We'm on the move ay we! Black Country t-shirts shop in spiritual homecoming
Bostin Black Country Mon – a well-known shop selling t-shirts with slogans from the region is moving towns as part of an expansion.
The t-shirts shop is based in Reddal Hill Road in Cradley Heath. But from December 5 it will be reopening in Dudley.
The move, described as a 'spiritual home coming', is set to create one new job in the New Year and will also see the firm change name to Black Country T Shirts.
Company director Stephen Pitts said: "We wanted to create a brand that the Black Country could be proud of and get behind.
"The new name and logo, which incorporates the Black Country Flag, gives us a clearer representation of that.
"The store really feels like a kind of spiritual home coming when you stand outside looking up to Dudley Castle.
"This new store will not only increase our custom printing capacity but we will also have a retail area more than twice the size of our shop in Cradley Heath.
"We won't create any new jobs but the plan is we should have one new opportunity in the new year."
The t-shirt shop will also house a meeting point for the Black Country Festival, where people can discuss community events.
A slice of the company's profits will be donated to the festival's running costs.
Mr Pitts, part of the team that launched the Black Country Festival two years ago, said: "Hopefully by purchasing our products people are not only showing off their pride in the region but also they'll be putting a little back into it too."
The former TeeT Shirts company, founded by Warren McCabe-Smith and Mr Pitts, made its name by selling tops with slogans such as 'tunky pig', 'riffy wammel' and 'scabby 'oss', meaning 'fat pig', 'smelly dog' and 'scabby horse' in the Black Country dialect.
