West Midlands celebrates St George's Day - with PICTURES
[gallery] St George's Day was being celebrated today across the West Midlands with a range of events.
The Stone Cross St George's Day parade - one of the biggest in the country - was held in West Bromwich, with organisers anticipating a crowd of around 10,000 revellers.
The parade began at 10.15am from Westminster Road before to Dartmouth Park, where there was a short service by the war memorial followed by a fun family fete, whihc was running until 5pm.
Rolling road closures were in place for the parade.
Meanwhile, at Dudley Zoo, people who bagged special £2.50 tickets were able to enjoy themed attractions at the venue.
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The zoo hosted a patriotic extravaganze in the Dudley Castle courtyard complete with medieval re-enactors, dragons, children's entertainers, crafts, story telling and stilt walkers.
A St George's Day fun event held was also held in the castle grounds at Bridgnorth.
