Midlands Millenium The land built by old king coal; Chris Upton mines a rich vein of history to discover what made the Black Country black, while Ross Reyburn finds that mining in the region these days is a heritage experience.(News)

The Birmingham Post (England) | June 5, 1999| | Copyright

Why are Birmingham and the Black Country full of factories (or at least used to be) and not Herefordshire? Any why is Cradley Heath not a picturesque little village set in rolling pastures (it isn't, I've checked)?

The birth of industry is a tricky issue for historians who keep back-dating it. We would once have settled for the 18th century; now we are more likely to plump for the 16th. Even the reasons why one area industrialised and another did not are not entirely understood, though we know some of the factors in the equation.

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