Made in Birmingham......Lawn Tennis, the first Football League, the first Professional Cricket League, the Birmingham League, the first aluminium tennis racquet, the very first plastic, invented by Alexander Parkess in Birmingham in 1858 and named eponymously by Parkes: 'Parkesine', Gas Lighting by William Murdoch one of The Lunar Men, along with James Watt's Steam Engines which led to the Industrial Revolution, 'Watt's Revolution' at The Soho Foundry where steam power was harnessed for the Industrial Revolution, the Land Rover UK Defender, the Austin Mini, the Jaguar UK from Castle Bromwich which is where the Spitfires which won the Battle of Britain in 1940 were made and which helped Great Britain win the Second World War......so many things were Made In Birmingham. Reggae Punk Bhangra, not to mention Heavy Metal by Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne......Black Sabbath.......Rock On! Birmingham!
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