The Story Of Jack Jacks

Why are those bollards so big at the top of that flight of locks on the Bowling Green Cut?

And where has all the water gone?

Well you need big bollards to tie up a big boat.

And you need a big boat if you're a giant.

And if you're a giant that likes to catch people to eat you need to take your boat to Wednesfield, because the people of Wednesfield make the best traps in all the world.

But the people of Wednesfield have always been a clever bunch and they knew Victor Traps the giant would be catching and munching them after all the people of Dudley and Tipton; Walsall and Bilston; West Bromwich and Wolverhampton had gone.

So they got together to get rid of Victor Traps, and the idea they used came from the strangest place...

Out of the mouth of a stammering navvy who couldn't even say anything without saying everything twice, Jack Jacks.

And after that brainy bunch from Wednesfield had followed Jack Jacks advice there wasn't a drop of water left in that canal just soil.

If you want to see how Jack Jacks put his name in the history books just go back and click on the locks and you'll know.