Myself and fellow Birmingham Conservation Trust (BCT) volunteer Katie Hughes are currently taking part in the Heritage at Risk Survey of the Jewellery Quarter and this is a blog about our experiences so far as volunteers for the project. About Heritage at Risk ...
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Today’s Friday photo is the Administration Block to the former GEC Witton Works, which is grade II listed. This was built by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners (1920-22) for the General Electrical Company Ltd. Wallis, Gilbert and Partners were the most noted designers of ...
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Today’s Friday photo is Perry Bridge popularly known as the Zig Zag bridge, which crosses the River Tame alongside the current Aldridge road in Perry Barr. This beautiful red sandstone bridge is Grade II listed and a scheduled monument and is said ...
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Photo Credit: http://www.silvercollection.it/electroplatesilverWZdue.html Today’s Friday photo is the Pelican Works (T, Wilkinson & Sons) on Great Hampton Street. The business was originally founded in Sheffield in 1832 by Thomas Wilkinson and was later carried on by his two sons William and George Wilkinson. ...
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Today’s Friday photo is Barr Beacon War Memorial in Walsall, near the Birmingham boarder. In 1919 the land of Barr Beacon was gifted to the local people by Lieutenant Colonel Wilkinson, who bought it after the break-up of the surrounding Great Barr ...
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Today’s Boxing day Friday photo is The Station Pub in Sutton Coldfield, complete with a very festive giant Santa Claus waving to us from the beer garden. The pub, built from beautiful Victorian redbrick, is so named because it lies next to ...
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I hope that today’s Friday photo will make everyone smile. It features the Birmingham Bull looking very dapper in what can only can be described as the ultimate Christmas jumper! The outfit, designed by Kate Unwin, is made out of ginger bread ...
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Today’s Friday photo is a view of Centenary Square from the Library of Birmingham’s Secret Garden. The photo features the Birmingham Wheel overlooking the beautiful Symphony Hall and the imposing Hyatt Regency Hotel. The square is beginning to look very Christmassy now ...
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Friday Photo: Coffin Works I have volunteered for BCT for several years now, but recently joined the Friday Photo team. As we have finally reached the day of the launch party for the Newman Brothers at the Coffin Works, today’s Friday photo could ...
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Great Barr Hall is a grade II listed gothic revival mansion lying in 170 acres of historic parkland on the greenbelt between Birmingham, Sandwell and Walsall. I grew up in the area and as a local resident I have always been interested ...
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