#sandwell

[mystery-of-arkham-asylum]

Today is Black Country Day in my part of England. This is the 10th year that it is being celebrated. The Black County is a small area in the West Midlands  made up of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

The Black Country gained its name in the mid nineteenth century due to the smoke from the many thousands of ironworking foundries and forges plus also the working of the shallow and 30ft thick coal seams.

(A couple maps below to show the area. Even found one that shows some of the famous, to us at least, locations in the area.)

July 14th was chosen as the date for Black Country Day due to its historical importance, as it was on this day in 1712 that the first steam engine was invented.

The feat of engineering was built in the Black Country, an area that played a huge part in the industrial revolution.

The flag features a chain to represent the manufacturing heritage of the area whilst the upright triangular shape in the background recalls the iconic glass cones and iron furnaces that featured in the architectural landscape of the area. The red and black colours recall the famous description of the Black Country by Elihu Burritt, the American Consul to Birmingham in 1862, that it was "black by day and red by night" owing to the smoke and fires of industry.

Enjoy this silly little song that has been living rent free in my head for years. It shows how we say some things in the Black Country.

#mysteryofarkhamasylum #[REDACTED] Speaks #The Black County #Black Country Day #Dudley #Sandwell #Walsall #Wolverhampton #black country map #black country flag #the black country alphabet song #Youtube

[pianotunerwolverhampton]

Pitch raising and fine tuning a 'Harcourt' Upright Piano dating from the 1930s in Oldbury, Sandwell, Dudley

www.matthewjamesrichards.co.uk

#harcourt #dudley #Oldbury #sandwell #piano #pianist #pianotuner #pianotuning #pianotuners #music #musicians

#Harcourt #Oldbury #Dudley #Sandwell #piano #piano tuner #piano tuning #piano music #pianist #upright piano #piano tuners #wolverhampton #music #piano tuner wolverhampton

[jordangarciafoto]

water lily by InderjitNijjer

#IFTTT #500px #Bromwich #sandwell #valley #west #flower #lilly #rain #water

[fellsfunbooth]

Tonight's set up is with our Lumia Booth for Sandwell Children's Trust Awards Night @ws10cb fellsfunbooth #fellsfotos #ovalbooth #photobooth #photobooths #photoboothwedding #photoboothhire #photoboothparty #photoboothideas #sandwellcouncil #sandwell #ws10banquetingsuite (at WS10 Conference & Banqueting Suite) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkLsbe8tXeu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#fellsfotos #ovalbooth #photobooth #photobooths #photoboothwedding #photoboothhire #photoboothparty #photoboothideas #sandwellcouncil #sandwell #ws10banquetingsuite

[estatesagentuk]

Best Property Management Companies in Sandwell

What is Property Management?

Property management is the act of supervising and managing the commercial activities of a piece of real estate, frequently with the help of a third party. Property management is a full-time job that should only be handled by licensed and certified specialists. You don't need to be involved and can have complete peace of mind knowing that your property and tenants are being taken care of properly thanks to great property management services.

we recognize that entrusting someone else with the care of your assets is a major step. Imminent Reality is an award-winning Property Management Company in Sandwell. Our project managers are committed to serving as your advocates. Building excellent relationships with your tenants and ensuring that your property is cost-effectively compliant can help keep things operating smoothly

We can offer you protection for your rental income or coverage for urgent heating, electrical, and plumbing problems.

Why we are the Best Property Management Company in Sandwell?

Working with a reputable management company seems to be the best choice, according to the majority of experienced real estate investors. By hiring a competent property manager, you can significantly increase the value of a rental property.

The following are a few of the most significant advantages that landlords who engage with property management firms enjoy:

Tenant screening can be a difficult process. The biggest issue with unsatisfactory tenants is that it might be challenging to vacate your Property. A trustworthy and validated screening procedure is used by good property management companies to assist them to choose tenants who will be Long-term rentals, timely rent payments, and minimize the property's wear and damage

One of the most crucial aspects of property management is managing the collection of rent and late fees. Rent must be paid on time each month to maintain a continuous and stable income flow, and tenants must be aware of this.

