Heritage
Give your views on the restoration of the JQ’s cemeteries (Fri 13 and Sat 14 Sep)
Bowles Green Limited is working for Birmingham City Council to produce an activity plan to support the Lottery application for restoration work at the Jewellery Quarter Cemeteries. The activity plan is about engaging people with the heritage through training, volunteering and activities. Members of staff from Bowles Green will be at: – Spring Hill Library…
Read MoreAn opportunity to visit the Birmingham Assay Office and view its private silver collection
THURSDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2pm If you would like to come and see the private silver collection at The Birmingham Assay Office there are now only a handful of places left on the afternoon session on Thursday 26th September. Usually these visits are only available to organised groups. So this is a unique opportunity to see the…
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…
Read MoreRediscovered grave proves a major find for tennis history
Tennis historians Chris and Sue Elks who have discovered the lost grave of Major Thomas Henry Gem The long lost grave of the Birmingham man who invented tennis has been rediscovered in a city cemetery. In the week Wimbledon gets under way, Major Harry Gem’s resting place has been […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreWho Cares For the Jewellery Quarter?
Well, we do for a start. But it appears that some of its owners don’t. Empty buildings are the curse of the JQ and dilapidated ones are the boil on the witch’s nose. The Legge Lane area is probably the most blighted part of the JQ and some its landowners don’t seem to be bothered. …
Read MoreIF THE JQ DID FAMILY HOUSING… this is your chance to shape the JQ, help needed now.
This is a call to arms (a little dramatic, but bear with…). You, we, the JQ residents have a chance here and now to spend a small amount of time commenting on how you would like to see a little corner of the JQ turned into family housing. Or maybe you think it shouldn’t be…
Read MoreAssay Office Historic Silver Collection Tour
I was fortunate to attend the last general public visit to the private silver collection at The Birmingham Assay Office in 2012. After a brief introduction from the curator Sally and a short video Cracking The Code, The Story of The Birmingham Assay Office we were shown around the historic silver collection and some of the rooms in the…
Read MoreA Grand Day Out
Sculpture by Peter Walker A.R.B.S. A.R.B.S.A. On 12th March at 12 noon, a small but enthusiastic crowd gathered in the brand new ‘Dayus Square’ in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. Dayus Square (junction Albion Street/Carver Street/Legge Lane) has been created to commemorate Kathleen Dayus (born in 1903) who was the author […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNew Jewellery Quarter Heritage Magazine planned
Latest Issue. The first issue of Historic Jewellery Quarter is currently being put together …
Read MorePhoto-call: New Chapter Begins for Jewellery Quarter …
David Mahony Chair of the Jewellery Quarter Development Trust, said:” Kathleen's stories are so redolent and help us to understand what thing are, how they …birminghamnewsroom.com/…/photo-call-new-chapter-begins-…
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