Midlands landmarks named in new version of Monopoly
MAYFAIR, Park Lane and the rest been replaced in a new version of the Monopoly board which will include two Midlands landmarks.
Birmingham city centre’s last surviving courtyard of back-to-back housing and the 15th century moated manor house at Baddesley Clinton will feature in the National Trust’s take on the game.
The 11 Back to Backs of Inge Street and Hurst Street will replace Whitechapel Road while Baddesley Clinton – home to three priest holes and 12 generations of the Ferrers family – replaces Bow Street.
Jo Mason, of the National Trust in the West Midlands, said: “We are really thrilled. Monopoly is a classic family game which I’m sure most people will have played at some point in their lives. To have both the Birmingham Back to Backs and Baddesley Clinton representing the West Midlands is a great boost for the region.”
Lyme Park in Cheshire, the site where a nation’s hearts were set a-flutter when Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy emerged from the lake at Pemberley in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, replaces Mayfair as the most coveted property.
Park Lane has been replaced by Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, an Elizabethan pile built by Bess of Hardwick, the era’s second-richest woman.
An industrial theme occupies the spots on the board formerly occupied by London sites Angel, Euston Road and Pentonville Road, with Quarry Bank Mill, the Cornish Tin Mines and the Workhouse, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, taking their place.
