This weeks the Friday photo features Junction House which is Grade II listed and dates back to 1796. It was a tollhouse and still to this day has a board on the front of the house showing how much people had to ...
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The BT tower is a dominant and familiar presence in the Birmingham skyline. Built in 1965, the building is our tallest. When it was built it was known as the GPO tower and then after that the Post Office tower. The tower ...
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This weeks Friday photo is late apologies. It was taken in the Shakespeare Memorial Room at the new Library of Birmingham which open at the end of this summer. The room was originally created and designed to house the Shakespeare Memorial Library ...
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This weeks the Friday is back on the lovely canals of Brum. This photography was taken on a stretch of the Grand Union Canal in Saltley looking towards Saltley viaduct which was built in 1895. The Victorian bridges along the Grand Union ...
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Victoria Square was named in honour of Queen Victoria in 1901. The square had been called the catchy ‘Council House Square’ before this point. The statue was unveiled on January 10th 1901, twelve days before Queen Victoria’s death, and was created by ...
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This week I came across a unique row of shops which was affectionately known as “The Flat” on Lodge Rd in Hockley. Most of Lodge Rd is on a hill so this section was popular and became a busy shopping area.What’s ...
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I was walking past the museum and art gallery a few weeks ago and just ‘saw’ this image and was really excited and pleased by the photo it produced. One of my favourite places to visit in Birmingham, the Birmingham Museum and ...
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