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Queen's Diamond Jubilee

The Diamond Jubilee celebrates 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II on the throne.

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  1. Victoria Davies

Midlands remembers the royal 1962 visit

It's promising to be a national party to remember - and the Midlands is certainly doing its part to countdown to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

As part of the party celebrations, we are looking back at how our region remembers the Queen.

It was fifty years ago this month that she made a special visit to a factory in Walsall.

Crabtree's made electrical switches and at one time it was the town's biggest employer.

We've been taking a trip down memory lane with former workers to remember the day royalty came to town in 1962.

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