Great Video. Interesting fact - Residents of "The promenade" (Off mill street) were so miffed off with the mining in the area, they clubbed together and bought the mining rights off the Earl of Dudley for the ground under their homes and then vowed never to mine it - Hence why the Brierley Hill flats were built where they are - There are no shafts underneath them to produce possible subsidence.

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

6 ай бұрын

Is that so very interesting.. that's a lot of coal left undug

My 3x Great-grandfather was George Skidmore, I only found out about him and this disaster through doing my family history. It's really surreal to be able to watch this and see a photo of him. Thank you for this brilliant content.

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

6 ай бұрын

You should be proud of him he is the one character in the whole disaster who stood out as brave man, and he gave his food up for the young ones their a true black country hero

@charlmarx8989

6 ай бұрын

Honestly astonishing. My Great Gran was Skidmore and I just about remember her. She lived in Brierley Hill flats and I remember watching the Merry Hill monorail from her window. She would have been his granddaughter. Lovely to hear this story, I'll share it with my extended family

Chuffin brilliant.. another great showcase Jamie 👏 loved it 👍

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, see you soon, I hope.

One of these men was my great great grandfather, John Handley, Ive seen the name Hanley used instead of Handley at times, my father and his father, were both called John Handley

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

6 ай бұрын

I know a few Handleys and one of know looks like the guy in the photo .. it was only a few generations away.. All these name's are local names

Really good well done. Said with passion. Thank you.

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it sue 😀... more to come soon !

Another brilliant video, well done Jamie, can’t wait for the next one

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

6 ай бұрын

Thanks david

Watched a lot of your early posts. Will be catching up on your recent ones 😊

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, and I really hope you enjoy them Helen, great to hear from you

Lovely video mate . Great to see you posting again

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, hellen... got lots of video ideas. We are lucky our ancestors left us a rich tapestry of events, more fantastic than any fictional story

Interesting video mate. Thanks

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Good information content bud 😊

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍 really appreciate the support

Your back ❤🎉

Really interesting, thanks.

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

6 ай бұрын

No problem, really enjoy making them . Thanks for the comment

Could you do a video about the tipton slasher ?

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

6 ай бұрын

Yes I have considered it I did do a tik tok short on him vm.tiktok.com/ZGe635vuN/

Is that St. Michaels Court in the photo? Got knocked down in the 90s?

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

6 ай бұрын

Not sure which one you mean .. can you elaborate please

@malachidrake7777

6 ай бұрын

@@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH where you can see the flats in the background.

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

6 ай бұрын

Yes it will be then yes

Love the information of black country also just known smoke in background is that the bread factory fire

@zackdoom

5 ай бұрын

Where? I remember that a bit ago way too much smoke

@leeajones2768

5 ай бұрын

@@zackdoom it was an industrial area towards merryhill

@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH

5 ай бұрын

No, it's an effect I put in sorry guys ... I did witness the bread factory go up though