West Bromwich High Street. Have things changed? Part 2
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Part 1 (Carters Green to The Sandwell Pub) Join us as we walk from Carters Green to The Sandwell Pub along West Bromwich High Street. Showing photos of how it was in years gone by and what it is like today. We share our memories of the area with you and give you some information on the various buildings along the way.
Part 2 Features the King and Queen Square Shopping Centres and markets of West Bromwich. We reminisce about the King and Queen Squares, talking about our memories of the centres from the 70s onwards.
Part 3 will include the top part of the High Street towards Birmingham and the New Square Shopping Centre.
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Remember the two water fountains in the king and queen sqare cinemas by the bus station and Woolworths oh the good old days 😢
Glad we took you back to the good old days. Thanks for watching 👍
Thoroughly enjoyed parts 1 and 2, thank you for the insight, history and the gags 😂 🥰
It's changed a bit since our time! Cheers for watching 👀
The first film I ever saw in that cinema was Ben hur with my dad and uncle and my younger brother. 1978 or 79. I think. West Bromwich was buzzing in those days. Great 👍🏼 memories. Merry Christmas 🤶 to you guys. 🏴🏴👍🏼
Thanks for watching and commenting . Part 3 out Friday!
Merry Christmas to you too
At the start of the town by the church there used to be a subway where the level crossing is now! If you dig the pavement up it’s still there!
@@Spica1000 That's really interesting. Thanks for that.
I remember cheese store in the indoor market. Not been for around 5 years. Will have to make a trip there
Loved the indoor market! You could get most things there. Thanks for watching 👍
@@TravellingLightLisa welcome
I haven't recorded West Bromwich in a very long time. I will be heading back soon to record the shopping centre.
Lovely. We will keep an eye out for it. Thanks for watching 👍
Loved the old photos of the shops and banks.
They took me back a few years. Thanks for coming g along with us. 😃👍
Born and Bred in West Brom, really enjoyed watching your 2 video's , that big lump of coal was in a glass case to the left of the old fountain, i think it may have gone to the Black Country Museum, also round the corner from the Sandwell was Dickinsons sports shop and the Adelphi ( which got burnt down ) Thanks again
Cheers! Good info re the lump of coal. I remember that sports shop. Thanks for watching- and there is a Part 3 if you missed it. 👍
@@TravellingLightLisa will watch part 3 later , cheers
A mate of mine used to buy his flares from the indoor market in the mid 80s
Lol! 🤣
Enjoyed the now and before snapshots that popped up.
Cheers, Nigel, we found them interesting as well thanks for watching 👍
Me too, good to compare, now and then 👍
I remember busbys. And the Chosen Few night club which was by the fox & dogs
Lol. Yes! In that case part 3 might interest you. 😂
You forgot Sportsco just before you went through to Woolworths. Also, the pet shop down from where Poundland is now.
Well remembered!
My mate worked in there.
The billiard hall is a much better pub now than when wetherspoons had it
Good to know. We should really have popped on for a cheeky one. Will try it out next time 😀👍
Wow. I remembered a lot of that when I used to live and work in West Brom. I haven’t seen my own NatWest bank branch for years. I opened it when I worked above it 46 yrs ago. I’m still loyal to them.
Glad we could reunite you with your home branch! It used to be my branch as well until I defected. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
I got watching you because of your Marella Singapore cruise. I’m going on it soon. Do you have any more vlogs on excursions to post?
@debbiesaridaki7542 Yes we have all the destinations coming out soon. The drinks review is next Friday. If you have any questions though about any of the destinations please feel free to message us and we will do our best to help 😁👍
I’ll be gone by time you add the rest. Wondered if you’d done elephants or trips with Fauzi
@debbiesaridaki7542 No, we did neither of those. We did ship trips in Kuala Lumpur (best of), Bangkok (best of) and Ho Chi Min City (on your own), and everywhere else we did our own thing.
I'm a West Bromwich bloke x
Me too, but left in 2009.
Really enjoying this video about my home town, but I think Home Works was a big cooperative store 😊
Many thanks for watching. I thought there was a cooperative store somewhere but couldn't place it. Thanks for the info. Hope you've enjoyed it. 😉
I was the dj in the Sandwell from 93-96 had some great times in there when Spencer & Jill ran the place . Met some great friends in the place . Sad to see such decline in the place .
