‘Stay Up Your Own End’ was a series of six online events, each providing a platform for poets of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to share their work. Held on Monday evenings on the Prattlers Facebook page, fellow poets were encouraged to write about some aspect of life in their part of the Black Country.

We have set about trying to find out what is so unique about Black Country humour. From the comedians, the style, to the location - but one thing that can't be ignored is the accent!

So we've found out where the Black Country actually is. We know who the key comedians are, but what is it that makes them so funny?

Stay up your own end’ was an online platform for creating and sharing new pieces of creative writing about different areas of the Black Country, with the chance to be a paid feature act in an online showcase event.

We're trying to find out what makes Black Country humour so unique so have asked poet Dave Pitt of Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists to find out on our behalf.

Where IS the Black Country? It's an important question and one that you can ask a million people, and if you do, you will get a million different answers. BUT non of them will be Birmingham!

Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger of Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists do their first performance of their Heritage Tribute Act for the 050 Wolverhampton Friendship Centre Camcorder Club. This performance is part of Creative Black Country's National Heritage Lottery Funded project Finding Our Funny Roots.

Dave Pitt of Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists attends the first oral history training session for Creative Black Country's National Heritage Lottery Funded project Finding Our Funny Roots and meets oral historian Siobhán Stevenson.

In 2018 Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists, (three poets: Dave Pitt, Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger) applied for an Open Access Award to put on several workshops.