Owen Street, Tipton in the rain c1976 - 149N

West Midlands PTE 149N (DDA149C) the last of it's type (ie. 1965-built Strachans body on Guy Arab V chassis) on service 301 to Walsall and Cannock from Dudley passes along Owen Street, Tipton, circ 1976.

[@Leshaun2002]

I’m shook! It looks so different now!

[@cjcadventures]

Sandwell council really spoilt Tipton's shopping centre so sad 🌧️

[@MidlandNinja]

All old shops were gone by about 1980 and the flats in the distance went in about 1997

[@autistipton]

My last name is Tipton these guy's are the unsung hero's of the free world.

[@tiptonman]

the good old days think thats the butcher jack green with the bucket does anyone know what the musics to sounds like a old tv show

[@gf1001]

Nice scenes and buses of the Black Country thanks.

[@Fleetline119]

The photo is looking towards Dudley - the bus enters the street by coming over the canal bridge and travels along Owen Street towards the level crossing.

[@wulfrunian]

I remember that when it was brand new and bought by Wolverhampton Corporation Transport.

[@Fleetline119]

The bus is traveling towards the level crossing. The bus is starting, in the video, from the Dudley end (canal bridge) of Owen Street.

[@peterfullerton1027]

I used to live in owen st

[@MidlandNinja]

They also built a job centre and the Tipton and Coseley building society further up on the right in the early 1990s

[@TheTiptonChannel]

I agree. To see this town so active is like seeing a dead person's previous movements. These days Owen Street isn't a very welcoming place, even in the daytime. There's been a long-standing problem with crime and anti-social behaviour - no thanks to Tipton’s police station being shut during certain hours.

[@TheTiptonChannel]

Looks like it might be Bell Street, just off the island, although I'm not entirely sure. There's nothing left of the flats these days, its mostly a built-up housing estate and a few factory units. The island is still there, along with the nearby paper-shop and snooker hall.

[@ste123456754]

to think of owen st in the 70s and what it is now two different places how sad!!!!!!

[@roddyha]

I this the area where the Conservative's Club was? I played snooker there in 1983.

[@MidlandNinja]

Opens up again in 2010

[@tonupjohnny]

im tipton born and bred, what is this clip from, would like to see a better quality, cheers for posting

[@Fleetline119]

@tonupjohnny The original ii 8mm cine film, so not good quality to start off with. Was transferred to VHS video tape in 1980's then from VHS tape to computer some years ago.

[@amyanubis]

@lilbirdy187 I know what you mean about the Tibby, my friend lives there and has nothing but trouble. I live in Lichfield st off upper church lane.