Tividale
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| Tividale shown within the West Midlands | |
| Population | 12,616 (2011.Ward) |
| OS grid reference | SO965905 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OLDBURY TIPTON |
| Postcode district | B69 DY4 |
| Dialling code | 0121 01384 |
| Police | West Midlands |
| Fire | West Midlands |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
Tividale is an area of Sandwell, West Midlands.
The village was in the parish of St Michael named after the church built there. It was created in 1878 as an extension of the town of Tipton in the county of Staffordshire. It was originally set around the main Dudley to Oldbury road, with several hundred terraced houses with shop fronts on the main road, as well as many more on the side streets running off.
Rattlechain Brickworks were opened in about 1895 on a site near Sedgley Road East, in the shadow New Main Line Canal which links Wolverhampton with Birmingham. Quarrying of land next to the brickworks led to a section of the Main Line Canal into the marlhole of the Brickworks, emptying out six miles of canal and causing thousands of pounds worth of damage, although nobody was injured. Another marlhole was created in 1948 and despite the subsequent closure and demolition of the brickworks, the marlhole remained in use as a disposal site for local factories, and is still known locally as Rattlechain Lagoon. Since the late 1990s, there has been growing local concern over Rattlechain Lagoon, with numerous dead birds being found at the site. Their death was linked to poisoning from chemicals disposed of in the water, which included white phosphorus. Nearby residents, including those of a 2006 housing development by Barratt Homes, feared that the proximity of their homes to Rattlechain Lagoon could render them unsellable.
Tividale began to expand during the 1930s, namely with the Tividale Hall (private) and the Grace Mary (council) housing estates. After the Second World War, further housing developments, mostly by the local authority, saw these two housing estates effectively merged. Construction of the Tividale Hall Estate by private builders was halted in about 1940 due to the war effort, but continued during the 1950s when council houses were built.
Tividale Tram workshops opened along the main Tividale Road (a tram route) in 1907, and operated until 1930. The tramway closed in 1939, as trams were phased out in favour of motor buses.
There were several air raids on Tividale during the Second World War, including a landmine which on 12 August 1941 destroyed a pair of recently built semi-detached houses on Birch Crescent, killing a six-year-old girl in a house opposite, as well as three people in the two destroyed houses; a 49-year-old woman in a second, and a married couple in a third.The houses were later rebuilt in the same style, while several surrounding houses suffered damage from the impact of the bombing and were repaired.
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