I need to make a couple of apologies, the first because, due to overwhelming busy-ness, my Friday Photo has slipped over into Saturday. The second apology because I can find very little information to share with you on the subject of this ...
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The Friday photo this week features one of the many cast iron green letter boxes that can be found on buildings across Birmingham. Mainly they can still be spotted in in areas such as the Jewellery Quarter – providing a great visual ...
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I seem to have had a run of red brick buildings of late but I make no apology, to me they are the most beautiful of our city’s architecture. This week is no exception with my photo of the Ikon Gallery in ...
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This week the Friday photo is the window of the old Kingsway Picture House – Cinema in Kings Heath. The Picture house is typical of the style built in the 1920s it later became a Bingo Hall from the 1980s. In 2011 ...
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I have walked passed this beautiful building on numerous occasions and have kept telling myself I need to document it, and now I have! The Birmingham Hebrew Congregation (Singers Hill) Synagogue is a Grade II listed building built in 1856 by Henry ...
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This week we are paying homage to a much newer part of our Cities architectural heritage for the Friday photo and featuring the Selfridge building which opened in 2003 as part of a major development to the Bull Ring area of Birmingham. ...
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Highcroft Hall is situated in Erdington and has now been converted into luxury apartments, however its history is far from glamorous. Built between 1869-1871, the hall was originally called Aston Union Workhouse and was sanctioned by the Poor Law Board for housing ...
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This weeks Friday photo is of the stunning Victoria Pub which sits proudly on 48 John Bright Street in the City Centre. Its a theatre pub and dates back to the 19th Century. On a sunny day the gold letting around the ...
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I post this week’s Friday Photo with my friend and colleague Tracey Thorne in mind. For the ghost sign, rather than the building being a pub! The Gosta Green is found on the Aston University campus. The ghost sign on the side ...
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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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