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The Black Country Living Museum (formerly the Black Country Museum) is an open-air museum of rebuilt historic buildings in Dudley, West Midlands, England. [1] It is located in the centre of the Black Country , 10 miles west of Birmingham .
The Black Country Living Museum has more than 40 old mine shafts on its site, [1] which have largely been lost, in-filled, collapsed, stabilised or capped. One of the original surviving shafts has been used to create the Racecourse Colliery exhibit.
Black Country Living Museum: Dudley: Dudley: Living: Recreated 19th and early 20th century industrial village with historic buildings moved from other sites, includes trams and other transport vehicles, fun fair, historic shops and industry displays Blakesley Hall: Yardley: Birmingham: Historic house: Late 16th century Tudor timber-framed ...
A more radical move in this direction took place in 2006 when the West Midlands Region piloted the BBC's Local TV initiative, with television news programmes produced for six local areas, all much smaller than the traditional TV regions, and in the case of Birmingham and the Black Country, even smaller than those covered by local radio stations.
The Black Country Living Museum is an open-air living museum, which consists of reconstructed buildings from the surrounding area forming a living replica of an industrial village, with demonstrators portraying life in the region from that time. Work began in 2022 to recreate a typical Black Country town centre using original buildings such as ...
When Local Television Limited took over (as Made in...), Birmingham TV was required to broadcast 35 hours a week of first-run local programming. [20] [21] As of February 2018, the station's sole local programme was a rolling four-hour block of pre-recorded local news, sport and features airing each weeknight from 5-9pm.
The Black Country Living Museum in Dudley recreates life in the Black Country in the early 20th century, and is a popular tourist attraction. On 17 February 2012 the museum's collection in its entirety was awarded Designation by Arts Council England (ACE). [ 79 ]
BBC Midlands Today is the BBC's regional television news service for the West Midlands. It was launched in 1964 and is presented by Nicola Beckford, Joanne Malin, Mary Rhodes , Nick Owen , Elizabeth Glinka, Rebecca Wood and Shefali Oza .