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A visit to Bilston in Wolverhampton, that meant getting the Midland Metro to Bilston Central Tram Stop. Sculpture on the Church Street Bridge. It is called Witness, and is by the artist Bettina Furnee. Made in 1997. Text on a cast iron parapet. When I saw
terrace type houses With the Chimneys I used to think they were factories Loads of little factories that eventually closed down taken over by the big firms BILSTON IS AN URBAN VILLAGE OF ITS OWN Lots of children in the street Lots of Women working Carried the fruit in great boxes made armatures for the war You got a rise on your birthday We had no teabreaks at all SO THAT'S THE CHANGES I HAVE SEEN We Used to live at the back of another house the warm entry The rag and bone place And as a family we hadd Seven loaves a day Hopscotch and tip cat Pigs pudding and Pickle long dresses and Picture hats AT NIGHT WE COME BACK ON THE TRAIN You Could have mild and you could have bitter Even if it was Pitch black With fog town used to be packed full every night There were so many on either side of the road. YOU COULD SEE THE AIR THAT YOU BREATHED Machine Shop Melting Shop Slagbogey Number snatcher. Pig Men Stripper Dipper Crane He never did that job again. SAY HELLO TO THE MASTER Bilston Steel Works was the heart of the area The furnaces there made anything from anything When the Steelworks closed probably 2500 jobs went Open the doors! the blast furnace blow out The melting shop THE SKY LIT UP IN A BIG BURST OF RED GLOW I saw it Come out of the box Was folded backwards, Shiny black and crushed from the ribs down My eyes had come out like two big organ stops the furnace that crippled me THE FURNACE THAT CRIPPLED ME |
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| Source | Bilston Central Tram Stop - Church Street, Bilston - Witness sculpture |
| Author | Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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