A walk to Langley - Oldbury to titford canal | Walking uk
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- I walk from Oldbury to titford canal covering history and more along this interesting black country canal line with much history of the past . Langley maltings , Oldbury rail line , and Oldbury junction .
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The building of the council house was a disgrace. As kids we travelled along the canal from tividale to oldbury and there was some great old shops where they built that monstrosity. Tom swallows was the best motorcycle scooter seller in all the country. will miss the old oldbury. The old pictures you showed a building and a smaller building which was derelict, that was in fact my grandads old cottage which was a lock keepers house for the cananl's. He went out in the winter breaking the ice, there was a yard where they fed and watered horses and he even had his own horse there. Albrights was a chemical plant which still produces che3micals today, it covers around 60 achres and what is the most noticible thing is the smell that comes from it. Travelling down M5 it is always a sign your in oldbury because of the smell. Very strong and nasty. ;-)
Thanks for sharing again bud enjoyed reading this mad to see how much has changed across the canal line tbh . I'll have to have a look around the roads where the factory is I haven't fully looked around Oldbury yet bet there's tonnes more history
A beautiful video and a gift to people now and in the future that want to see more history. Thank you Drew.
Cheers bud I enjoy showing the history so much to learn. Great to document all this good history on canals
I love the 5way cross over just up from there with the M5 and titford canal and railway and the Birmingham main canal line just b4 you head up to Smethwick
Gonna go back down here but go the Birmingham section way i love that titford canal section
When I was a kid I used to play around the Langley canal where the motorway was being built. We used climb upon those girder supports playing hide and seek. The pillars also started to crumble caused by the water drainage leaks. To combat the problem electric elements were installed to keep the moisture at bay Around 17 years ago, hence all the cables running up the structures. The fire of the Maltings is on YT ..Heading .. Helicopter footage captures Langley Green distillery blaze. Great video by the way.
I'll have to check that out with the maltings , bet it was mad to see the motorway being built can picture what it was like when it wasn't there
I used to go to Titford road school when I was 4 years, and stayed in that school till I was 11 yes old.
I s till remember the street, it was 14 Hadley street LAngley...near the Park.
Amazing ❤️🌸👍🤣🤣🛎🛎
Thank you 😊
Grew up around that area and still go down there regularly to walk along the cut
I've always said that Oldbury would be a great place to go with a metal detector because it really has got some history.
Anyway fab video, you've clearly got a passion for the history and the region.
I might go into metal detecting at a later date unsure of the laws and regulations around it but if can give it a go that would be cool . Some places that would be good are Oldbury like mentioned and also parts of halesowen like near halesowen abbey and the surrounding fields
@@MidlandsOutdoors I've not been to Halesowen Abbey yet but it sounds a great place to do metal detecting. I subscribe to Digger Dawn and I think she has covered permissions in some of her videos.
Another great video very interesting
Thanks bud much appreciate it
Great stuff 😊 loving the Black Country canal network, I've cycled and or walked most of it.
Often I'd veer off onto something else of interest, such as on one occasion the start of the disused railway route near Oxley sidings, walked as far as Womborne, the route detiorates just after the girder bridge over the A449. Some of the same route is followable northbound from the Stourbridge canal near Leys Road.
Cheers for that bud so much to discover round here for the canal network my favourite has to be the Dudley N2 canal that's local to me done a lot of research into the old industry whats across there so far
Well done mate with the railway bridge and old factory sidings 👍yes I ain't too far myself from there 👍
Thanks bud interesting seeing the railway stuff for this section
Great Video. Love this.
Really enjoying your Vlogs. Thanks for taking time out to make them.
Thank you for supporting - I love making these feel free to subscribe I'll have some more interesting ones round the black country
I really enjoyed this video, I went to school in Titford Road school, I dont know whether it is still standing, thanks a lot.
Thank you 🙂 I'll look that up tbh that school
yes it's still all standing... called Langley Schools now
Brilliant video once more 😜
Thank you
Fantastic as always Drew. You are prob familiar with my comments now 🙂. Glad you went up onto the bridge to look at the railway line as I mentioned. Its an awesome urban canal walk. Living very close to Titford pools we walk this way so often. Keep up the good work and stay stafe 👍👍
Thanks Helen much appreciate it I enjoyed going up that bridge was very interesting could have walked further along it but I might go back to go the titford pools
@@MidlandsOutdoors apparently, Titford pools used to be the place to be seen! They used to have pleasure boats down there way back in the day. I love going for a walk down there. Ive seen kingfishers, herons, so many fish, many ducks/geese nesting. Hard to belive all that goes on under the motorway!!!
@@helenstone9711 hey Helen what's titford pools like is it alright up there might do a walking route back through for my exploring the black country series
@@MidlandsOutdoors I like it. Its urban. The pools go right under the motorway bridge. Ive seen heron there, a kingfisher and loads of fish . The dead end of the canal runs along side the pools. Lots of wildlife. Its prob worth at least one walk around before you decide whether to include it in one of your videos mate