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Black Country Museum

Black Country Museum, Worker’s Institute….Part of the new additions [not new see post 335, but still there.]


“The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a £1.535m grant to the Black Country Living Museum, towards the reconstruction of the Cradley Heath Workers' Institute…”

 
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Black Country Museum, Worker’s Institute….Part of the new additions


“The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a £1.535m grant to the Black Country Living Museum, towards the reconstruction of the Cradley Heath Workers' Institute…”


It's been there years!
 
hi guys could you please help me out. reading through this thread you have obviously included photos in your posts, butI cant see them, not even any links to view them,??? any ideas please.
 
Some earlier photos were lost when the site was hacked in 2011. While many have been replaced some may still be missing as replacement depended on original posters still being members or people having copies.
 
Some earlier photos were lost when the site was hacked in 2011. While many have been replaced some may still be missing as replacement depended on original posters still being members or people having copies.
thanks janice, that explains why I can see the pics on the later posts. why hack a history site?? makes me mad.
 
The Black Country Society was formed at the start of 1967, and amongst the photos collected that year is one from 35 to 40 years previous, it is reproduced in the Birmingham Post of May 1967. Unfortunately the quality is rubbish, but here is the text describing the production of the sand from sandstone.

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i think i will pass on the newspaper wrapping me chips.:worried:
you have to remember that back in the Good Old Days newspaper printing ink was made of used engine oil plus black pigment although the used engine oil was pretty black anyway after a few years in an engine.
When released from the newspaper by the hot chip fat and malt vinegar this mix of oil and dirt is what used to give the Great British Chip its unique flavour.
 
Time warp time..... here are some photos from early 1980's of the Black Country museum in various stages of construction:-
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Looks like there was a steam rally that day - note the Pat Collins Fairground organ where buildings are now:-
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What a fantastic piece of kit:-
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