The Black Country town of Bloxwich is the latest addition to UK Flag Registry. It features a green and black cross on white with a tree and lion that recall legends and events in the town’s past. You can view the flag here. Bloxwich follows the growing national trend for community flags but also a […]
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Black Country Flag put to song
In a possible first for a UK sub-national flag, the Black Country Flag now has its own song. Local poet and academic Brian Dakin wrote it for Black Country Day, in the famous YamYam dialect. Brian’s research work involves notions of identity through language, in particular the various Black Country dialects. Having a day and […]
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