Spring in the Smethwick Garden, Birmingham, UK
April 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Spring in the Smethwick Garden, Birmingham, UK
Morning all.
A Monday mornin, March 1964. Smethwick, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, West Midlands. Photograph Birmingham Post and Mail Archive.
A Monday mornin, March 1964. Smethwick, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, West Midlands. Photograph Birmingham Post and Mail Archive.
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Morning all.
A Monday mornin, March 1964. Smethwick, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, West Midlands. Photograph Birmingham Post and Mail Archive.
A Monday mornin, March 1964. Smethwick, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, West Midlands. Photograph Birmingham Post and Mail Archive.
Shades of the infamous 1964 Smethwick campaign
May 4, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Shades of the infamous 1964 Smethwick campaign
OPSEC LEVEL: I LIVE IN SMETHWICK BIRMINGHAM
September 2, 2026 at 8:14 PM
OPSEC LEVEL: I LIVE IN SMETHWICK BIRMINGHAM
Sky over Smethwick
September 20, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Sky over Smethwick
Harold Wilson, with a majority of four, had the courage to say that the winner of the Smethwick by-election would be greeted “like a leper” in Parliament. Ted Heath, trailing in the polls, fired Enoch Powell. The comparison with the Labour government and Conservative opposition now..oy.
I know it's only a PCC election with low turnout but 11% for a party that happily accepts neo-Nazis as members is really bad.
Norfolk Police & Crime Commissioner By-Election Result:
➡️ RFM: 26.7% (New)
🌳 CON: 15.0% (-18.9)
🌍 GRN: 13.8% (-2.0)
🙋 Ind: 13.4% (New)
🌹 LAB: 11.6% (-23.6)
◼️ RES: 10.9% (New)
🔶 LDM: 8.6% (-6.5)
Reform UK GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
➡️ RFM: 26.7% (New)
🌳 CON: 15.0% (-18.9)
🌍 GRN: 13.8% (-2.0)
🙋 Ind: 13.4% (New)
🌹 LAB: 11.6% (-23.6)
◼️ RES: 10.9% (New)
🔶 LDM: 8.6% (-6.5)
Reform UK GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
July 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Harold Wilson, with a majority of four, had the courage to say that the winner of the Smethwick by-election would be greeted “like a leper” in Parliament. Ted Heath, trailing in the polls, fired Enoch Powell. The comparison with the Labour government and Conservative opposition now..oy.
#OnThisDay 31 years ago the ‘Jewellery Line’ opened creating a new cross city route in Birmingham. An opening day steam special calls at Jewellery Quarter which opened along with The Hawthorns and Smethwick Galton Bridge. www.facebook.com/share/19GMrt...
September 25, 2026 at 4:00 AM
#OnThisDay 31 years ago the ‘Jewellery Line’ opened creating a new cross city route in Birmingham. An opening day steam special calls at Jewellery Quarter which opened along with The Hawthorns and Smethwick Galton Bridge. www.facebook.com/share/19GMrt...
The normalisation of right wing discourse in both major political parties, let alone in much of the media, has been one of the most striking, and disturbing, changes in my lifetime. Things weren’t great in the 1960s (Smethwick) but this is off the scale.
Philp, Farage and that Lowe are drinking from the same far right fountain.
Major and Heath had their faults but they both knew and confronted racists.
Major and Heath had their faults but they both knew and confronted racists.
Two-tier policing is putting lives at risk | ✍️ Chris Philp
As the Henry Nowak case shows, we cannot allow skin colour to affect how the police or other public services treat people
As the Henry Nowak case shows, we cannot allow skin colour to affect how the police or other public services treat people
June 3, 2026 at 7:13 AM
The normalisation of right wing discourse in both major political parties, let alone in much of the media, has been one of the most striking, and disturbing, changes in my lifetime. Things weren’t great in the 1960s (Smethwick) but this is off the scale.
A 14yr old boy has been praised for intervening when a gang violently attacked Bertie.
He took the cat home to mum, who took Bertie to the vets.
RSPCA are appealing to the attack on 30th May between 6-7pm outside Bearwood court hotel, Smethwick.
Bertie is recovering.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He took the cat home to mum, who took Bertie to the vets.
RSPCA are appealing to the attack on 30th May between 6-7pm outside Bearwood court hotel, Smethwick.
Bertie is recovering.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Hero' teen rescues cat from gang attack in Smethwick
Bertie the cat was attacked by a gang of boys in Smethwick before being rescued, the RSPCA says.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A 14yr old boy has been praised for intervening when a gang violently attacked Bertie.
