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The ''Black COuntry'' is an area in the [[West Midlands]] roughly corresponding to the current boroughs of [[Dudley]], [[Sandwell]], and [[Walsall]]. The name dates from the 1840s and is believed to refer to the black soot from heavy industries that covered the area.
The '''Black Country''' is an area in the [[West Midlands]] roughly corresponding to the current boroughs of [[Dudley]], [[Sandwell]], and [[Walsall]]. The name dates from the 1840s and is believed to refer to the black soot from heavy industries that covered the area.


==LGBT history==
==LGBT history==

Revision as of 13:05, 12 October 2012

The Black Country is an area in the West Midlands roughly corresponding to the current boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, and Walsall. The name dates from the 1840s and is believed to refer to the black soot from heavy industries that covered the area.

LGBT history

There was a Black Country / Walsall CHE Group at one time.