Coseley is a village in the north of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, in the English West Midlands.
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11 Facts About Coseley
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At this stage, most of the Coseley area was occupied by industrial and agricultural land; it was known during this time for its Carboniferous fossils.
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Coseley gained a cinema, on the corner of Mason Street and Birmingham New Road, during the 1930s, part of the Clifton chain, but this closed in January 1963 as a result of the postwar decline in cinema audiences brought on by the rising popularity of home television.
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Since 1927, Coseley has had a direct road link with Birmingham and Wolverhampton.
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The Tipton part of the Bean site was demolished shortly afterwards and developed for housing, but the Coseley section was not demolished until the summer of 2008.
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In 1966, the south of Coseley became part of the Dudley County Borough, and since 1974, the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands.
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Previously Coseley had a station on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton railway line.
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Bus services in Coseley are operated by Diamond, National Express and Banga Buses.
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In October 2006 a volleyball club was started in Coseley, which competes in the West Midlands Volleyball League.
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Coseley has a cricket club which has been in existence on a site on Church Road since 1870.
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