Todays Friday photo is the Church of the Holy Prince Lazar, a Serbian Orthodox church tucked away in the back streets of Bournville. The church was built during 1965-68 for the use of political refugees who settled in Bournville after World War ...
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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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Located in south Birmingham, Sarehole Mill is a hidden treasure, but its garden is something of a haven, nestled away, next to the Mill Pond. Its dedicated team of volunteers have transformed the space over the past two years into a wonderful ...
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Todays Friday photo is of the balcony and roof space in the Industrial Gallery room at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (built 1885). The exposed ironwork is beautiful to look at and the detail makes the building itself an example of fine art. Of particular interest ...
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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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Have you ever spotted this seemingly insignificant piece of stone when walking past Millennium Point on Jennens Road, just opposite Aston University’s campus? Well, you’d be forgiven for not noticing it, but did you know that in 1764, this stone marked the ...
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Todays Friday photo is of the fire damaged Belmont Factory Works on Cardigan Street. It features the shaped gable and arched windows to the west side of the building. Currently little more than a shell, It was built in 1899 as the ...
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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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This week’s Friday Photo is of the not very well known old Sutton Town Station in Sutton Coldfield. Located in the town centre but nestled away in a quiet side street, the building is now used as offices and is literally a ...
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Todays Friday photo (and the first of 2015!) is of the toposcope and view from Beacon Hill in Lickey Hills Country Park. The hill rises to a height of 297m above sea level and the toposcope disc is engraved with the distances of key features that ...
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