Heritage
The Friends of Key Hill Cemetery & Warstone Lane Cemetery at Jewellery Quar…
The Friends of Key Hill Cemetery & Warstone Lane Cemetery will be attending the Jewellery Quarter Festival on Saturday 29 July 2017 & will be WARSTONE Lane Cemetery ( Vyse Street entrance ) Time: 11am-3pm: The Friends will be able to help with questions and assist those who are […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreWhatever happened to Birmingham’s best nightclubs of the 90s?
Another one bites the dust. News of the demolition of the Hurst Street superdub that began as the Locarno and ended as the Electric means more of Birmingham’s heritage is to be lost. The venue will be knocked down as part of a redevelopment of Smallbrook Queensway. It hosted […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreA Poem About the Quarter
The Golden Square Courtesy Mark Haddleton This poem was inspired by poet Ian McMillan’s visit to the Jewellery Quarter. The Poem itself is actually engraved into the material which makes the seam that runs down the middle of the Golden Square on Warstone Lane. Talking to Somebody about the […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreHistory buffs BANNED from taking pictures of Jewellery Quarter graves
Coun Peter Douglas Osborn and Doug Wilks, chairman of The Jewellery Quarter Research Trust. Council control freaks have been accused of losing the plot after BANNING amateur historians from taking photos of Birmingham’s historic gravestones. Members of the Jewellery Quarter Research Trust had been compiling an impressive online database […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNew Chair of Birmingham Civic Society
Associate Gavin Orton has been appointed as the new Chair of Birmingham Civic Society . The news was shared by the Civic Society earlier today in their latest newsletter: The trustees are delighted to announce that Gavin Orton will be the next Chairman of the Birmingham Civic Society, taking […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreA journey from Warstone Lane Cemetery to the Coffin Works; or why I love being part of the Coffin Works’ team of volunteers
One of our new hand-painted signs. It’s been a long old journey. For over 34 years I worked at Toye & Co, one of the oldest, family-run, manufacturers in the JQ and for most of that time my desk overlooked the cemetery. Not that I could see out of […] Original web page at www.coffinworks.org
Read MoreBirmingham Bach Choir’s Christmas Concert in the JQ
Birmingham Bach Choir are returning to the Jewellery Quarter next month for their traditional annual Christmas concert – a regular fixture in their concert calendar each year. Sunday 21 December 2014 Birmingham Bach Choir: Nine Lessons and Carols The choir’s traditional free Christmas performance, with a selection of carols including Hark! The Herald Angels Sing…
Read MoreJQNF Open Meeting: Mon 13th Oct 7 – 9pm
There are a lot of exciting projects in development in the Quarter at the moment. To keep you up-to-speed, we’ve teamed up with Birmingham Conversation Trust to present a bumper JQNF Open Meeting on Mon 13th Oct 7 – 9pm (doors from 6.50pm) at The Coffin Works, Fleet Street, Jewellery Quarter. You’ll get a sneak-peak of the…
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…
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