Our letting agents near Sandwell will carefully conduct inspections performed regularly to spot maintenance issues before they become problems.

Our top-notch property management company can defend you against any legal actions and weaknesses because they are well-versed in the law.

Our Expert Estate Agent in Sandwell will advise your preventive maintenance is essential to preserving and boosting the value of your property. An agency may also provide you with insightful comments and recommendations on improvements and changes that the tenants would prefer.

We employ a range of marketing techniques, such as Ads on social media, and a significant online campaign.

Maintaining accounting records and creating reports for the landowner

Keeping good ties with tenants and, if applicable, starting the eviction procedure.

You have complete control over how hands-on you want to be as a landlord. You have the choice to regularly connect with your property manager if you prefer to stay informed. If you're busy with other obligations, you may relax knowing that your property management team is keeping an eye on your investments even if you don't routinely communicate with them.

What is Property Management?

Property management is the act of supervising and managing the commercial activities of a piece of real estate, frequently with the help of a third party. Property management is a full-time job that should only be handled by licensed and certified specialists. You don't need to be involved and can have complete peace of mind knowing that your property and tenants are being taken care of properly thanks to great property management services.

we recognize that entrusting someone else with the care of your assets is a major step. Imminent Reality is an award-winning Property Management Company in Sandwell. Our project managers are committed to serving as your advocates. Building excellent relationships with your tenants and ensuring that your property is cost-effectively compliant can help keep things operating smoothly

We can offer you protection for your rental income or coverage for urgent heating, electrical, and plumbing problems.

Why we are the Best Property Management Company in Sandwell?

Working with a reputable management company seems to be the best choice, according to the majority of experienced real estate investors. By hiring a competent property manager, you can significantly increase the value of a rental property.

The following are a few of the most significant advantages that landlords who engage with property management firms enjoy:

Tenant screening can be a difficult process. The biggest issue with unsatisfactory tenants is that it might be challenging to vacate your Property. A trustworthy and validated screening procedure is used by good property management companies to assist them to choose tenants who will be Long-term rentals, timely rent payments, and minimize the property's wear and damage

One of the most crucial aspects of property management is managing the collection of rent and late fees. Rent must be paid on time each month to maintain a continuous and stable income flow, and tenants must be aware of this.

Our letting agents near Sandwell will carefully conduct inspections performed regularly to spot maintenance issues before they become problems.

Our top-notch property management company can defend you against any legal actions and weaknesses because they are well-versed in the law.

Our Expert Estate Agent in Sandwell will advise your preventive maintenance is essential to preserving and boosting the value of your property. An agency may also provide you with insightful comments and recommendations on improvements and changes that the tenants would prefer.

We employ a range of marketing techniques, such as Ads on social media, and a significant online campaign.

Maintaining accounting records and creating reports for the landowner

Keeping good ties with tenants and, if applicable, starting the eviction procedure.

You have complete control over how hands-on you want to be as a landlord. You have the choice to regularly connect with your property manager if you prefer to stay informed. If you're busy with other obligations, you may relax knowing that your property management team is keeping an eye on your investments even if you don't routinely communicate with them.

#Letting Agents near Sandwell #Lettings Agents in sandwell #Property Management Companies in Sandwell #Estate Agents in Sandwell #property #letting agents near sandwell #estate agents in birmingham #imminent realty property #real estate #letting agents in birmingham #free property valuation in birmingham #sandwell #birmingham #united kingdom #luxury flats #luxury property #apartment #real estate agent #real estate agencies #residential real estate

[124daisies]

The Hawthorns Station, Sandwell

#west midlands #uk rail stations #sandwell

[top-the-cat]

#foka wolf #uk politics #tory scum #sandwell hospital #save the nhs

[ourladyofomega]

Remembering Juan Mendez (Silent Servant, Sandwell District, Jealous God).

📸: Triangle Agency + Modern Matters

#Juan Mendez #Silent Servant #Sandwell District #Jealous God #techno #dance #darkness #Los Angeles #synthwave #industrial #omega #our lady omega

[world-of-wales]

MAMA AND HER PRINCESS

The Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte photographed as they attend day five of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games at Sandwell Aquatics Centre on August 2, 2022.

