My first Friday photo for 2014 is of All Saints Mental Asylum -often called Winson Green Asylum. It was opened in 1845 in response to new laws requiring provision of asylums to house the so called poor lunatics. The Asylum was run ...
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This is a stunning building on the corner of Waterloo Street and Temple Row West. Built in around 1900, the building is made of brick and cream terracotta and was always used as an office building. It was built for the Ocean ...
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This week is the last Friday photo for 2013 and has a very slight hint of Christmas in Brum with the reflection of the wheel. The Friday photo is of The Rep which recently re-opened as part of the development of the ...
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Victoria Square is a fantastic hive of activity at this time of year and I would like to wish you a wonderful festive season, whether you celebrate Christmas or not.
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We haven’t had many night photographs for the Friday photo so here is the striking – The Old Contemptibles sign which is a name of pub on Edmund Street, Birmingham city centre. There is a long history of a pub being on ...
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Christchurch Passage, that runs from Waterloo Street to New Street along side Victoria Square, is the only clue that a church existed there. Christchurch was opened in 1805 and was built to cater for the ever expanding population in the city. Church ...
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This weeks the Friday photo features Junction House which is Grade II listed and dates back to 1796. It was a tollhouse and still to this day has a board on the front of the house showing how much people had to ...
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The BT tower is a dominant and familiar presence in the Birmingham skyline. Built in 1965, the building is our tallest. When it was built it was known as the GPO tower and then after that the Post Office tower. The tower ...
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This weeks Friday photo is late apologies. It was taken in the Shakespeare Memorial Room at the new Library of Birmingham which open at the end of this summer. The room was originally created and designed to house the Shakespeare Memorial Library ...
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Not a building or a monument, Sutton Park is still a historic treasure. The largest urban park in Europe, Sutton Park’s history can be traced back at least to Roman times and there is a Roman road running through it that dates ...
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