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My great grandfather was born just out of shot to the left in the early 1850s.

#SmethwicK
#Smethwick

#FamilyHistory

📍: Basin Bridge, Bridge Street
ℹ️: towpath bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.4984101635143&mlon=-1.96322769464109#map=17/52.4984101635143/-1.96322769464109
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/7408792944

#canal #narrowboat #england #uk #flickr #greatbritain #bridge #unitedkingdom #bcn #canals #aqueduct #westmidlands #towpath #blackcountry #smethwick #sandwell #oldmainline #newmainline #enginebranch #bcnmainline #bcnnewmainline

📍: Railway Bridge, Summit Tunnel
ℹ️: railway bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.5029718249501&mlon=-1.97830918675507#map=17/52.5029718249501/-1.97830918675507
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/7187722453

#canal #narrowboat #england #uk #flickr #greatbritain #trees #tree #unitedkingdom #bcn #canals #telford #castiron #westmidlands #thomastelford #blackcountry #smethwick #sandwell #galtonbridge #galtontunnel #castironrailings

📍: Smethwick (New) Pumping Stn [Abandoned]
ℹ️: abandoned pumpin station
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.4981129369391&mlon=-1.9730504589975#map=17/52.4981129369391/-1.9730504589975
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/53652485891

#canal #narrowboat #england #uk #flickr #smethwick #sandwell #westmidlands #unitedkingdom #greatbritain #blackcountry #smethwicknewpumpinghouse #chimney #gradeiilisted #gradeiilistedbuilding #birminghamlevel

📍: Lock 3, Smethwick
ℹ️: lock
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.4997262452854&mlon=-1.96206335111307#map=17/52.4997262452854/-1.96206335111307
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/7408213076

#canal #narrowboat #england #uk #flickr #greatbritain #bridge #footbridge #unitedkingdom #lock #bcn #canals #locks #westmidlands #blackcountry #canallock #smethwick #sandwell #gradeiilisted #oldmainline #bcnmainline #birminghamcanalnavigationsmainline

📍: Engine Bridge
ℹ️: road bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.498041178998&mlon=-1.96199068555305#map=17/52.498041178998/-1.96199068555305
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/7407122842

#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #greatbritain #bridge #geese #footbridge #unitedkingdom #bcn #goose #canals #westmidlands #canadagoose #canadageese #blackcountry #smethwick #sandwell #enginebranch #bcnmainline #birminghamcanalnavigationsmainline #galtonvalleycanalheritagearea #bridgestnorth #enginearmcanal

📣 New Podcast! "13 June 1992: Burnsall strike" on @Spreaker #asian #history #smethwick https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13-june-1992-burnsall-strike--60368170?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

📍: Fixed Weir 3, Brasshouse Lane
ℹ️: weir
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.4977925791098&mlon=-1.96791155874573#map=17/52.4977925791098/-1.96791155874573
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/7406969802

#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #greatbritain #gate #unitedkingdom #westmidlands #blackcountry #smethwick #sandwell #rolfest #corporationdepot #smethwickenterprisecentre #probationservices #galtonvalleycentre

When #MalcolmX Went to #Smethwick

Adrian Goldberg reports on a pub revolution in a West Midlands town
https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/when-malcolm-x-went-to-smethwick

Lenny Henry reminding me about Gray’s Herbal Tablets. You can take a girl out of the Midlands but you can’t take the Midlands out of the girl (middle aged woman). #Memories #Smethwick #Birmingham

M. Joseph ... Smethwick's celebrity chef!

By Simon Briercliffe on his blog Up The Oss Road.

#BlackCountry
#FamilyHistory
#Smethwick
#ChanceBrothers

https://simonbriercliffe.com/2022/12/20/place-to-place-m-joseph-smethwicks-celebrity-chef/

A celebration of all things desi, sizzling and Midlands-y. #beer #westbrom #Smethwick

https://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2022/11/14/please-dont-take-me-home-how-black-country-desi-pub-culture-made-football-more-diverse

Engine Street, #Smethwick
Somewhere in this picture is where my great grandfather was born in the early 1850s. Walk to the other end of the street & look left and you see about 100 yards away the original site of the #SmethwickEngine by Boulton and Watt. Still in steam but in #Brum in the #Thinktank.
#FamilyHistory