1960 that was my school trip

A truly excellent tour of the BCLM showing what a huge amount of work has been done to the site since we last visited -BY BOAT - some years ago. A visitor will now need two days to cover the site. Thank you for your commentary and details!

Thank you, you did a great job. I am in Florida so I don't get to see that much old stuff. The place looks wonderful. Great generation who created all that.

Hello Andy. I was completely blown away by the amount of dedication & hard work it must’ve been taking an Entire Town, brick by brick, inside & out, & moving the whole town to a separate location in order to preserve its essence. I mean, they could’ve just made replicas but they chose to keep everything completely authentic! That’s incredible!! Too bad it kept raining on u but thankfully u had little respite here & there. BTW, I love the way u say “little!” Haha. I really thought it was great how the museum had workers @ nearly every station in period dress, doing the job how it was done during that time & explaining the history of each for the visitors. Very well done & impressive. Thank u for going here, Adam. I’d never know about this w/out ur doing so. It truly means the world to me 😉. Take care😉

I’m from the local area to where this video was filmed being coined “The Black Country” by queen Victoria. “The Back country” is a small part of the west Midland England that changed the worlds economic growth, playing a vitel role in the development in modern technology for decades. By the use of fossil fuels, raw iron stone and lime and smart enervative thinking the The Back country paved the way for The Industrial Revelation linking its sister “Birmingham” (greater Black Country) to the rest of the world. Having more canals and waterways then Venice, The Black Country and The Greater Black Country was world leaders in industries form many years a still to this day offer a vital part in design and technology. The Museum featuring is a large, real life working depiction of the Black Country from the 19th to the 20th century threw original buildings, “Smithys” Pubs, steam engines coal mine and much more. Showing it’s versatile visitors a true window of life and technology’s from this area. The Black Country Living Museum!

Lovely place

I work there, Theres a new industrial area that opened up in March.

Love this place

Thank you Adam a really fantastic video. However, the Black Country Museum only shows a sanitised version of what the Black Country looked like. Many houses were grimy with soot from many of the chimney's both domestic and industrial. And in many instances the living conditions of so many people could not reasonably be shown in any living museum.

Great paced video. Out of interest is this a full day attraction or half day?

I grew up around Lomey Town and then later in Darby End ( or Hand as the posh teachers always wanted to correct us - despite we being the ones living there. It might have been hand once but by the time I grew up, it was End and for grandparents too). I knew the 'Stute when it was in place. I played in Mary McAuther Park and my grandmother was a chain maker who was in the strike . I had aunts who lived in back to backs. The thing this museum lacks is context. I look at the Stute and its out of place there . I look at the Chapel and it doesnt belong where it is. I accept it might have been with good intention to save the history that they were moved. I moved out a long time ago but it was my early childhood there. It is so sad to see a lack of context.

On some of the videos of Beamish, I have seen a Local Policeman Constable out on his beat.

Funfair is finished now, and the row of shops leading up to it.

Used to be a nice lady doing tours of the workers institute.

Hi, Thanks for the video 🙂, May I know what gear did you use in this video? what camera is that? Thanks

Hello

It's all far too clean. It needs a spray over with soot. The air was so acidic it even etched glass. It wasn't called the Black Country for nothing. Dirty, polluted, depressing. I know, I grew up there. The only thing it had going for it was the people.