New Black Country hub opens at Merry Hill.

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00:00I'm Keith Horsfall, I'm chair of Black Country Radio, and Black Country Radio is behind this

00:12wonderful new institution called the Black Country Hub, which is designed to be exactly

00:18that.

00:19We want everyone to come in, whether you're an artist or whether you're a punter to buy

00:23stuff, or anything like that, just come and either sell your wares or view the wares.

00:30It's a great opportunity.

00:31Do you want to come along?

00:32Yeah, we buy next, right next to next in the radio centre.

00:33So you come through the big doors, turn to your right, and here we are.

00:34This is the shaft.

00:35And it's just full of all Black Country stuff.

00:36And Black Country Coke.

00:37Black Country Coke.

00:38And as you can see, we've got a lot going on.

00:39We've got a lot going on.

00:40We've got a lot going on.

00:41We've got a lot going on.

00:42We've got a lot going on.

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01:00We've got a lot going on.

01:01We've got a lot going on.

01:02We've got a lot going on.

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01:06We've got a lot going on.

01:07We've got a lot going on.

01:08We've got a lot going on.

01:09We've got a lot going on.

01:11This gentleman's got a boy one today.

01:12He's going to run the T-shirt in a minute.

01:13There you go.

01:14I don't know whether I want to wear it on.

01:15Where's our manager's assistant, Tom?

01:16We've got all your tranquilants here.

01:17You've got fridge magnets.

01:18You've got all your stuff for your motors, your cars.

01:19We've even got plectrums if you're a musician.

01:20You don't want to have a plain one.

01:21Have a black country flag one.

01:22There we go.

01:23You've got all your flags and stuff.

01:24We've got a lot going on.

01:25We've got a lot going on.

01:26We've got a lot going on.

01:27We've got a lot going on.

01:28We've got a lot going on.

01:29We've got a lot going on.

01:30We've got a lot going on.

01:31And then over here, we're going to have a gallery with different artists.

01:44And then over here, we're going to have a gallery with different artists.

02:00Edwards, where you can buy her wonderful, wonderful pictures here, all Black Country

02:06related. We're going to have different artists in here, all sorts of different things we're

02:11going to do. And the man behind the tail who's going to mastermind the running of the shop

02:17is that guy we saw the other day with the funny hat, which is Mr Paul Essam, bless him.

02:22It is indeed.

02:23Star!

02:24Paul, say hello.

02:25Hello.

02:27So Paul Essam, you can hear him.

02:28This is the friendliest bloke in the Black Country. And one of our volunteers who's going

02:32to work here, Rob's here. Rob's a musician, so Rob's going to be playing here, but he's

02:37got his proper tie shirt on, look. Only the best here. So you can get one of them. And

02:42Rob's going to be volunteering in the shop. If you're a volunteer out there and you want

02:46to come and do some hours in the shop, then come and see Paul or Chris in the opening

02:51hours.

02:52Paul, you hear him nearly every morning during the week on the breakfast show. He gets up

02:57at 7 o'clock. And then when he's done that, he comes down here. So if you want to meet

03:01your heroine and hero of the Black Country, come down here at Black Country Radio and

03:07the Black Country Hub, which is all the money that's raised from here will support your

03:12local community radios.

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