The Brownhills Miner
Record: 14 m
One of Brownhills' most prominent landmarks is a 46 feet (14 m) stainless steel sculpture of a coal miner, erected in May 2006 on a roundabout at one end of the High Street, where the A4124 Pelsall Road and High Street A452 cross. The colossal sculpture, by John McKenna ARBS, commemorates the town's mining tradition. A competition was organised to choose an official nickname for the statue. The winning name was Jigger after Jack "Jigger" Taylor who died when the roof of Walsall Wood pit collapsed in 1951.
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Miner Statue Brownhills - Jack Jigger Taylor. This giant statue on the Chester Road (A453) island at the top of Brownhills High Street, was commissioned by Walsall Council as a tribute to the miners and minning industry of the Cannock Chase Coalfields. The giant 30 foot high statue, steel statue, weighing 5 tonne is the work of artist John McKenna and depicts a miner holdin his pick and minniners lamp aloft. The Brownhills Miner 4
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Miner Statue Brownhills - Jack Jigger Taylor. This giant statue on the Chester Road (A453) island at the top of Brownhills High Street, was commissioned by Walsall Council as a tribute to the miners and minning industry of the Cannock Chase Coalfields. The giant 30 foot high statue, steel statue, weighing 5 tonne is the work of artist John McKenna and depicts a miner holdin his pick and minniners lamp aloft. The Brownhills Miner 4
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Jack Jigger Taylor. Following a local competition to find a name for tribute, the winning entry from a 13 year old local boy, nominated his Great Grandfather, Jack Jigger Taylor. Jack a father of three, was killed when the roof collapsed at Walsall Wood pit in 1951, he had started working underground aged 14 in 1929 and was known as Jigger from an early job operating the machinery that drilled into the coalface. Known as a happy go lucky man, according to his family, Jigger was known throughout Brownhills for his love of whistling or singing a tune. The Brownhills Miner 6
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Jack Jigger Taylor. Following a local competition to find a name for tribute, the winning entry from a 13 year old local boy, nominated his Great Grandfather, Jack Jigger Taylor. Jack a father of three, was killed when the roof collapsed at Walsall Wood pit in 1951, he had started working underground aged 14 in 1929 and was known as Jigger from an early job operating the machinery that drilled into the coalface. Known as a happy go lucky man, according to his family, Jigger was known throughout Brownhills for his love of whistling or singing a tune. The Brownhills Miner 6
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