Pub sign at the 'Boatmens Rest'
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Pub sign at the 'Boatmens Rest'
Image: © John M Taken: 28 Jan 2011
The pub backs on to the Daw End Branch Canal. The canal transported millions of tons of coal from the collieries of Walsall Wood and Brownhills to the industries of Birmingham and the Black Country. The last pit closed in 1964. Originally known as the Red Lion.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.626361
Longitude
-1.932296