The Brownhills Miner Brownhills Walsall West Midlands England UK
One of Brownhills' most prominent landmarks is a 30 feet (9 m) sculpture of a coal miner, erected in May 2006 on a roundabout at one end of the High Street, where the A4124 Pelsall Road and High Street A452 cross. The sculpture, by John McKenna, commemorates the town's mining competition was organised to choose an official nickname for the statue. The winning name was Jigger after Jack "Jigger" Taylor who died when the roof of Walsall Wood pit collapsed in 1951.
Size: 4358px × 6558px
Location: Brownhills Walsall West Midlands England UK
Photo credit: © Jon Lewis / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: blue, brownhills, coal, heritage, john, mckenna, miner, mining, sky, statue
