New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

Friday Photo- Digbeth Police Station

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

Happy New Year to everybody! For the first Friday Photo of the year, I chose a building in the city that is probably often overlooked. Also, my camera broke last week, so you’re going to have to settle for a good old ...

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The Friday Photo: The Old Crown

Posted March 28th, 2014 by Tracey Thorne with 2 Comments

Last year the Friday photo of St Patrick’s Day featured a view from Digbeth High street looking up towards Bordesley High Street and showed The Old Crown Pub in the background.  This years St Patrick’s Day themed Friday photo features a closer ...

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The Friday Photo – J. W. Evans Silver Factory

Posted January 31st, 2014 by Tracey Thorne with No Comments

This weeks the Friday Photo is of a room left exactly as it was in 2008 in the J. W. Silver Factory. The factory was established in 1881 and English Heritage stepped into rescue it in 2008 – dust and all. Now ...

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The Friday Photo – The Rep

Posted December 27th, 2013 by Tracey Thorne with No Comments

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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The Friday Photo – The Old Contemptibles Pub

Posted December 13th, 2013 by Tracey Thorne with No Comments

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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The Friday Photo – Shakespeare Memorial Room

Posted November 16th, 2013 by Tracey Thorne with No Comments

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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The Friday Photo – Grand Union Canal Saltley Viaduct

Posted November 1st, 2013 by Tracey Thorne with No Comments

This weeks the Friday is back on the lovely canals of Brum. This photography was taken on a stretch of the Grand Union Canal in Saltley looking towards Saltley viaduct which was built in 1895. The Victorian bridges along the Grand Union ...

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