WONDERING WHAT ARE SOME COOL FACTS ABOUT BIRMINGHAM UK? Packed with a wealth of history, arts, culture and cuisine, the UK’s second-largest city, Birmingham, is home to over 2.6 million residents and is famed for being the world’s global manufacturing powerhouse, it was the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, and was known in the Victorian…
WONDERING WHAT ARE SOME FUN AND WEIRD FACTS ABOUT STOKE-ON-TRENT? Stoke-on-Trent – the northernmost city in Staffordshire and the West Midlands – is England’s ceramic capital and so much more. This unique city, formed as a single county borough in 1910 before gaining city status in 1925, boasts a rich industrial heritage centered around its world-renowned pottery industry. As a local…
WONDERING WHAT ARE SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT THE BLACK COUNTRY? From powering the Industrial Revolution to hiding gunpowder plotters, the Black Country region of England has witnessed more history than most nations manage in centuries. So where is the Black Country exactly? Picture a roughly circular area stretching west from Birmingham’s borders, encompassing parts of…