Black Country Living Museum Photo Gallery by Martin Brettle at pbase.com

Black Country Living Museum

What is the Black Country ?

The Black Country is an industrial region in the West Midlands of England (most definitely separate from Birmingham).
The name dates from the mid-nineteenth century due to the smoke from the many thousands of ironworking foundries and forges and the nature of the countryside which had been covered by dark spoil from the working of shallow and relatively thick (30ft) coal seams.

The industries included : chain making (my Great GrandMother was a chainmaker), coal & coke, iron & steel, locks & keys, nails, ships anchors (including those fitted to the Titanic) and glassware.

The area has a long history and even it's own dialect of Olde English that speakers of are immensely proud of (myself included) - woe betide anyone who call's a Black Country Mon a Brummy!!!

Mine Equipment & Weighbridge, Black Country Museum	Weighbridge Detail #2, Black Country Museum	Worker's Institute #19, Black Country Museum	Village from Worker's Institute, Black Country Museum	Worker's Institute #20, Black Country Museum
Lench's Oliver Shop, Black Country Museum	Decorator's Store #5, Black Country Museum	Pawnbrokers #6, Black Country Museum	Chainmaker's Parlour, Black Country Museum	Hardware Store, Black Country Museum
Bottle & Glass Inn Bar, Black Country Museum	Cobblers Store #2, Black Country Museum	Animal Trap Works #4, Black Country Museum	Animal Trap Works #5, Black Country Museum	Sidebothams & Chapel #2, Black Country Museum
Children's Toys #2, Black Country Museum	Clayton's Barge #4, Black Country Museum	Clayton's Barge #5, Black Country Museum	Children's Toys #3, Black Country Museum	Workers Institute Meeting Room, Black Country Museum
Empty Village, Black Country Museum	Sidebothams & Chapel, Black Country Museum	Relica of the Titanic Anchor, Black Country Museum	Decorator's Store #1, Black Country Museum	Decorator's Store #2, Black Country Museum
Decorator's Store #3, Black Country Museum	Decorator's Store #4, Black Country Museum	Motorcycle Store #1, Black Country Museum	Motorcycle Store #2, Black Country Museum	Tobacconists #1, Black Country Museum
Tobacconists #2, Black Country Museum	Tobacconists #3, Black Country Museum	Tobacconists #4, Black Country Museum	View from Bottle & Glass Inn, Black Country Museum	Radio Workshop, Black Country Museum
Open Top Tram, Black Country Museum	Petrol Pumps, Black Country Museum	Folkes Park & Worker's Institute, Black Country Museum	On Request Bus Stop, Black Country Museum	Worker's Institute #15, Black Country Museum
Builder's Yard Reflections, Black Country Museum	Street Musicians, Black Country Museum	Reflections #3, Black Country Museum	Organ Grinder, Black Country Museum	Organ Grinders, Black Country Museum
Cycle Repair Shop, Black Country Museum	Castle Fields Boat Dock, Black Country Museum	Lifting Bridge, Black Country Museum	Lifting Bridge & Sunken Barge, Black Country Museum	Dockside Reflections, Black Country Museum
Ironmonger's, Black Country Museum	Tram Ride Home, Black Country Museum	Toll House Yard, Black Country Museum	Toll House Interior, Black Country Museum	Rear of Old Birmingham Rd, Black Country Museum
Lench's Oliver Shop #3, Black Country Museum	Lench's Oliver Shop #4, Black Country Museum	Toll House Garden, Black Country Museum	Weighbridge Detail #1, Black Country Museum	Weighbridge Detail #3, Black Country Museum
