The Queen's Visit to Oldbury, 1957

This film was produced by Light Metal Forgings who manufactured the titanium rose bowl and shooting stick given to the Queen and Prince Philip to mark their visit to Oldbury on 23rd April 1957. It shows part of the route taken by the Queen, filmed in the morning of the visit, the arrival in the Town Square at Oldbury, and the Queen's departure. Thanks to Dr Terry Daniels, Chair of Langley Local History Society and Chair, of Oldbury Local History Group for letting us add this film to the Sandwell Channel. More info here - www.historyofoldbury.co.uk

[@tonyfincham6126]

Nice to see Light Metal Forgeings factory at the start ,now a car open air car sales area .They made parts for Concord & Harriers jump jet .

[@AdrianBarnes-o6w]

Dignity, decorum, respect...yet an undetstanding of the working people of the borough, and the Great Black Country also...part of our roots.

[@Ravinder2220]

I used to live in oldbury from 1994 - 2000. The best years of my life.

[@dawnr.4614]

Loved Oldbury 👍

[@smofla13]

me mums got a pic of the queen on this day...she was with her parents... i still have the pic to this day. we was smethwick all our lives and now i live in oldbury the last 2 yrs, 2 mins from langley.

[@catherinehale5293]

Watching this brings back lovely memories of how OLdbury used to be.

[@michaelrogers3421]

The picture shows me and my mom looking from the first floor window of the fruit shop on the corner of Freeth St. and West Bromwich St. The Council pagoda is built there now.

[@Ravinder2220]

Wow uncle bens bridge! I used to walk there to get to school. Langley primary school during 1994-1997

[@Ravinder2220]

@@nmtbhtsp2207 I live in London now. I miss Birmingham too

[@Ravinder2220]

@@nmtbhtsp2207 me too. I still got a bit of my brummie accent

[@ajkaur7459]

I wish Oldbury had all those shop still,its a shame a oldbury town centre is quite nice but no enough shops.

[@jadenaaronbrown1232]

Man it's weird seeing my home town in this time it's so different

[@balwindertoor7934]

Man i wish i saw this but i wasnt born at that time

[@AdrianBarnes-o6w]

And Sandwell Council, respect the people at least as well as Oldbury {Worcestershire!) B C did.

[@balwindertoor7934]

I live in oldbury now

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

I’ve been here to the Black Country a couple of time’s and my father was born here in the Black Country in cradley heath I wasn’t born here I was born in the Midlands area of university where I was born and raised there

[@lenasmith7914]

AWWW wish the queen would come back to oldbury

[@balwindertoor7934]

Me too

[@matmicm1]

PEACE ...

[@jorologo]

I actually spotted a few Australian Flags in that Film.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Was that their first and only visit to the Black Country area of the midlands

[@chriso8485]

Yes

[@linzianna]

Let's hope she don't see what you have turned it into now!

[@TARACAT1958]

does anyone reconise themselves on their

[@lordc3256]

This comment was 11 years ago, wow