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No one has really mentioned Brooks yet, making saddles in the city since 1866.
I own two Brooks saddles, but strangely I keep having to remind myself that they're made in Smethwick. I don't immediately asscoiate them as being from Brum.
Is it the cities fault for not celebrating one of their major manufacturing success stories ? How many other manufacturers are left in the city that started nearly 150 years ago ? Certainly no bike ones.