From its junction with New Street to Old Square, Corporation Street is well-known for its shops. Beyond Old Square the street carries on down to the Childrens’ Hospital and it has entirely different character. Many of the buildings here are offices for ...
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Walk up Legge Lane in the Jewellery Quarter and you’ll spot an abundance of beautiful old buildings. But, there’s a tall, ornate terracotta building that stands out from the rest. The building is an old pen-making factory designed by architect, AH Woodward. Not ...
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Today’s Friday photo is the Grade II listed Hollymoor Hospital water tower, a really interesting building located to the south of Birmingham in Northfield. Recognisable from afar due to its height and green copper dome, the tower housed the large tanks that provided ...
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Victoria Square was renovated in the early 1990’s. One of the workmen brought his Black Labrador, Ebony with him, and she used to help out by carrying tools etc. She even had her own high-visibility vest and became a favourite with many ...
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Today’s Good Friday, so I suppose this week it’s a ‘Good Friday Photo’! Unfortunately, it’s not an Easter-themed photo, but one of a building you may have spotted, but probably not, as it’s off the main Jewellery Quarter thoroughfare. If you take ...
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Today’s Friday photo is from our West Midlands neighbour, Coventry. On a recent day trip I couldn’t resist taking a photo of the hugely interesting Coventry cathedral. The image is of the ruins of the ‘old’ cathedral, which was originally the Medieval ...
read moreNot as busy as the newer Queen Elizabeth courts building nearby, but to me it’s a much more imposing building. The frontage is full of detail from the figure of justice with sword and scales above the clock to the statue of ...
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Gravelly Hill Interchange, or more familiarly and affectionately known as Spaghetti Junction, forms part of the urban landscape of north and central Birmingham and consists of 559 concrete columns as high as 80 metres. Often considered the most complicated road system in ...
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Today’s Friday photo is of St Laurence church and the Great Stone Inn. They are both located in the Northfield Old Village conservation area. The church of St Laurence is Grade I listed and dates back to the 12th Century. Across the ...
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