West Brom is just a great big onion
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West Brom is just a great big onion
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 16 Mar 2023
This striking onion dome tops a building being erected on Victoria Street in West Bromwich, photographed here on a very wet March afternoon. The structure looks like a gurdwara or Sikh temple, but is described on the map as a community centre for the nearby Guru Nanak gurdwara. On a visit to a gurdwara in Coventry I heard the guide describe the dome over the entrance as a symbolic crown, which confers honour on all who enter, regardless of worldly status (in contrast to the corrupt world that is 'just a great big onion' in the Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell song).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.518682
Longitude
-1.997009