Birmingham nicknamed City of a Thousand Trades and the second largest city in the United Kingdom. The metropolitan area is good for around 4 million people and the city proper around 1.1 million Brummies. Also its the capital or better the admin hq of the county West Midlands, exist since 1974 and formed out of parts from Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. Birmingham always the center of coal got its big boost in the Industrial Revolution and became the center of steel factories. Also it was the center of weapon manufacturers there is an neighborhood named the Gun Quarter. Today is it still the center of jewellery manufacturers and there are around 300 producers. Also there is an neigborhood with the name Jewellery Quarter, the largest concentration of businesses in to jewellery. Also big in music some music groups: Spencer Davis Group, Black Sabbath, Electric Light Orchestra, The Moody Blues, Judas Priest, Napalm Death, UB 40, Duran Duran, Fine Young Cannibals and Dexys Midnight Runners. For people like to shop Birmingham is second to London and its attracted millions visitors each year. So lets take an look at the flag.
Three colors were the yellow vertical divided the blue en red, this flag is adopted in 2015. The blue part is an abstract "B" stands for Birmingham, an good way to bypass the vexillogists which don't like the use of letters and numbers. The yellow zigzag can be seen as an "B" to but its the Roman number "M" for 1000, if you look it from the side. And 1000 has to do with Birmingham's nickname "City of a Thousand Trades". The bull represented the Bullring the commercial center for centuries in Birmingham. Initially an bull baiting arena were bulls harassed en fight with (bull)dogs. The colors and design are inspired by the coat of arms of the city. Clever modern design of an flag to avoid using letters and numbers.
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