Racecourse Colliery #6, Black Country Museum	Racecourse Colliery #7, Black Country Museum	Weighbridge Operator, Black Country Museum	Super Speedway, Black Country Museum	Fun Fair Sign #1, Black Country Museum
Fun Fair Sign #2, Black Country Museum	Fun Fair Sign #3, Black Country Museum	Sweet Jars, Black Country Museum	Tram 34 Doorway, Black Country Museum	Canal Barge Keeper, Black Country Museum
Worker's Institute #10, Black Country Museum	Worker's Institute #11, Black Country Museum	Worker's Institute #12, Black Country Museum	Worker's Institute #13, Black Country Museum	Worker's Institute #14, Black Country Museum
Sunbeam Electric Trolleybus #1, Black Country Museum	Sunbeam Electric Trolleybus #2, Black Country Museum	Old Fella, Cast Iron House, Black Country Museum	Cast Iron House #1, Black Country Museum	Cast Iron House #2, Black Country Museum
Cast Iron House #3, Black Country Museum	Cast Iron House #4, Black Country Museum	Cast Iron House #5, Black Country Museum	Cast Iron House #6, Black Country Museum	Cast Iron House #7, Black Country Museum
Black Country Gentleman #1, Black Country Museum	Black Country Gentleman #2, Black Country Museum	Newcomen's Engine #1, Black Country Museum	Newcomen's Engine #2, Black Country Museum	Newcomen's Engine #3 , Black Country Museum
Newcomen's Engine Coal Store, Black Country Museum	Newcomen's Engine Boiler, Black Country Museum	Bus Stop Sign, Black Country Museum	Racecourse Colliery #1, Black Country Museum	Racecourse Colliery #2, Black Country Museum
Racecourse Colliery #3, Black Country Museum	Racecourse Colliery #4, Black Country Museum	Racecourse Colliery #5, Black Country Museum	Colliery Indicator, Black Country Museum	Colliery Foremans Office, Black Country Museum
Boiler Shadows, Black Country Museum	Patterned Retaining Wall, Black Country Museum	Toll House Garden, Black Country Museum	Pitt's Cottage Flowers, Black Country Museum	Pitts Cottage Interior, Black Country Museum
View from Pitts Cottage, Black Country Museum	Pitts Cottage Backroom, Black Country Museum	Tilted Cottage ''Jerushah'', Black Country Museum	Doorway ''Jerushah'', Black Country Museum	Home Grown Vegetables, Black Country Museum
Tram Line, Black Country Museum	Passing Tram, Black Country Museum	Tram Car, Black Country Museum	Tram 34 Tail Light, Black Country Museum	All Aboard Tram 34, Black Country Museum
End Of The Line, Black Country Museum	Helter Skelter, Black Country Museum	Super Speedway Fairground Ride, Black Country Museum	Fun Fair Mural, Black Country Museum	Fun Fair Slot Machines, Black Country Museum
Fun Fair Games #1, Black Country Museum	Fun Fair Games #2, Black Country Museum	Trolley Bus, Black Country Museum	Buses Turn Around, Black Country Museum	Village Scene, Black Country Museum
Village Approach, Black Country Museum	Post Box, Black Country Museum	Gas Lamp, Black Country Museum	Iron Canal Bridge, Black Country Museum	Lime Kilns, Black Country Museum
Bucket of Good Luck, Black Country Museum	Back Alley, Black Country Museum	Sweet Store Display, Black Country Museum	Sweet Store Window, Black Country Museum	Sweet Store Shelves, Black Country Museum
Cake Store #1, Black Country Museum	Cake Store #2, Black Country Museum	Cake Store #3, Black Country Museum	Tasty Cakes For Sale #1, Black Country Museum	Tasty Cakes For Sale #2, Black Country Museum
Tasty Cakes For Sale #3, Black Country Museum	Bakery, Black Country Museum	Christmas Decorations, Black Country Museum	Pawn Shop, Black Country Museum	General Store, Black Country Museum
Rabbits For Sale, Black Country Museum	Rabbits For Sale (with reflection), Black Country Museum	General Store, Black Country Museum	Closing Time, Black Country Museum	General Store #2, Black Country Museum
