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Bull's Head, Birmingham blue plaque

Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

A brief look at the heritage of The Bull (formerly The Bull's Head) Price Street, Birmingham 4 By John Ashby During the middle of the seventeenth century, Birmingham was becoming established as a gun manufacturing centre and in 1689 a government contract was undertaken to produce military small arms

. Later in 1693 a larger contract was awarded whereby Birmingham gunsmiths agreed to supply 200 weapons a month for a year. Such contracts resulted in the expansion of the industry, and this caused pr

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