'Lost' Birmingham Ballad "A Cry from the Cut" with images, about the Midland Canals.

http://vimeo.com/17437484

It starts with one Sam Lomas ...

First broadcast by the BBC in 1962.

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_ballad
http://www.cpatrust.org.uk/Bham_ballads.htm