Birmingham Lads….. and Friends 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.