Golden Square fly-through from Andy Hartwell on Vimeo.
‘The Golden Square’ is one of the first projects in the Big City Plan which aims to transform the city centre in the coming years. The new public square will be located in the Jewellery Quarter in front of the Big Peg. It will comprise of a paved [...]
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The Golden Square
June 22, 2010 – 9:00 am
New guidance published by English Heritage to protect local areas
June 18, 2010 – 7:46 pm
An English Heritage guidance document ‘Understanding Place: Historic Area Assessments – Principles and Practice was published this month which provides a method of understanding the heritage of an area. All places have a story and identity. Historic cities, towns and villages have a distinctive character, shaped by years of history to the present day.
Undertaking Historic [...]
Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter
March 25, 2010 – 9:28 am
For over 200 years the Jewellery Quarter has been synonymous with jewellery and silverware production. The jewellery industry emerged from the decline of the buckle, toys and button trades which provided skilled labour that could easily be employed in the jewellery trade, along with the gold rushes from California and Australia.
Today, many of the traditional [...]
Work starts on Evans & Sons in the Jewellery Quarter.
March 24, 2009 – 1:21 pm
A £750,000 programme of restoration has started this week at the JW Evans factory at 54-57 Albion Street in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.
This fabulous family silverware business was bought a year ago by English Heritage from a family whose workshops had been on the same site since 1881. The buildings have long been neglected with roof [...]
Ashton & Moore (Metal Colourers) Ltd.
November 4, 2008 – 4:09 pm
There is a wonderful short history at the end of this link of Ashton & Moore, a Birmingham firm specialising in coatings for the aerospace industry. It is written by Paul Ashton, the son of the Leslie Ashton, who was one of tow men who founded the business. It moved to Legge Lane before WW2 [...]
A New Film To Promote the Jewellery Quarter
October 6, 2008 – 9:52 am
How should we promote Birmingham’s unique Jewellery Quarter? The regeneration partnership for the area has produced a new promotional film. Click below to see it and tell us how you want to promote the are.
English Heritage buys JW Evans Silverware factory.
April 9, 2008 – 8:03 pm
This afternoon both the Telegraph and the BBC are reporting the purchase of Evans brothers by English Heritage. To quote the BBC:
Dr Simon Thurley, chief executive, said its loss “would not just be a blow for Birmingham but for the world”.
He explained: “We now need to secure its long term future both as a [...]
