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.
00:43We've got a lot going on.
00:44We've got a lot going on.
00:45We've got a lot going on.
00:46We've got a lot going on.
00:47We've got a lot going on.
00:48We've got a lot going on.
00:49We've got a lot going on.
00:50We've got a lot going on.
00:51We've got a lot going on.
00:52We've got a lot going on.
00:53We've got a lot going on.
00:54We've got a lot going on.
00:55We've got a lot going on.
00:56We've got a lot going on.
00:57We've got a lot going on.
00:58We've got a lot going on.
00:59We've got a lot going on.
01:00We've got a lot going on.
01:01We've got a lot going on.
01:02We've got a lot going on.
01:03We've got a lot going on.
01:04We've got a lot going on.
01:05We've got a lot going on.
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.