SMETHWICK HIGH STREET, changed almost beyond recognition

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ม.ค. 2025

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  • @awalkwithphil
    @awalkwithphil  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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  • @jameshollyoak8230
    @jameshollyoak8230 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I can’t write what I want too about that area , but nice vlog of a once beautiful place

  • @paulhill2891
    @paulhill2891 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    hello Phil drove the number 87 along the high street for 21 years thanks for all the info about that area

  • @awalkwithphil
    @awalkwithphil  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hope you enjoyed this short look around The High Street in Smethwick. Consider subscribing to this channel by hitting the SUBSCRIBE BUTTON in order for me to continue making films in and around West Bromwich and it will also ensure you are alerted to new video content.
    As always, all comments, questions, and feedback are welcome. Thanks for watching!!

  • @sharonwest4983
    @sharonwest4983 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    My Nan was born and bread in smethwich, it used to be ok for shopping in the 80s/90s and the some of the pubs was ok, but like a lot of places in the Black Country all gone down hill and they don’t always make the best decisions when I comes to renovating a area

  • @errylattik1507
    @errylattik1507 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    ..Mustafa Supermarket ( 6:06 mins) used to be Tescos Store
    and the building at the corner of South Rd (12:43 mins) was once Lloyds Bank..then a Car Dealership...!

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Many thanks for the update. Much appreciated

  • @AdamWarrPhotography
    @AdamWarrPhotography 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    20:00 that road is also the high street. cape hill starts at the junction of waterloo road

  • @simonbeckford3025
    @simonbeckford3025 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Im Smethwick born and bred even though these days it's looking a little like the aftermath of a coup d'etat.
    Actually I think it just needs the business owners to invest back a little of the billions they have made over the years into upgrading the infrastructure as opposed to allowing it to decay so badly that council-tax payers end up having to pick up the bill.
    Thanks 4 the upload

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks Simon, well made points

  • @Sasha-er9zb
    @Sasha-er9zb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hi Phil love these videos of the history of the areas. Do you have any knowledge of Great Arthur St/Brasshouse Lane, Smethwick that you could share with us please?

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I spend some time in Smethwick Archives if you' are interested in those streets then the archives will have some old maps covering the area. archives can be found at the smethwick library

    • @Sasha-er9zb
      @Sasha-er9zb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@awalkwithphil thank you, I'll take a look

  • @northstar1950
    @northstar1950 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I used to work in Smethwick at Dartmouth Auto Castings which was part of the Birmid Group. Dad was at A.E. Griffiths who were based in Booth St but had a second premises in Rolf St where he was assistant manager, they made all sorts of industrial plant equipment.

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Many thanks for the comment, hopefully will film around Rolfe St soon

  • @paulhill196
    @paulhill196 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hi Phil enjoyed the walk around Smethwick in the seventys I thought I would have a look around Smethwick and went for a drink near the Railway station as I entered the pub I fell over the stools and landed on the floor near the bar the gaffa said i was pissed and threw me out I've never been back and that's the first time I've looked around Smethwick thanks Phil all the best Paul

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Great recollection, many thanks

  • @waynecheshire7878
    @waynecheshire7878 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love the Red Cow pubs collection of warning signs 😂

  • @siandpen12
    @siandpen12 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Phil sadly like so many places, I was born in the late 60s, in Wolverhampton, the shopping centre in the 70s and 80s, I used to go shopping with my late mum, people smiling, now you go to Wolverhampton, there is not much there, Phil all the best.

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Many thanks for your comment

  • @Amanda12325
    @Amanda12325 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Smethwick always had bad press! In the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s it was a relatively safe place to live and wander around.. Everyone knew and looked out for each other. Neighbours knew each other and would know the kids in the area so if you misbehaved your parents were always told. NOW, all that has gone, it doesn’t feel safe anymore. That can be said of a lot of places now.

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This says a lot as to how this once great area has deteriorated

  • @ksull8063
    @ksull8063 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Its changed from ten years ago when I used to live there.

  • @DadgeCity
    @DadgeCity 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The 1960s council took the decision that there was more "civic pride" in building a bypass than in preserving the High Street. I suppose it was their "last hurrah" before the council was dissolved and the town became part of Sandwell, but the town centre was never the same. I never think of shopping there, I go to Bearwood or Cape Hill or Oldbury.

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Very well said, many thanks

  • @keyfizz
    @keyfizz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I enjoy your walks Phil .
    Disappointed we didnt get a look at the tribute to the Indian Soldier of the Great War in this one tho .

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Apologies, in fact I did film the plaque of the statue but sadly i edited the content as i had overrun by quite a bit. Im going to return to Smethwick shortly and I will ensure the statue gets some profile, many thanks for your comment

    • @keyfizz
      @keyfizz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@awalkwithphil great stuff ! ...and keep up the walks 👍

  • @judithparker4608
    @judithparker4608 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    West Bromwich Staffordshire then!

  • @MickeyCool30
    @MickeyCool30 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Used to be Billingtons Shoe shop but he went years ago got my school shoes there. Old buildings are beautiful though! Heritage Centre is fantastic and library and archives. West Smethwick Park has been very well rennovated and Victoria Park is pleasant. It is more run down thean other centres

  • @MalaweiAli-i5t
    @MalaweiAli-i5t 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    KARACHI HIGH STREET NOW.😮

  •  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Very few shops with English names.

  • @Wench64
    @Wench64 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sorry but a lot of us don't go there, even as kids with parents on the 74 bus, hated going through to get to b'ham for a trip to see saints at Lewis '😢

  • @ItsMeJoshLee
    @ItsMeJoshLee 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Old Talbot is still open, and the nurses' home was derelict for ages and only recently it has been bought, and guess what? It's being converted into flats. 🙄

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Brilliant, thanks for the info on the Old Talbot. The nurses home caught my eye as i'd never noticed the building before and flats does not surprise me. Many thanks for the comment

  • @AdamWarrPhotography
    @AdamWarrPhotography 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    11:30 2008 not 2001

  • @judithparker4608
    @judithparker4608 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Express of India

  • @TracieB06
    @TracieB06 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Jesus its like Pakistan

    • @carolinelynch2823
      @carolinelynch2823 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree.

    • @simonbeckford3025
      @simonbeckford3025 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lol.. there from india not pakistan. sikhs not muslims:)

  • @Wench64
    @Wench64 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sorry that should say santa but it changes when you post

  • @nav2009
    @nav2009 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If the asian business leave .. Why haven't other people created business ! ?
    Rather then taken money . ! we have created business !
    If haven't other created business ?

  • @MickeyCool30
    @MickeyCool30 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Tbh i live by there I never shop there I have to travel to Cape Hill Bearwood or Oldbury

  • @MickeyCool30
    @MickeyCool30 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I grew up in 1980s it was safe friendly sweet shops still not now. Only decent place is library and Natwest lots of betting shops and run down. If yoi live on 87 and 80 you are fine but otherwise its limited travel wise without a car. Tesco was popular but went years ago there does need to be more High St shops as everybody has to travel. My mom is still alive 85 remembers it with all the knitting shops, butchers, Welches all sorts. There used to be butchers and chemist by me now very little.

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I share your sentiments, my elderly mother in law talks often of those shops you mentioned, many thanks for your comment

  • @MickeyCool30
    @MickeyCool30 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I still live there but you need a car now. The buses are awful lack of services and shops so you have to travel to get anything everybody does of all communities which isnt grrat if you are old and disabled. Our neighbours are great still though very friendly