Today’s Boxing day Friday photo is The Station Pub in Sutton Coldfield, complete with a very festive giant Santa Claus waving to us from the beer garden. The pub, built from beautiful Victorian redbrick, is so named because it lies next to ...
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I chose St Edburgh’s Church last month, and this week I wanted to show the beautiful buildings that make up Old Yardley Village. On the left, you can just about make out the original site of the Ring Of Bells Pub, where ...
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Today’s Friday photo is the facade of the Craven Arms public house on Upper Gough Street in the city centre. It was designed by Arthur Edwards around 1906 for the Birmingham brewery Holders Ale, I love the contrast of the gold and ...
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I hope that today’s Friday photo will make everyone smile. It features the Birmingham Bull looking very dapper in what can only can be described as the ultimate Christmas jumper! The outfit, designed by Kate Unwin, is made out of ginger bread ...
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Although this has appeared as a Friday photo before, I want to draw attention to a building currently at risk. The Fox and Grapes Pub is one of Birmingham’s oldest public houses, and sadly now at threat, due to proposed demolition plans ...
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Todays photo is the rather sad looking Golden Lion Inn, it is a Grade II listed building and currently stands (just about!) in Cannon Hill Park. The Golden Lion Inn was built in the early 16th century on Deritend high street and ...
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Today’s Friday photo is a view of Centenary Square from the Library of Birmingham’s Secret Garden. The photo features the Birmingham Wheel overlooking the beautiful Symphony Hall and the imposing Hyatt Regency Hotel. The square is beginning to look very Christmassy now ...
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Taken at sunset, today’s Friday Photo is of St Edburgh’s Church, also known as Old Yardley Church, dating back to the 13th century. The church, which was part of Lichfield Diocese is today a grade-I listed building and is nestled away in Yardley Conservation Area. ...
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My first Friday photo is something that I pass locally and often admire: the square entrance tower of Bournville Junior School. The building is Grade II listed and was built on Bournville Village Green in 1905. It was designed by local architect William Alexander ...
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Friday Photo: Coffin Works I have volunteered for BCT for several years now, but recently joined the Friday Photo team. As we have finally reached the day of the launch party for the Newman Brothers at the Coffin Works, today’s Friday photo could ...
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