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On two wheels
I’m currently experimenting with a bike-mounted video camera. Initial results have been better than expected. I’m not aiming to share endless boring ride clips (which are a frankly as tedious as hell,...
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Go on, surprise me…
One short, late afternoon ride. Plenty of awful driving. Two in particular stood out… Don’t worry, I’ll just engage my psychic powers… who needs indicators, anyway? I guess you must be late for your...
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Out for a cushy ride – half a world away
Spotted on Carlton Reid’s YouTube channel, Quickrelease.TV, this wonderful period piece from British Transport Films. Carlton is a top advocate and activist for cycling in the UK, and I thank him for...
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Into the valley
Posted over on my 365daysofbiking Tumblr journal, quite fond of this video, taken on and around Cannock Chase (my favourite Abraham’s Valley in particular) on Boxing Day. It’s take on a GoPro HD Hero...
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Please take care when pulling out, eh?
Thought I’d share this one – not as dangerous as it looks, but an act of remarkable stupidity. The Station Street/Walsall Road Junction, on the Darlaston/Pleck Border at James Bridge, 5:45pm, Tuesday...
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A rich seam
This video paying tribute to the former miners of Brownhills and Walsall Wood has been around for a few years now, but I thought I’d give it a plug on the blog. It’s and interesting compilation by...
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Off their trolleys
Just a quick one, a great little film found by local historian Clive Roberts on YouTube. Clive has been working on his own local history project for some time now, and in the process often sends me...
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Call the fire brigade!
Thanks to a tipoff from top local history sort Clive Roberts, I'm able to share some wonderful videos that have just appeared on YouTube. They're uploaded by user BulldogDave303, and although not...
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Living on video
Here's a quick fun series of videos that amused me greatly, found by top reader and local history ferret [Howmuch?] showing Birmingham just as everything was changing in the postwar era. I think...
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Walsall, everything a pound…
My thanks to Stuart Williams, curator of the Bloxwich telegraph, who spotted this short film this evening. It's a tribute to the lost buildings of Walsall. Watch it to the end. It's very, very sad. A...
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Walsall Council priorities… how they work
Thanks to Walsall Co-operative Labour Councillor for Willenhall north, Gareth Illmann-Walker, I can share the following video with you published discretely by Walsall Council on 8th February 2013....
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Diminishing returns
Shocking new information has come to light over the figures quoted in the Walsall Council internal 'Working Smarter' film I shared a couple of weeks ago. This video is about an ongoing project to...
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Luv’in the Black Country
Via my wonderful friends at Strictly Black Country a wonderful short film, which they posted a link to on their Facebook page yesterday: Continue reading →
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I love this place with all my heart
I have no doubt you'll remember the video I posted a couple of weeks ago 'Luv'in the Black Country' by local filmmakers Black Country Cinema - it caused quite a stir at the time, and I'm very excited...
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Well versed
You may well remember the video I got so excited about a few weeks ago, 'Luv'in the Black Country' by talented and impressive local filmmakers Black Country Cinema - I went on to explore even more of...
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Fist of Glory, fists of rage
I see the genius of SalmonCorporation has been at work again - this film is an uncomfortable piece of genius that needs to be spread far and wide, like it's precursor 'Walsall: Everything a pound'....
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Accentuate the positive
It's good to see that local cyclist, railwayman and blogger Aiden McHaffie has recently had some success in bringing to resolution a case of bad HGV driving, as recorded in a bike cam YouTube video....
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A Brownhills hero caught on film
A couple of weeks ago, I ran an article here that has proven remarkably popular: a story of amazing sporting heroism and a subsequent life of administering fair play as a snooker referee - the...
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