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JQNF Christmas Quiz | Tue 10 Dec 7pm
We’ve teamed up again with Box Entertainment to bring you a Christmas Quiz, which will be on Tuesday 10 December at Fredericks Bar on Fredericks Street. Registration at 7pm and entry is £5 per person. Team members are drawn at random so its a great way to meet your neighbours. [mappress mapid=”234″]
Read More24 Carrots Christmas Market 12th December 2013
The nights are drawing in, there’s a chill in the air and the lights are twinkling in the JQ. This can only mean Christmas is on it’s way and with that comes the 24 Carrots Christmas Market. Following on from the success of our summer market in August we’ll be bringing you an even bigger…
Read MoreJewellery Quarter Hamper Appeal
The Jewellery Quarter Development Trust and Fellows are launching an appeal that will help families within the Ladywood Ward, one of the poorest in the UK. The aim is to raise enough funds to fill 100 Christmas ‘hampers’ with essential festive treats. Once this target is reached, Tesco has pledged to fill another 20 hampers…
Read MoreFancy getting involved in the future of the Jewellery Quarter?
The Jewellery Quarter is entering an exciting phase and you can play a part in it. The Localism Act of Parliament (stay with us) gives communities the power to set the rules for planning & development in their area by creating a NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN. It means that old rules can be shaken up, new rules…
Read MoreShow us your assets!
What would you save in the Jewellery Quarter for the community? The Post Office? The Lord Clifden? The cemeteries? Under new Localism laws the local community can apply to designate a building or piece of land as an ‘Asset of Community Value’. This is where you come in – to help us register them with…
Read MoreBlue Orange Theatre: Jekyll and Hyde | 31 Oct – 9 Nov
The 31st October is the first night of The Blue Orange Theatre’s production of Jekyll and Hyde. Based on the classic tale by Robert Louis Stevenson the play’s adapter, Eric Gracey, has set it in the Jazz age of the 1930s and includes a mix of popular tunes of the day which in turn comment…
Read MoreChristmas at the Blue Orange Theatre
This year The Blue Orange Theatre presents not one, but three folk tales for Christmas! The three stories, under the title of THE ENCHANTED TALES each around 30 minutes in length, will be presented as a complete performance. The stories are ~ RUMPELSTILTSKIN – a character made famous by the SHREK movie, Blue Orange goes back to the…
Read MoreJQNF Open Meeting: Sat 12 Oct
We’re having an Open Meeting on Saturday 12 October (12 – 3pm) at the Drop Forge. This will be a drop-in ‘surgery’ style event where you can pop in for five minutes or stay all afternoon! The idea behind the Open Meeting is for you to find out more about the Jewellery Quarter Neighborhood Forum (JQNF)…
Read MoreJQ Quiz Night: Tue 24th Sept
Hot on the heels of the JQ trip to Weston and the 24 Carrots Summer Market, we’re organising a JQ Quiz. Tuesday 24 September | 7pm | Fredericks, Frederick Street | £5 entry Quiz teams will be drawn out of the hat so no need to have your own team. A great opportunity to meet…
Read MoreGolden Square back on track?
At long last, a planning application has been lodged for a redesigned Golden Square, outside the Big Peg and Rose Villa Tavern. The application number is 2013/06142/PA Thankfully at first glance it looks like the changes are minimal and presumably done to help stick to a budget. We would like to see more detail on the…
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