The Brownhills Miner - a thirty foot, silver statue - is known as the gateway ... ensuring that the symbol of the Black Country's mining heritage will now be bathed in a silvery blue glow.

"This year we decided to wrap up the Brownhills mining memorial because it is an iconic statue that lots of people will recognise. "The statue is so big we only managed to do its knees but it will ...

A bid to erect a tall 5G mast near the Brownhills B&M store has been refused ... addition that would erode the quality the mining statue brings to the character of the area and its sense of ...

A POPULAR £70,000 landmark statue commissioned by Walsall ... and not just my great-grandad. "I think Brownhills people should be proud of our mining heritage and we should never forget the ...

it might come as a surprise that Brownhills ranks as the most dangerous area in the region. "The town used to have a strong mining industry, commemorated by a 46ft statue of a coal miner ...