Vintage Adverts, Black Country Museum	Victorian Era Buildings, Black Country Museum	Delivery Van, Black Country Museum	Hardware Store, Black Country Museum	Hardware Store Front, Black Country Museum
Tools For Sale, Black Country Museum	Tool Store, Black Country Museum	Ironmonger's Store, Black Country Museum	Street Scene, Black Country Museum	Emile Doo's Chemist #1, Black Country Museum
Emile Doo's Chemist #2, Black Country Museum	Emile Doo's Chemist #3, Black Country Museum	Emile Doo's Chemist #4, Black Country Museum	Emile Doo's Chemist #5, Black Country Museum	Emile Doo's Chemist #6, Black Country Museum
Emile Doo's Chemist #7, Black Country Museum	Emile Doo's Chemist #8, Black Country Museum	Emile Doo's Chemist #9, Black Country Museum	Bottle & Glass Inn, Black Country Museum	Brockmoor Carters, Black Country Museum
Horse & Pony, Black Country Museum	Black Country Gents, Black Country Museum	Period Dress, Black Country Museum	Black Country Street, Black Country Museum	Drunken Lamp, Black Country Museum
Cobblers Store, Black Country Museum	Back Garden, Black Country Museum	Limelight Cinema, Black Country Museum	Cinema Lamp, Black Country Museum	Cinema Poster, Black Country Museum
Chainmaker, Black Country Museum	Chainmaker's Forge, Black Country Museum	Chain Maker's, Black Country Museum	Blue Brick Yard, Black Country Museum	Engine in Motion, Black Country Museum
Animal Trap Works #1, Black Country Museum	Animal Trap Works #2, Black Country Museum	Drunken Chair, Black Country Museum	Coal Merchant's Yard, Black Country Museum	Anchor Forge, Black Country Museum
Canal Access Slope, Black Country Museum	Canal Docks #1, Black Country Museum	Canal Docks #2, Black Country Museum	Canal Foot Bridge, Black Country Museum	Canal Docks #3, Black Country Museum
Canal Boat Repair Yard, Black Country Museum	Bostin, Arr!, Black Country Museum	Colman's Mustard Advert, Black Country Museum	Iron Railings, Black Country Museum	Home Time, Black Country Museum
Bottle & Glass Pub, Black Country Museum	Factory Window, Black Country Museum	Ironmonger's Goods, Black Country Museum	Back Yard, Black Country Museum	Back Garden Pig Sty, Black Country Museum
Nailmaker, Black Country Museum	Canal Barge, Black Country Museum	Chainmaker, Black Country Museum	Tilted Cottage Flowers, Black Country Museum	Toll House Garden #1, Black Country Museum
Toll House Garden #2, Black Country Museum	Tram & Driver, Black Country Museum	New Garage, Black Country Museum	Petrol Pumps, Black Country Museum	Village Approach #1, Black Country Museum
Village Approach #2, Black Country Museum	Pawnbrokers #1, Black Country Museum	Pawnbrokers #2, Black Country Museum	Pawnbrokers #3, Black Country Museum	Lime Kilns, Black Country Museum
Canal Scene, Black Country Museum	Shopkeeper, Black Country Museum	View from Church, Black Country Museum	Chinwag, Black Country Museum	Paint Stencils, Black Country Museum
Bunting #1, Black Country Museum	Bunting #2, Black Country Museum	Slanging Match, Black Country Museum	At Rest, Black Country Museum	Time for a Brew, Black Country Museum
Zoo Bus, Black Country Museum	Newcomen's Engine, Black Country Museum	Newcomen's Engine, Black Country Museum	Wash Day, Black Country Museum	Tilted Cottage ''Jerushah'', Black Country Museum
Garage Spares, Black Country Museum	Roof Tops, Black Country Museum	Workers Institute #1, Black Country Museum	Workers Institute #2, Black Country Museum	Workers Institute #3, Black Country Museum
