DVD Released 2019
The Light Side presents Birmingham Lads….. and Friends.
In 1769 the Birmingham Canal was opened into the town. It grew
into the Birmingham Canal Navigations, the greatest
concentration of cuts in Britain, threading Birmingham and the
Black Country with 160 miles of narrow canals.
These grew in step with the industries that made Birmingham a
city of a thousand trades and turned the Black Country black by
day and red by night. For decades the cuts worked as the veins
and arteries of the region. During the later twentieth century
they came under threat but were saved from destruction by the
efforts of bands of farsighted volunteers. This is their story in
words, music and images.
The Band :
Phil Clayton
Vocals/Guitars/Bass Guitar
Jenni Hatton
Vocals/Shakey Things
Cathy Holden
Vocals/Flute
Danny Walker
Vocals/Cajón
The Songs :
The Merchants of Brummagem
Phil Clayton
Birmingham Lads
John Freeth (1769)
Golden Boys
Phil Clayton
Brummagem I Can’t Find
James Dobbs (1828)
Euphrates Packet
Phil Clayton
Waiting for the Day
Trad Shanty arr Phil Clayton
Working the BCN
Words - Teresa Fuller; Tune - Phil Clayton
Hard Working Boater
David Blagrove
Girl on the Cut
Ian Campbell. Additional verse Jenni Hatton
Narrowboatman’s Blues
Dusty Miller/Dave Illingworth
Claytons of Oldbury
Phil Clayton
Dudley Tunnel Song
Glynn Phillips
The Lions of Stourbridge
Phil Clayton
BCN Song
Phil Clayton
In the Wake of Heroes
Phil Clayton
The DVD content appears on this page thanks to the generosity of Phil Clayton . . . and friends.
Physical copies of the DVD (higher quality video) can be obtained from Phil. (email : phillipclayton@blueyonder.co.uk).
There is no charge (other than £1.50 p&p) but a donation to the BCN Society would be greatly appreciated.
DVD Released 2019
The Light Side presents Birmingham Lads….. and Friends.
In 1769 the Birmingham Canal was opened into the town. It grew into
the Birmingham Canal Navigations, the greatest concentration of
cuts in Britain, threading Birmingham and the Black Country with 160
miles of narrow canals.
These grew in step with the industries that made Birmingham a city
of a thousand trades and turned the Black Country black by day and
red by night. For decades the cuts worked as the veins and arteries
of the region. During the later twentieth century they came under
threat but were saved from destruction by the efforts of bands of
farsighted volunteers. This is their story in words, music and images.
The Band :
Phil Clayton
Vocals/Guitars/Bass Guitar
Jenni Hatton
Vocals/Shakey Things
Cathy Holden
Vocals/Flute
Danny Walker
Vocals/Cajón
The Songs :
The Merchants of Brummagem
Phil Clayton
Birmingham Lads
John Freeth (1769)
Golden Boys
Phil Clayton
Brummagem I Can’t Find
James Dobbs (1828)
Euphrates Packet
Phil Clayton
Waiting for the Day
Trad Shanty arr P Clayton
Working the BCN
Teresa Fuller
Hard Working Boater
David Blagrove
Girl on the Cut
Ian Campbell/Jenni Hatton
Narrowboatman’s Blues
Dusty Miller/Dave Illingworth
Claytons of Oldbury
Phil Clayton
Dudley Tunnel Song
Glynn Phillips
The Lions of Stourbridge
Phil Clayton
BCN Song
Phil Clayton
In the Wake of Heroes
Phil Clayton
The DVD content appears on this page thanks to the generosity of
Phil Clayton . . . and friends.
Physical copies of the DVD (higher quality video) can be obtained
from Phil. (email : phillipclayton@blueyonder.co.uk). There is no
charge (other than £1.50 p&p) but a donation to the BCN Society
would be greatly appreciated.