Museum of the Jewellery Quarter

Original web page at Museum of the Jewellery Quarter Reviewed yesterday via mobile What a fantastic museum! The guided tour of the workshop at this closed down factory was the highlight of our visit to Birmingham. Our tour guide was very informative and entertaining, a great mix of the techniques used and the history of…

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Interactive map: Explore how gentrification is changing Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter

Original web page at Interactive map: Explore how gentrification is changing Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter The Jewellery Quarter is currently undergoing a transformation. Trendy bars and restaurants share space with old factories in a process of gentrification that cause controversy within neighbours and business owners. The Jewellery Quarter Neighbourhood Plan (JQNP) has to lead the metamorphosis…

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Thieves ransack historic former Jewellery Quarter factory

Original web page at Thieves ransack historic former Jewellery Quarter factory A fine ‘Arts and Crafts’ era jewellery factory – due to be restored and turned into flats – has been ransacked for its original fixtures and fittings. Birmingham-based Blackswan Property plans to create 147 apartments around the three-storey, Grade II*-listed former home of J…

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A Love Letter To The Jewellery Quarter’s Forgotten Architecture

Original web page at A Love Letter To The Jewellery Quarter’s Forgotten Architecture ‘WE SHAPE OUR BUILDINGS, THEREAFTER THEY SHAPE US’ – WINSTON CHURCHILL. Our ‘Forgotten Architecture’ series is something we hope will act as a stark reminder for many of the raw beauty of our city, as well as being our visual love letter…

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Room in large flat in Jewellery Quarter

Original web page at Room in large flat in Jewellery Quarter Click to zoom Double room to rent in a very spacious flat in the jewellery quarter. Room includes storage (as pictured but in the process of painting/getting new knobs!), double bed (on order) and mattress. Own use of main bathroom (shower and bath) as…

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Thieves ransack historic former Jewellery Quarter factory

Original web page at Thieves ransack historic former Jewellery Quarter factory A fine ‘Arts and Crafts’ era jewellery factory – due to be restored and turned into flats – has been ransacked for its original fixtures and fittings. Birmingham-based Blackswan Property plans to create 147 apartments around the three-storey, Grade II*-listed former home of J…

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Heritage Tours at Museum of the Jewellery Quarter

Original web page at Heritage Tours at Museum of the Jewellery Quarter 15 Sept 2016 | 10.30am-5pm Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, 75-80 Vyse Street, Hockley, B18 6HA Join us for costumed guided tours of the historic Smith & Pepper jewellery factory. Discover this extraordinary time capsule of jewellery and metalworking in Birmingham. Tours take…

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