A Home in the Black Country Photo Gallery by barbarajoy at pbase.com

A Home in the Black Country

2012 Another home exchange in England before setting out for London on our way to Europe. This time a lovely home in the West Midlands, England's Black Country, with its interesting history as the heart of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th C, but now surprisingly beautiful.

Positioned close to Staffordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire and Wales it gave us ample scope for exploration and we set out eagerly almost every day to visit destinations new to us, although we have been to the UK many times now.

Many of the places we explored were on the River Severn, itself an important part of the Industrial Revolution, but the canals and old pony tow-paths are now enjoyed by walkers, cyclists and canal boats owned by enthusiasts or rented by holidaymakers.

Staffordshire is the traditional area for potteries and porcelain and there is still fine china being produced at the Royal Worcester factories in Worcestershire.

We discovered that most of these counties also played major roles in the Civil War.

Read more at my blog.

Home Exchange in England 2012	Himley Hall, near Wall Heath	Himley Hall
Himley Hall daffodils	Canal near Stewponey Lock	Old Stewponey lockhouse
Canal boats at Stewponey	Happy passenger	Another happy passenger
Philip helps with the lock gate	Walkers at Stewponey lock	Stewponey, canal boats and an inquisitive dog
Stewponey, activity on the canal	The lock basin at Stourbridge	Canal boats at Stourbridge
Bewdley, on the Severn	Looking across the Severn	Bewdley
Bewdley, St Anne's Church interior	Bewdley, St Anne's Church, tapestry prayer cushionspg	At Grannystap, Victorian Tea Room in Bewdley
Bewdley	Bewdley	Bewdley
Bewdley, spring buds	Bewdley	Bewdley, Easter shop window
Bewdley	Bridgnorth on the Severn, looking across at High Town	Bridgnorth, climbing up to High Town
Bridgnorth, teacher finds another school	Bridgnorth	Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth	Bridgnorth	Bridgnorth
Ombersley village on our way to Worcester	Ombersley	Shrewsbury, on the Severn
Ombersley village churchyard	Shrewsbury market square	Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury	Shrewsbury, all things English	Shrewsbury Botanical Gardens
Shrewsbury Botanical Gardens	Shrewsbury, Clive of India	Shrewsbury, Charles Darwin
Shrewsbury market stall	Shrewsbury	Ironbridge on the Severn at Coalbrookedale
Ironbridge at Ironbridge gorge on the Severn	Ironbridge, old works	Ironbridge, Blists Hill Victorian Town
Ironbridge, Blists Hill Victorian Town	Ironbridge, Blists Hill Victorian Town	Ironbridge, Blists Hill Victorian Town
Ironbridge, Blists Hill Victoria Town old chemist's store	Coalbrookdale, pottery kiln cone	Coalbrookdale, Quaker burial ground
Coalbrookdale, wild primroses	Coalbrookdale, Rosehill, Georgian house of the Darbys	Coalbrookdale
Whittington Inn	Whittington Inn	Whittington Inn bar taps
Worcester, Guild Hall	Worcester, Cathedral Close	Worcester Cathedral, overlooking the River Severn
Worcester Cathedral	Worcester	Worcester Cathedral
Black Country Living Museum	Black Country Living Museum	Black Country Living Museum, Ironmongers shop
Black country Living Museum, recerated cottage interior	Black Country Living Museum, street in the town	Black Country Living Museum, Roundabout in the fairground
Roundabout at the Black Country Living Museum	Black Country Living Museum	Broadfield Glass Museum, Dudley
Broadfield Glass Museum	Broadfield Glass Museum	Broadfield Glass Museum
Broadfield Glass Museum	Wolverhampton Collegiate Church	Wolverhampton Art Museum
Wolverhampton, patriots at the St Georges Day parade	Wolverhampton open market square	Wolverhampton open market square
Wolverhampton indoor old wares market	Wolverhampton, indoor old wares market	Wolverhampton, Grand Theatre
Wolverhampton, programme seller at the Grand Theatre	Wolverhampton, programme seller at the Grand Theatre, and child actor in the performance of 'Titanic', the musical	Wolverhampton, drinks after the show, looking across at the Grand Theatre
Josiah Wedgwood statue outside the Wedgwood Museum, near Stoke-on-Trent	Artist at the Wedgwood Museum	Moulding jasper at the Wedgwood Museum
Creating moulds at the Wedgwood Museum	Wedgwood Museum	Wedgwood Museum
Wedgwood Museum	The Crooked House	The Crooked House
Lager on tap at the Crooked House!

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Helen Betts		18-Mar-2016 18:16
Such a varied gallery, very nicely done, Barbara! V.

Philip Game		14-Mar-2016 08:47
Brings back all the memories. What a labour of love! XXX

Roland		13-Mar-2016 23:08
This gallery is a joy to view. Tom says it perfectly. BV

Tom LeRoy		08-Mar-2016 11:59
Beautiful how you tell the story of your visit with lively, interesting, and colorful images of a part of England, not on the mass tourist travel route. Excellent job, Barbara! BV

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