“There’s a bit of humour and a bit of wit that says, ‘We’re still in Birmingham, we’re not taking ourselves too seriously here.’” The canal water that the tower rises out of has an old bike and shopping trolley in it,” said the set designer Misty Buckley. There was also a group of giant puppets portraying regional pioneers such as Edward Elgar, William Shakespeare and Samuel Johnson, while another set piece involved a parade of trucks featuring Birmingham inventions such as pen nibs, police whistles and the Baskerville font. It was dragged into the stadium by 50 women representing chainmakers from the Industrial Revolution. The most visually impressive element of the show was the raging bull, a giant aluminium and steel puppet constructed around a forklift truck-like machine from materials sourced in local factories. ![]() ![]() ![]() Seventy-two red, white and blue cars formed a union jack as the Red Arrows flew overhead.
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