Round Oak Steel Works drive past

[@Vasarnikos]

1:06 This is the place where photographer Brian Griffin used in 1984 as the backdrop for the cover of "Some Great Reward", Depeche Mode's fourth studio album. The factory was pulled down shortly after the photo shot

[@wattage2007]

1:07

[@Parksey-qb5wv]

Brings back a lot of memories. I grew up 1/2 a mile away from Round Oak. Neither of my parents worked there, but it did hit the town hard from what i remember. The clock building on Dudley road was till standing for quite some years after Round Oak closed, there were some small business's in there, a cafe was one. I had a Saturday job at the petrol station in Harts Hill (around 1987 to 1989) and would go there to collect the sandwiches' for the guys in the garage.

[@johna5934]

many memories so sad looking back

[@chriso8485]

The car is driving along Dudley Rd and then turns down Level Steet. Some buildings are still present in Dudley Rd, Level Steet completely different apart from canal.

[@TurcVideo]

Thanks for that . I'll add it to the archive information

[@jamesraybone81]

You can pick out the dog and lamppost. The royal Adeel building and where Brierley printers was. Nothing left on level street.

[@danielrussell446]

@@jamesraybone81 the old bush pub was there still until a few years ago and the queens head which became millennium sad they have all gone now

[@ledzeproberts2111]

British steel British made. Well done Maggy and all successors We wonder why .....

[@olddarklord2912]

just think if merry hill isn't here today and we still have the steel works how would it look like

[@boshertonngauge6606]

I'd rather have a steel works than a whoppin great Merry Hell Shopping Centre.

[@joemomma5522]

My old man and grandad worked there, dad in the factory (not sure which) and I think my grandad was involved with train maintenance. Dad left and went freightliner Dudley and I think my grandad retired

[@andrewtomlinson18]

What a waste, all those skilled jobs replaced with shelf stackers at Merry Hell and the destruction of Dudley as well.

[@danielrussell446]

Not just there Andrew but shockwaves went far wider and also out to Kidderminster and Stourbridge

[@RaVeR076]

Id love 2 know the exact where abouts of all these images with regard to today

[@danielrussell446]

Basically they have come down the Dudley road to the junction with the civic hall and then at the lights at end of high street they went down level street as it was before it was changed for merry hill at that time the railway tracks went over level street I remember it like this well

[@raymondkirkham3815]

Remember them worked there

[@danielrussell446]

Can you please edit the title as the steel works was in brierley hill not Dudley

[@TurcVideo]

Thanks for this. It will take me some time to locate the original footage but I will correct this.

[@mauricebate5069]

I use to live at Woodside and I can remember the night sky lighting up when they emptied the metal waste from the furnaces ! At least now there not the pollution !👍🏼

[@CookieMonster-hz5ry]

Should have been pulled down before ww2 by the looks of it

[@raymondkirkham3815]

Produced 500000 tons of steel 1957 most exported real jobs

[@billkent6037]

Damn, what an eyesore and a horrible, dirty looking place. Great for jobs but terrible for pollution. Its time had been and gone

[@danielrussell446]

It’s loss killed the town bill agree with what you say but merry hill which is there on most of it is not an oil painting and they actually got rid of merry hill farm to build the centre which was controversial and not supported by local people

[@raymondkirkham3815]

Steel works sold to china and India so still got pollution .but no jobs

[@neilbradley9526]

Round oak supported all the local area paid good money look at brierley hill now