Six swashbuckling photos as pirates take over the Black Country to raise cash for charity
It wasn't so much Pirates of the Caribbean as of the Black Country at the weekend with more than 300 people taking part in an annual charity event.
The annual Old Cross Pirate Day looks set to smash previous records and raise around £4,500 in aid of Smethwick's St Albans Community Association and the British Heart Foundation charity.
The hearties took to the high streets of Oldbury starting at the Old Cross pub in Causeway Green Road, which is the HQ of the event, as part of the booty hunt in exchange for donations.
The search for treasure then followed a route including pubs in Bearwood, Harborne, Birmingham city centre, and even as far as Kidderminster before finishing off at The Seven Stars, Stourbridge and getting a ship, or a train back to Langley Cross for a party at The Old Cross.
At each location the Captain Jack Sparrow and Blackbeard look-a-likes were on the hunt for hidden treasures such as pictures, signs and words on posters with the person finding the most loot winning the top prize.
