Tim's One Photograph a Day

Black Country

A View inside Netherton Tunnel.

Netherton Tunnel. Of the many canal tunnels around the network, this was the last to be built during the period known as ̶

View under Cobbs Engine Bridge, Windmill End.

View under Cobbs Engine Bridge. We have finally moved on from the Titford Pumphouse and returned to another of our favourite m

New Inns Road Bridge on the Titford Canal.

New Inns Road Bridge. Moving on slightly from Uncle Ben’s. Behind us is the remains of the Langley Maltings, featured a

Junior Dog Agility at Crufts 2020.

Junior Dog Agility. This was amazing to watch. Much harder to photograph! After I managed to blag myself a good position, they

Uncle Ben’s Bridge on the Titford Canal.

Uncle Ben’s Bridge. Back to my favourite kind of photograph. A long exposure of a canal scene! Where the name comes from

Titford Pump House at the top of Oldbury Locks.

Titford Pump House. A couple of days ago I posted a photograph of the Oldbury Locks. Here, we are at the top of the flight 

Oldbury Locks on the Titford Canal.

Oldbury Locks. This is a flight of locks built in 1837 to make a navigable canal out of what was originally a feeder water sup

The Barlow Theatre – Home of Oldbury Rep.

The Barlow Theatre, Langley. Langley is a small village that is part of the Oldbury conurbation. Not somewhere you expect to f

The Black Country Living Museum – Location for Peaky Blinders.

Black Country Living Museum. An unusual view of a familiar location. Being moored on the canal outside, we can see this angle

Pitchfork Bridge, Birmingham Old Main Line Canal, Tipton.

Pitchfork Bridge.   This is a scene which is nothing special to look at in the daytime, but is transformed by the colours

Mad O’Rourkes – The Pie Factory, Tipton.

Mad O’Rourkes. This is one of those destinations you just have to go to if you are in the Tipton area – especially

The Sunset after Storm Dennis.

Sunset. This is almost exactly the same view as last night, although bringing in a bit more of the surroundings. The water is

The Gathering Clouds of Storm Dennis.

Storm Dennis. Over the last couple of days and nights, we have been treated to very heavy rain and strong gusts of wind. It ha

Swans on the Birmingham Old Main Line, Tividale.

Swans. The Birmingham Old Main Line Canal looks rather different to the shot from a couple of days ago. Storm Dennis is doing

Birmingham Old Main Line, Tividale.

Tividale on the BCN. Moving outside from where last night’s photograph was taken, this is the wide expanse of the Birmin

Mooring in Tividale Quays / Dudley Port Basin.

Tividale Quays. Historically, this was Dudley Port Basin. An industrial area, where working boats would have been loaded and u

Remains of the Oldbury Branch Line.

Oldbury Branch Line Remains. Sometimes, railway lines are ripped up as soon as they are closed. Others, seem to hang on for no