Trust me i'm from the Black Country mug

Trust me i'm from the Black Country mug Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith / Alamy Stock Photo

Image ID:

2NAWGJT

File size:

55.4 MB (1.2 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5304 x 3648 px | 44.9 x 30.9 cm | 17.7 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

11 February 2023

Location:

West Midlands, England, UK

More information:

The Black Country is a loosely defined area of southern Staffordshire and northern Worcestershire which lies to the north and west of Birmingham, and to the south and east of Wolverhampton. The town of Dudley (Worcestershire) is sometimes referred to as being the Black Country's unofficial capital. The Black Country is divided between the counties of Stafford and Worcester, the greater part belonging to Staffordshire. Dudley is a detached part of Worcestershire surrounded by Staffordshire, separated from the main body of its own shire by a narrow strip. By the late 19th century, the Black Country had become one of the most intensely industrialised in the nation. The South Staffordshire coal mines, the coal coking operations, and the iron foundries and steel mills that used the local coal to fire their furnaces, produced a level of air pollution that had few equals anywhere in the world at the time.