tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post7600346135161420797..comments2024-03-19T22:19:20.357+00:00Comments on Captain Ahab's Watery Tales: Oldbury Loop BCN - part 1Andy Tidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-11352882834208057202020-06-01T22:03:21.809+01:002020-06-01T22:03:21.809+01:00Not seen a picture with the canal under the high s...Not seen a picture with the canal under the high street, it was empty when I was at school up the road at Albrights.<br />I can remember I think Woolworths was on top at one time.Wolfcraftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891423886576664266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-70519552304061713392020-05-28T09:54:22.864+01:002020-05-28T09:54:22.864+01:00Found these images of Birmingham Street crossing.....Found these images of Birmingham Street crossing... https://photos.app.goo.gl/xWZLvkZhaYStoK218mdghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948705189809246510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-67020470350082620072020-05-25T12:43:52.194+01:002020-05-25T12:43:52.194+01:00Wolfcrafts - if you leave your e-mail address in a...Wolfcrafts - if you leave your e-mail address in a comment I have a detailed map of the area they lived in (near the Cart and Horses Inn) which I can send to you - I wont publish the message containing the address!!!!Andy Tidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-65728442346869807452020-05-25T08:02:47.814+01:002020-05-25T08:02:47.814+01:00Thank you for your informative reports, i have onl...Thank you for your informative reports, i have only recently found your your youtube channel and was very interested in the old Oldbury loop as i have been trying to trace some of my old family members without much success.<br />My dads mom's family were living on the loop before the 1930's but cannot find any information about them.<br />Information i have got is there name was Bowen and lived at 9 Canalside, West Bromwich Street.<br />From the 1911 census there was my great grandad Thomas Bowen a general canal boatman, his wife Matilda Bowen, son named William Bowen who was later known as uncle Billy, and Ethel Bowen who later died, then there was Eva Bowen, Polly Bowen who was my nan and Elsie Bowen. Billy Bowen later lived in Claypit Lane and also worked on the canals but i have no idea where or for who.<br />I am slowly trying to build up a history of my family but find it difficult, but your youtube video's and now this blog have helped a great deal.<br />Thankyou, ShaneWolfcraftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891423886576664266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-66060330776791597982015-04-21T17:12:43.614+01:002015-04-21T17:12:43.614+01:00Excellent research. I too have been exploring the ...Excellent research. I too have been exploring the old Oldbury loop. Some great black & white aerial shots of the loop at www.britainfromabove.org.uk such as this one... http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw046071?name=OLDBURY&gazetteer=OLDBURY&POPULATED_PLACE=OLDBURY&ADMIN_AREA=Sandwell&ref=37 The Oldbury Langley & Warley local history society facebook page also has some old canal pics where the loop passed under Birmingham Street.mdghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948705189809246510noreply@blogger.com