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Vicarage Street, OLDBURY, B68 8JS

Opened in 1885 by the Great Western Railway on the line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stourbridge. View south towards Rowley Regis and Stourbridge. Just out of view to the right is the former branch line platform to Oldbury Town.

Original station buildings from train waiting to go south to Stourbridge Junction. Signalbox under footbridge is close to end of platform. Beyond the signalbox was once a short branch line under Western Road to Oldbury town.

In happier times (1994, at which time it was still in use) the former Wolverhampton & Dudley Brewery's maltings looked like Image Operations closed in early 2006, and much of the roofs and tower structures were subsequently destroyed by fire later about 3 years later, with arson strongly suspected at the time. It's now looking extremely sorry for itself, despite the 1974 Grade II listing https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101279047-langley-maltings-st-pauls-ward & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1279047, and is considered 'At Risk'. There were several burnt-out or vandalised & abandoned cars parked outside the frontage on this day.

I believe these are closed and facing an uncertain future.

On Western Road. For an earlier (1994) photo, please see Chris Allen's Image For more on the sad story of this building, please see http://www.midlandsheritage.co.uk/industrial/3667-langley-maltings-wolverhampton-dudley-breweries.html .

First view from the other end. Not much traffic on the 2nd of January.

From the level crossing on the B4182, Oldbury.

These maltings were formerly owned by the Wolverhampton and Dudley Brewery. The canal is a relative backwater which is probably only visited by hardened canal enthusiasts.