#british royal family #british royals #duchess of cambridge #kate middleton #brf #catherine middleton #royalty #royals #royal #cat cambridge #princess charlotte #princess charlotte of cambridge #02.08.2022 #mama and lottie #sandwell aquatic centre #day 5 birmingham commonwealth games 22 #commonwealth games 2022

[saisons-en-enfer]

#function #existenz #tresor #minimal techno #david sumner #sandwell district #Bandcamp

[iamlisteningto]

Sandwell District's WHERE NEXT ?

#sandwell district #WHERE NEXT #point of departure #music #electronic #techno #hardcore techno #dub techno #industrial techno #minimal techno #ambient techno #club #dance #available everywhere

[pianotunerwolverhampton]

https://www.matthewjamesrichards.co.uk

Tuning an excellent 'Alison' Upright Piano dating from 1926 in Wednesbury, Sandwell, West Midlands.

Originally sold by PIANOFORTE SHOW-ROOMS, W.POULTON, HIGH ST, WEST BROMWICH

#pianotuner #piano #pianist #music #musicians #Wednesbury #Alison #westmidlands #pianoplayer #sandwell #WestBromwich #wpoulton

#Alison #wednesbury #West Bromwich #Sandwell #piano #piano tuner #piano music #piano tuning #pianist #upright piano #piano tuners #wolverhampton #music #piano tuner wolverhampton

[morethanwords229]

rock and roll saturday night: following the liveblog of the west midlands mayoral race results, accompanied by a smoky martini

#c'mon sandwell

[heidismagblog]

#mojo #mojo magazine #reviews #sandwell district #creation rebel #orbital #giant sand #manic street preachers #delroy wilson

[dustedmagazine]

Sandwell District — Where Next? (The Point of Departure Recording Co.)

It should have been a question. The transcontinental collective known as Sandwell District had been defunct and assumed shuttered for years, its fax machine disconnected, its Situationist International Tumblr since overtaken, when the sudden, unexpected announcement in early 2023 of a reissue effort for 2010’s celebrated Feed-Forward revived interest among the techno faithful. Its key members had been operating independently for long enough that the prospect of a return was sufficiently dim, yet here was proof of life — that the mark of anonymous, forward-thinking dance music from these corners hadn’t yet been buried. Half a year on from the reissue, another curious missive in the form of a compilation and the announcement of a Primavera Sound gig. Something was afoot. “Where next?” should’ve been appended directly with “Why now?”

Instead, it’s an elegy.

Juan Mendez (aka Silent Servant) died alongside fellow Los Angeles artist Luis Vasquez (The Soft Moon) and Mendez’s partner Simone Ling January 18th at the age of 46. Every review of Where Next? you read will address this, so it’s not necessary to belabor its circumstances or the outpouring of grief in its wake, but suffice to say that Mendez was beloved in L.A. and beyond for his work both as a producer — which he was still a master of, as his (ill-)fittingly titled In Memoriam EP out in November on Tresor confirms — and, crucially to Sandwell, its visual language. One of the key components of Sandwell District was its resolute anonymity; for years, if you were buying music off these guys, it was white label 12s with no identification save a stamp of the name and a fax number. Mendez was the one who gave the group that Situationist-inspired aesthetic, lent depth and a difficult but still discernible additional dimension that otherwise may not have been there. In retrospect, it feels like no accident that the zine, the music and the “moment” all collided at the same time; four protagonists with years of experience behind them peaking in simpatico is an exceedingly rare thing in the dance world, and to have it happen as it did was both carefully orchestrated and worth all the praise. Dusted was no exception.

Without Mendez, Sandwell District’s revival now feels precarious, uncomfortable, indeterminate. The remaining core members — Karl O’Connor (aka Regis), Dave Sumner (Function) and Peter Sutton (Female) — must return to and reassess the question of this very compilation, whose existence initially struck me as a cynical money grab but, more charitably and with more consideration, could also have been intended as a siren for something new en route, a way of reminding those who were there and a slap in the face to those who weren’t that this group wasn’t just your run-of-the-mill Tuesday night Berghain residents, this was something else.

