Today’s Friday photo is the new Golden Square in the Jewellery Quarter. This is a new public square for locals and visitors alike to relax in, with an open space to hold markets and events. The project is part of the Birmingham Big ...
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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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This weeks the Friday photo features the beautiful Argent Centre formerly known as the Albert Works. The building sits proudly on the corner of Legge Lane and Fredrick Street in the Jewellery Quarter and contains a number of workshops. It is grade ...
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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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Last month I listed in two posts the 10 most popular books bought by our supporters (if you buy through any of our Amazon links ( http://amzn.to/birminghamconserv ) on this site we get 5% of what you spend but you pay the ...
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Photo: Tin Box Theatre Company taken by Birmingham Conservation Trust Fantastic news! Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £999,400 has been confirmed for Birmingham Conservation Trust to restore the Newman Brothers Coffin Works factory in the Jewellery Quarter. This is a massive step forward for ...
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Image of one of the buildings in the Jewellery Quarter, the Argent Centre - - image by kate&drew on flickr For over 200 years the Jewellery Quarter has been synonymous with jewellery and silverware production. The jewellery industry emerged from the decline of ...
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Key Hill by Nicobobinus on flickr Next Monday will see the Friends of Key Hill cemetery celebrating the end of a £120,000 restoration of the Grade II listed entrance gates. It’s Birmingham’s oldest cemetery the work was to return the badly eroded sandstone piers ...
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