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Delight as sunny skies greet Brownhills Canal Festival revellers

Sunny skies and colourful narrowboats have been a massive crowd puller for the return of the annual Brownhills Canal Festival.

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The organisers were all smiles over the weekend's good weather, fully booked floating trade moorings and historical and privately owned vessels at the Wyrley and Essington Canal at Silver Street basin off Brownhills High Street. Around 4,000 visitors attended the show held on Saturday and Sunday.

Brownhills Canal Festival
Andy Tidy, from Aldridge, with Aldridge-Brownhills MP Wendy Morton
Brownhills Canal Festival
Brownhills Canal Festival
Fhi Hewitt with her father Tony Collins displaying their teddy bear collection

Festival spokeswoman Christine Howles said: "We've had a lovely weekend. We've had in the region of 4,000 people across the two days and the football didn't stop people coming to visit.

"We've had more boats and more stalls than the last two years, so it's been wonderful to put Brownhills on the map as a canal town."