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Smethwick received bad publicity when, the day after the announcement of his appointment, racist slogans and swastikas were daubed around the school. However, O'Connor was well liked by both parents and children; he eventually retired in 1983. [11] In the mid- to late 1960s, a large council estate in the west of Smethwick was built.
Warley Woods (sometimes known as Warley Park, or Warley Woods Park) is a 100-acre (40 ha) [1] public park in the Warley district of Smethwick, in Sandwell, in the West Midlands of England, originally laid out by Humphry Repton.
Londonderry is a residential area of Oldbury and Smethwick, on the B4182 road, in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, in the English county of West Midlands.Londonderry (commonly referred to as Queen's Head due to the pub of the same name) features a small commercial area, with a post office, [1] the former Queen's Head public house, and a number of small shops and takeaway restaurants.
Victoria Park, Smethwick, is the main formal garden for the town of Smethwick and has a Green Flag award. In 2010 the park was the subject of considerable investment and regeneration including a new bandstand. A flagship Adidas outdoor gym kit along with additional gym stations has also been installed. The park occupies 14 ha.
Sandwell Archives holds archive collections created by organisations, families and businesses based in Sandwell. The service is a Diocesan record office, holding Church of England parish records for the Deanery of Warley and All Saints' Church, West Bromwich, as well as numerous non-conformist churches within Sandwell.
Black Patch Park is a park in Smethwick, West Midlands, England.It is bounded by Foundry Lane, Woodburn Road, Perrott Street and Kitchener Street, at grid reference. The park, covering over 20 acres (81,000 m 2), was part of a sparsely populated landscape of commons and woodland (known as The Black Patch), dotted with farms and cottages which has been transformed from heath to farmland then to ...
Soho Foundry main gate Blue plaque at the main gate Listed canal roving bridge at entrance to Soho Foundry Loop canal (now dry). Soho Foundry is a factory created in 1795 by Matthew Boulton and James Watt and their sons Matthew Robinson Boulton and James Watt Jr. [1] at Smethwick, West Midlands, England (grid reference), for the manufacture of steam engines.