He took the cat home to mum, who took Bertie to the vets.
RSPCA are appealing to the attack on 30th May between 6-7pm outside Bearwood court hotel, Smethwick.
Bertie is recovering.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He took the cat home to mum, who took Bertie to the vets.
RSPCA are appealing to the attack on 30th May between 6-7pm outside Bearwood court hotel, Smethwick.
Bertie is recovering.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I love allotment architecture. Seen in Smethwick, West Midlands
November 28, 2024 at 6:57 AM
I love allotment architecture. Seen in Smethwick, West Midlands
April 22, 2026 at 4:51 PM
it’s always “atproto meetup california” or “atproto meetup chicago” never atproto meetup slough or atproto meetup smethwick :/
May 22, 2026 at 9:45 PM
it’s always “atproto meetup california” or “atproto meetup chicago” never atproto meetup slough or atproto meetup smethwick :/
We are excited to announce that our short film about wild bears being reintroduced into Warley Woods is due to be screened at the Festival De Smethwick (also known as Smethwick Film Night) this Friday at Thimblemill Library!
The festival previews new films of all genres from all around Smethwick.
The festival previews new films of all genres from all around Smethwick.
January 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We are excited to announce that our short film about wild bears being reintroduced into Warley Woods is due to be screened at the Festival De Smethwick (also known as Smethwick Film Night) this Friday at Thimblemill Library!
The festival previews new films of all genres from all around Smethwick.
The festival previews new films of all genres from all around Smethwick.
On Twitter I once had a long conversation with an American about Smethwick in Birmingham being a "no-go zone for whites". He was insistent, despite the fact that I lived in Smethwick and he'd never set foot on the same continent.
August 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
On Twitter I once had a long conversation with an American about Smethwick in Birmingham being a "no-go zone for whites". He was insistent, despite the fact that I lived in Smethwick and he'd never set foot on the same continent.
rambo lookalike competition, peter chaplin of west smethwick, uk, winner, commodore user, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/Comm...
August 24, 2026 at 7:02 AM
rambo lookalike competition, peter chaplin of west smethwick, uk, winner, commodore user, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/Comm...
Heard a BBC reporter say Francis was the first non-European Pope.
So I guess St Peter was born in Smethwick or somewhere.
So I guess St Peter was born in Smethwick or somewhere.
April 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Heard a BBC reporter say Francis was the first non-European Pope.
So I guess St Peter was born in Smethwick or somewhere.
So I guess St Peter was born in Smethwick or somewhere.
October 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
All nicked.
Pizza was invented in Wolverhampton.
Carbonara? Smethwick.
Tiramisu? Codsall.
Espresso? Dudley.
Pizza was invented in Wolverhampton.
Carbonara? Smethwick.
Tiramisu? Codsall.
Espresso? Dudley.
January 13, 2026 at 2:48 PM
All nicked.
Pizza was invented in Wolverhampton.
Carbonara? Smethwick.
Tiramisu? Codsall.
Espresso? Dudley.
Pizza was invented in Wolverhampton.
Carbonara? Smethwick.
Tiramisu? Codsall.
Espresso? Dudley.
Dusk sky over Smethwick. Shot on my phone
August 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Dusk sky over Smethwick. Shot on my phone
Photo of The Chapel Inn, Smethwick
#smethwick
#smethwick
October 25, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Photo of The Chapel Inn, Smethwick
#smethwick
#smethwick
The campaign was in Smethwick and the word used was worse than "coloured" www.theguardian.com/world/2014/o...
January 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The campaign was in Smethwick and the word used was worse than "coloured" www.theguardian.com/world/2014/o...
it is truly a mystery why immigrant communities in birmingham choose to live in the same areas instead of all moving in, separately, next to white people in handsworth and smethwick
October 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
it is truly a mystery why immigrant communities in birmingham choose to live in the same areas instead of all moving in, separately, next to white people in handsworth and smethwick
I'm personally petrified by the potential outcome of travelling through this one I pass often in Smethwick usually while I'm not in a position to waste 101 years trapped in some shadow dimension.
July 23, 2026 at 10:17 AM
I'm personally petrified by the potential outcome of travelling through this one I pass often in Smethwick usually while I'm not in a position to waste 101 years trapped in some shadow dimension.
Today in People Are Really Bloody Awful, people are being really bloody awful.
'It’s disgusting': Smethwick residents say dirty nappies being thrown into tree
Smethwick locals say dirty nappies being thrown from a block of flats have sparked an increase in rats and mice.
www.expressandstar.com
August 5, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Today in People Are Really Bloody Awful, people are being really bloody awful.