Towering Tribute to the Black Country's Mining Heritage

Birmingham PostMay 16, 2006

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After nearly ten years of planning, the wraps have come off a giant tribute to the Black Country's mining heritage.

A 30ft five-tonne sculpture of a coal worker, sited next to a roundabout in Brownhills, commemorates the miners who worked in the town for three centuries before the last pit was shut down.

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Towering Tribute to the Black Country's Mining Heritage

The memorial, described as a new rival to the Angel of the North, features a 19th century miner holding a...

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