New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

Friday Photo- Birmingham School of Art

Posted December 24th, 2016 by Anne-Marie Hayes with No Comments

I couldn’t find a seasonal photo this year, so decided to share a good old favourite instead, Birmingham School of Art building on Margaret Street. Royal Birmingham Society of Artists founded the Birmingham Government School of Design in 1843, and in 1877 the ...

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Friday Photo- Anderson Shelter at Moor Pool Estate

Posted December 2nd, 2016 by Anne-Marie Hayes with No Comments

This week’s Friday Photo is of an Anderson Shelter at Moor Pool Estate. The estate boasts many of the wartime shelters, and you’ll even find a few dotted about on its allotments. By 1939 over one and a half million shelters were ...

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Friday Photo- The Old Fire Station

Posted November 11th, 2016 by Anne-Marie Hayes with No Comments

Built in 1908, this week’s Friday photo is a beautiful grade II listed red brick building that is sure to catch your eye. Located on Albion Street and literally over the road from the Pig and Tail (formerly the George and Dragon ...

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Friday Photo- Duddeston Viaduct

Posted October 21st, 2016 by Anne-Marie Hayes with 3 Comments

This week’s Friday Photo is of a structure you have probably seen before, if you’ve ever ventured into Digbeth, and you’d be mistaken for thinking that trains run along its tracks. But what is fascinating about this week’s photo is that the ...

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Friday Photo- Inside Curzon Street Station

Posted September 9th, 2016 by Anne-Marie Hayes with 1 Comment

I was lucky enough to have a sneak peek inside Curzon Street Station this week as Birmingham Heritage Week prepared for their launch event on Wednesday. Working opposite the building, I have to admit that I take it for granted every single ...

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Friday Photo- Vesey House Sutton Coldfield

Posted August 19th, 2016 by Anne-Marie Hayes with No Comments

I posted about Vesey Manor last year, and this week I’m focusing on Vesey House, also in Sutton Coldfield, and also built by Bishop Vesey. Now a private residence, it dates from the 1500s and was once known as Ford Keepers Cottage. ...

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Friday Photo- Peddimore Hall

Posted July 29th, 2016 by Anne-Marie Hayes with No Comments

I have lived near here nearly all my life but this week was the first time I ventured down to Peddimore Hall in Minworth, Sutton Coldfield. A Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II listed building, it’s nestled away in between miles of ...

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Friday Photo- Birmingham from the sky (the Peace Gardens)

Posted July 8th, 2016 by Anne-Marie Hayes with No Comments

When I saw first this view two weeks ago, I was in awe. I could clearly see the bridge between old and new, the good, the bad and the ugly, and the city of a 1000 trades, in all its wonderful and ...

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Friday Photo- Central Library

Posted June 17th, 2016 by Anne-Marie Hayes with 1 Comment

This was Julie’s Friday Photo back in December, just as the demolition of the iconic building started, and now six months on, the library is nearly gone, a ghost of its former self, and split in half, literally. I took this photo ...

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Friday Photo- City of Birmingham Locomotive

Posted May 27th, 2016 by Anne-Marie Hayes with No Comments

This week’s photo is not of a building, but of one of the most popular exhibits on display at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum- The City of Birmingham Locomotive. Many people who visit often have memories of the locomotive at the old science ...

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