Brilliant! What were the big tunes back in the day (93-96) at the Sandwell?
@@TravellingLightLisa to many to name but the music was certainly better than the dross that’s made today .
@@TravellingLightLisa I’m guessing Jamiroquai was popular
Keep it up
Thank you for watching
Rhs of market was quicksilver amusement arcade.late 80's. and the kings night club above cinema. Jonnie s jewel box ? In market?
Wednesbury had the best ski and climbing shop in the country in the 70"s Tebbuts.
Max opened the first centre consultant on second.centre
Nipping back to part 1 carters green had an insurance shop. Insured first new car there Vauxhall Astra GTE for £66 fully comp for the yr. On leaving was told "dont have accident"
No not lost fountains coal had max's name on it
Di's mom worked in Taylor's.
Pub was end of Sainsbury's past camera shop.
Forgotten Druckers.
1958?
Quicksilver! I couldn't recall the name. Had a few watch batteries changed at John Jewel Box. I went dry slope skiing at Tebbuts. Kids in Wednesbury now wouldn't believe it. Cheers for watching. Hope it brought back some memories 😃👍
May be do video on blackheath and the market
I used to work in Blackheath both before and after Sainsburys was built. The market was great. The stallholders were always friendly and there was a good atmosphere. Thanks for watching 👍
Star and Garter was rough pub to drink in
I used to go to Carters Green more often. Thanks for watching 👍
The boarded up building opposite New Look which is the old Argos is where they are moving the indoor market to
It will be a lot smaller then. I wonder what will happen to the old market? Thanks for watching 😀👍
@@TravellingLightLisa it’s actually quite big, Argos used to store all the stock in the back, so all of that will be opened up. Should be done by November. Not sure about what they are going to do with the old market space.
The uniform place was us p Roger’s school ware ❤️
Thanks for letting us know Susie.
The closed down Poundland used to be a furniture shop, and Merkur used to be Bacons shoe shop.
Cheers for that. We forgot more than we remembered! 😁 Can you remember the name of the furniture shop? The only one we could remember was OK Walker. Thanks for watching 👍
Bakery was Don millars I used to work next door supasave chemist used to have 2 sausage rolls for dinner most days opposite was which smith and cascade bingo hall and littlewoods
Don Millers! Thanks for filling in that gap for us, and thanks for watching.
I only remember littlewoods as Index and Argos was opposite
I remember both of those. Index was the Littlewoods catalogue. Some of the shops have probably changed a few times since we last went. Thanks for watching 👍
But good commentary x
Cheers!
Wodensborough ?
Menzies
It's called poverty shopping today cheap items rubbish garments, the good names food clothing, have all been replaced with cheap products. 😮
It's sad what has happened to our High Streets. Thanks for watching.
It’s a 💩 hole now 😂 gone down hill big time, was very nice back in the 1980s 😭
Lol. A bit like me. I was nice looking in the 80's! 😂 Thanks for watching 👍
I left the area in 2008. Noticeable decline. A lot of your UK towns do seem to be dying pretty much. They just look depressing places.
A lot of places are changing with out of town and online shopping. This affects our town centres, which are noticeably different. Thanks for watching.
Menzies?
Yes. You?
@@TravellingLightLisa me, I'm a bit older than you, I used to go to west brom shopping centre in late 70s
Menzies was the school featured in the John Cleese film, Clockwise.
So nobody remembers Menzies? It was more or less west broms version of WH Smith, and was the best place to buy vinyl records.
@chiscoughlan5221 I remember John Menzies. WH Smith bought them out. I went to Menzies High School, so Menzies first and foremost is that for me! 😂
Stabbed you joking you ain't from West Bromwich we used a right hand
True back in the day. Times change. 🫤
Is Firkin still going??
Firkins closed a long time ago
@@TravellingLightLisa hopefully theres still one in Bearwood!!!?
@@chriscoughlan5221 No, all Firkins closed a few years ago!
@@TravellingLightLisa oh no!!!!!
@@TravellingLightLisa that's firkin bad news !! That was my fave cake shop, they did a mean fresh cream turnover!!
omg, no Star and Garter.
End of an era that was. Thanks for watching 👍
When did it go? I must admit haven’t been to the town centre for a few years.
I'm not sure when it closed down
You're accent is sad
Sorry ay I aer kid! 🤣 Thanks for watching 👍