need to retain some character in our towns. Tfs 😊
Charles Hill memorials, thats the one, many thanks
Hi Phil enjoyed the walk around Wood Green Road I used to live about 5 doors down from the Leather un Bottle in vicarage Road .I remember the grocer shop was open about 40 years ago but a cannot remember the name of it all the best Paul
It's amazing that after all these years no one has ever changed the frontage. I have a feeling the surname began with a B but who knows
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Great to see the leather & Bottle pub again ( Old Coach House ) and the Star & The Queens Head When Howard Had these places Not been in their for some 20yrs as we moved out of the area to a village in Staffordshire
I remember The Cottage pub, not that many years ago. You mentioned The Old Leathern Bottel, anyone visiting there should also try The Old Blue Ball 10 mins walk away.
Hi Phil, being born in Short St just off the Bilston Road and a short Walk from the High Bullen, I remember the gaumont well, As we got older we would take it in turns every Saturday Matinee and one of us would pay to go in, then that person who go down to the side of the screen area which was behind velvet curtains and open the fire escape door and loose us all in under the cover of darkness when the lights went down, as you looked over to the cenotaph on the side of the road it is always a serene place to sit and just observe , my late uncle is mentioned as one of those killed in action in 1944 at the Battle of Caen in France, I remberthe Oakeswell Hall as a youngster but never knew about the well, Across the road from Kendrick where the health centre is now was my old doctors surgery, my GP was Dr Huey, he bought me into the world in the upstairs front room of my grandparents house, I later learned that is son also became a doctor,I had many happy hours at the age of 15 looking through the jobs at the Labour exchange, you could go in ther say on a Monday, pick a job and start on Tuesday, not like that these days eh! phil, another fine video , Well Done, Mike AKA Poggy
@@Outandaboutwithpoggy thanks for sharing those great memories and for your support
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Hi Phil you have joged my memory I worked as a contractor at the Spear & Jacksons site as a welder Fabricater repairing the metal bins and modifying the Pallets all the best Paul
Thanks for that, I just had a feeling that S&J were around those parts
@user-sc3ts6lf8r I'm not aware it was called Bescot Drop Forgings although its original name was Elwell forges, Elwell was of course a big name in Wednesbury at the turn of the 20th Century
That Chinese on Walsall road was my regular in the 80s. Bamboo Hill it was called back then. I used to walk from Whitley street to Stuart Bathurst every day for school 80-85. Went different ways all the time so it wasn't boring 😂 sometimes that way, sometimes over the top or more of a back way. Used to go to the Cottage on a Sunday with mates. Good big beer garden. It's changed so much. I left the area about 1990/91
I think it was bamboo hill and I also visited it regularly in the 80s so much so I ended up with food poisoning. I will try and film a few more areas of Wednesbury just to show how much has gone from our youth,. Many thanks for this comment, much appreciated.
@@awalkwithphil I watched your walk around the town center too, makes me sad how it's changed. I had such good childhood memories. My aunty is still there in Windmill Street, she's 87 now. I need to go visit soon so I'll have a good look around.
next to the woodman was a garage then up from that was a shop and a hair dressing college
Thanks DD yes I remember them
The shop next door to pub was called Gibson my nan used to shop there she lived in vicarage road
Thanks very much Mark the name of that shop has bothered me for years every time I passed it. Gibson, at last!! They retired and moved to a house off Vicarage rd and the shop has looked like it does now for about 30 years or so. I used to go in there to buy bacon and Mr Gibson would use his bacon slicer, the bacon was some of the best around. Great little shop. Much appreciated
I think the chapel in the Wood Green/ Brunswick cemetery was still standing in the late 60's. I remember as kids we all went racing to the chapel on our bikes because the Express & Star had done a story saying that someone had seen a ghost there, or it could have been on the TV news or both.
You may very well be correct. When filming by the gates someone was just leaving the cemetery and told me that a building stood there and was bombed during the war. I took his word for it so he may have been mistaken. Many thanks for the correction
The Stages would have seen in the distance, the Red Glowing Skies, Chimneys and Smoke Filled Plumes ?
Portland House was also a Maternity Home
You are quite right, I'd completely forgotten about that one, many thanks
I was born there in 1952
Both my sisters were born there. I was born at home in Whitley street 😃
and a nut house before that
You're like Ghost of the Past !
I learnt swimming in Wednesbury baths.
Start of video you showed Squirers Walk but did you know the houses on the right going up was Squirers Walk and opposite houses was situated in the name of Brunswick Terrace? Nightmare for delivery drivers lol
Good to see Woodgreen Nursing home still there, delivered every day there from Oconnells shop 🙂 and delivered all those areas, you look familiar, maybe you used to come in the shop I worked 🤷♂️😉
Very interesting info i wasn't aware the 2 areas ran parallel - I did indeed live around the area in the early 90s for a short time so you may have seen me around, it's a small world really!
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My Dad Used to Work @ FH Lloyds
It would be very difficult today to pinpoint where FH Lloyds used to be now, enormous changes around that area now. Many thanks
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ITS MAR SAYT THEY SAY.😂😂😂😂
Y'am right, mind ya its a bin a while since arv bin in theer
Ceremonial
It’s extremely noisy 😂
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