Black Country Living Museum canal photos, 2015

[Fmc_rob]

Took these on a recent trip to the BCLM in Dudley. Usually visit at least once a year, looked rather bare this time with 'Kildare', 'Peacock' and no tugs present, as well as 'Birchills' which I see has recently returned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[the barnacle]

great shots - i dont live to far away and just dont make the effort to go enough,

[Jrtm]

Does look a bit loanly.

[Laurence Hogg]

Getting to look very sterile and twee, not how it used to be, maybe the people in charge now have no real connection or memory to the real "Black Country" scene.

[Coventry No 1]

No tugs at the museum, Coventry was there, and has been since last year without a break. I know she is the smallest working tug, but she was tied by Broad Street Bridge, as she always is.

You seem to have chosen a very quiet day or were you out of hours. I have just been there for 4 days and it was very busy.

On the 18 & 19 July it is the museum 40's weekend. There will be movement of boats, please make your self known, and we will be happy to chat about tugs and joey boats. Enterprise No 1 will also be there.

[OldGoat]

We were there in mid June and I assumed the lack of boats was due to 'anything of interest' had gone to Braunston - we saw President going in that direction. The place has to be reasonably tidy - else the public won't walk down there. After all it's a bit of a back end since they moved the greasy spoon café up to the Workers' Institute (and replaced faggots-chips-and-peas with something more PC - shame..)

[IanM]

(and replaced faggots-chips-and-peas with something more PC - shame..)

 

They were definitely serving that in the Workers Institute when we went in April.