Worker's Institute #4, Black Country Museum	Worker's Institute #5, Black Country Museum	Worker's Institute #6, Black Country Museum	Canal Reflections, Black Country Museum	Hardware Store Window, Black Country Museum
Pawnbrokers Yard, Black Country Museum	Reflections #1, Black Country Museum	Reflections #2, Black Country Museum	Policeman, Black Country Museum	Hardware Storekeeper, Black Country Museum
Sleepy Tamworth Pigs #1, Black Country Museum	Sleepy Tamworth Pigs #2, Black Country Museum	Iron Bridge Arches, Black Country Museum	Shire Horse, Black Country Museum	Rolfe St Baths Facade, Black Country Museum
Scale Model, Black Country Museum	WWI Renactment, Black Country Museum	Pawnbrokers #4, Black Country Museum	Animal Trap Works #2, Black Country Museum	Policeman, Black Country Museum
Tasty Cakes For Sale #4, Black Country Museum	Sweet Store Display #2, Black Country Museum	Worker's Institute #7, Black Country Museum	Worker's Institute #8, Black Country Museum	Menswear Store, Black Country Museum
House of Mirrors, Black Country Museum	House of Mirrors Reflections, Black Country Museum	Tram & Trolley Bus, Black Country Museum	Tram 34, Black Country Museum	Canal Boat Repair Yard #2, Black Country Museum
Pawnbrokers #5, Black Country Museum	Clayton's Canal Barge, Black Country Museum	Afternoon Shadows, Black Country Museum	Cobbled Street, Black Country Museum	Village Centre, Black Country Museum
Worker's Institute #9, Black Country Museum	Lench's Oliver Shop #1, Black Country Museum	Lench's Oliver Shop #2, Black Country Museum	Tilted Cottage Wash Room, Black Country Museum	Shooting Gallery, Black Country Museum
Haberdashery, Black Country Museum	Time for Tea, Black Country Museum	General Store, Black Country Museum	Chainmaker's Parlour, Black Country Museum	Clayton's Barge #1, Black Country Museum
Isaiah Preston's Anchor Forge, Black Country Museum	Bottle & Glass Inn, Black Country Museum	Emile Doo's Chemist #10, Black Country Museum	Clayton's Barge #2, Black Country Museum	Back to Backs, Black Country Museum
Halt Sign & Cast Iron House, Black Country Museum	Racecourse Colliery #8, Black Country Museum	Racecourse Colliery #9, Black Country Museum	Tilted Cottage ''Jerushah'' Interior, Black Country Museum	Distorted House of Mirrors, Black Country Museum
Sweet Store & Iron Bridge, Black Country Museum	General Store, Black Country Museum	Bottle & Glass Front Room, Black Country Museum	Bottle & Glass Back Room, Black Country Museum	Children's Toys, Black Country Museum
Brook Street Cobbles, Black Country Museum	Canal Street, Black Country Museum	Exhibition Hall #1, Black Country Museum	Exhibition Hall #2, Black Country Museum	Exhibition Hall #3, Black Country Museum
Tram 34 Interior, Black Country Museum	St James's School, Black Country Museum	Hobbs & Sons Fish & Chips #1, Black Country Museum	Hobbs & Sons Fish & Chips #2, Black Country Museum	130s Lounge, Black Country Museum
1930s Dining Room, Black Country Museum	1930's Kitchen, Black Country Museum	Worker's Institute #16, Black Country Museum	Worker's Institute #17, Black Country Museum	Worker's Institute #18, Black Country Museum

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Rory Trappe		11-Aug-2007 08:51
Nice job. I went to this museum in April. I left the camera at home...big mistake.

Graham Hamilton		02-Nov-2006 00:59
Impressive gallery. I grew up on the fringe of the area (Walsall) and have visited the museum. Have you thought of doing a gallery in the Black Country but not at the museum. Voted.

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