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The Pie Factory in Tipton is making a special edition pie for Black Country Day.
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00:00So we're here at Madder Oak's Pie Factory in Tickton, the heart of the Black Country,
00:03and we're with one of the staff members. What's your name?
00:06Shanice.
00:06Shanice, there's a bit of a special pie coming.
00:09Chef, is there a chef anywhere with a bit of a...
00:12Go on, chef, block it down.
00:14Cool. So, chef, if we keep holding you for a second,
00:17a bit of a special pie, this one.
00:19Go on, what's to celebrate Black Country Month, yeah?
00:22Yes, so you've got slow-buck steak and chunks of roasted black pudding
00:26and a rich ale great one.
00:29Sounds good.
00:31Sounds good, mate. Thank you, chef. Thank you.
00:34So what is special about the pie factory, then?
00:37Hang on, I think we've got a beer coming.
00:38Is this one of your colleagues?
00:39It is. This is Jenny.
00:41Hello, Jenny. How are you doing?
00:42I'm good, thank you.
00:43Jenny, do you want to join us?
00:44We're just discussing the special nature of Madder Oak's.
00:49So what is...
00:50If people haven't been to Madder Oak's before,
00:52you know, what are they going to experience here?
00:54It's a bit different, isn't it?
00:55Here, it's a shoe and a...
00:57It's a proper Black Country Club, isn't it?
00:59And staff, nice warm welcome from the staff.
01:03Big Smallsville Road.
01:04Cool.
01:05So what makes it unique, then?
01:07I mean, it's full of...
01:09There's a lot of quirky stuff in it.
01:11There is, isn't it? It's crazy.
01:12It's got its own.
01:13It's got its own.
01:14It's got its own personality.
01:16Yeah, yeah.
01:17And how long have you girls worked here, then, Jenna?
01:20Only about eight months.
01:21Okay, yeah, yeah.
01:22Yeah, fairly low.
01:23Yeah.
01:23I've been here nearly two years.
01:25And what...
01:25If you were going to pick a pie off the menu,
01:27other than the special Black Country pie,
01:29which, of course, is a must,
01:30what pie would any particular...
01:32that you'd recommend?
01:34The Wham Bam Thank You Lamb.
01:36Wham Bam Thank You Lamb, I love it.
01:38What about you?
01:38I would pick the Shepherd's Pie.
01:40That should be coming on the menu very soon.
01:42Okay, yeah, yeah.
01:43It's beautiful.
01:43Cool, good stuff.
01:44From home, home of the meal.
01:46So if you've not been down here,
01:47word on the street is get yourself down
01:49for a unique Black Country experience.
01:52Yeah, you can't find it anywhere else.
01:53Let's go.

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