And what was that? Take a listen: From 2002 to 2012, a dozen tracks assembled for this comp mine Sandwell District (the label) for a retrospective that graphically displays the production talent at work while still leaving something on the table. The credits here all say “Sandwell District &,” but it’s superfluous; regardless of liner notes, however, the music holds up and you know what you’re getting right from the off with Function’s “Reykjavik,” originally from 2007’s “Isolation” 12”. A wobbling, heavy low end and the lightest touch of hi-hat establish the pulse, with a twinkling alien transmission straight from a 1950s sci-fi movie offering counterweight. It’s the crashing handclap and subsequent, seemingly endless decay at 30 seconds that really wakes you up, though — like the uneasy ambiance, a familiar trope of the group’s oeuvre but one forever deployed with the deftest of touches.

“Reykjavik” is one of the two earliest songs from this compilation; the other, CH-Signal Laboratories (8003 Lucerne)’s “Hypnotica Scale (Original Mix),” preceded it in ‘07 and was originally titled simply as “Scale 1 (Original Mix).” It’s a rolling IDM number that feels more primitive, less cognizant than the productions that would follow in its use of space in your headphones. It’s also arguably the thinnest track here from one of the few names in Sandwell’s history that was never fully declassified but to my ears sounds like Sumner’s work.

As the most prominent faces of the collective (Mendez was reticent and Sutton all but invisible at the group’s peak), O’Connor and Sumner often seemed to be the ones with the heaviest hands in final output, too — consider Sumner did the final Fabric mixdown, for instance. The balance gets partly redressed here: O’Connor gets credit for two songs and two edits; Sumner gets five songs (six if you count CH-Signal); Mendez gets four; and Sutton gets a song and a remix under the Kalon alias, which he shared alongside Karl Meier, a fellow member of O’Connor’s Birmingham-based Downwards posse. It works to great effect; if you hadn’t known this was a compilation spanning half a decade and not a cohesive album from a single set of sessions, nothing gives it away. Both sequencing and pace are thoughtfully examined as the album obliterates your speakers at the proper volume and eventually rolls into the station after some 70 minutes with the only song that really lets you up for air, “Inter.”

Still, questions remain. Timing aside, foremost among them is why this comp starts with tracks from 2007 and not 2002; that’s scything half of the label’s existence out of the picture, and it’s not like “Untergang” or “Cally 2” are much the worse for wear at this remove. More pointedly, why are any singles missing at all? A double or triple LP either mixed to its constituents’ satisfaction or arranged chronologically would’ve been equally potent.

Another question: Wherefore art thou, Rrose? Like Meier, Yves de May and Bob Ostertag, Seth Horvitz existed on the outskirts of the District, only entering the frame in Feed-Forward’s wake — but it feels grossly unjust to neglect Rrose’s contributions in particular as the label wound down and its members moved on. What I said at the time of “Merchant of Salt” stands: Sandwell’s methods were perhaps best executed by an outsider who subsequently struck out into more experimental lands, extending the spirit of the collective’s reach beyond the vision of its original members; in a way, Rrose alone best answered the question posed by this compilation, which only makes their absence more conspicuous.

As with everything else swirling about Sandwell District, explanations will trickle out as glyphs or remain scant, incomplete, perhaps even contradictory. Maybe we won’t know for weeks or months; maybe we will never know. This is all part and parcel of the operation, which remains fun for the sake of intrigue but as listeners can only really leave us to trust our ears and hearts. Scrape away the calcified grayscale complexion, then, and you have what lies beyond the questions — you have the real answer, the one that matters most. Did I say elegy? Sorry, I meant panegyric. Long may it be heard.

Patrick Masterson

#sandwell district #where next? the point of departure recording co. #patrick masterson #albumreview #dusted magazine #silent servant #downwards #techno #regis #female #function #house #dub

[molkolsdal]

Dump

#mine #food #keith haring #art #unknown voidz #ali Sheikh #Shannon sandwell