Pouk Hill is a hill located in

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located ...

, West Midlands,

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. The hill is situated off Bloxwich Lane in the Birchills area of the town, and overlooks the

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as well as the

Beechdale Beechdale, originally named Gypsy Lane Estate, is a housing estate in Walsall, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England, that was developed predominantly during the 1950s and 1960s. Education Beechdale Infant School ...

housing estate.

Slade

Pouk Hill inspired the title of a

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song of the same name, released on their 1970 album ''

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''. Lead singer

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lived on the Beechdale estate. The cover photograph of the band's first album,

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, was taken on the hill in mid-winter, in the snow. The uncomfortable memory of the photographer insisting that the band strip to the waist in sub-zero temperatures inspired the lyrics of the song.Beginnings/Play It Loud – 2006 Salvo remaster booklet liner notes

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