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The Walsall Clock Tower is located outside of The Co-operative Food on the corner of St Paul's Street and Bridge Street. It dates to 1883. It replaced a clock near the site from 1854-57.
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The King's Head is a public house on the Birmingham (Harborne) and Sandwell (Bearwood) border on the corner of the Hagley Road and Lordswood Road. The current building dates to 1905.
The clock tower in West Bromwich was erected in 1897 in honour of Reuben Farley, the first Mayor of West Bromwich (who served four terms). Grade II listed of red brick and terracotta.
The clock tower at Dartmouth Square on the High Street in West Bromwich, Sandwell was unveiled in 1912, and was named after Councillor J Archibald Kenrick, Mayor at the time of the town.
The Elizabeth Farley Memorial Fountain dates to 1885. It is a drinking fountain with canopy in Dartmouth Square, West Bromwich, end of the High Street. It was relocated in 1987.
The King's Head Clock is back in Bearwood, Sandwell, near the Hagley Road West since 2015. It was on High Street, Birmingham from 1979 to 2015, before it moved back to Bearwood.
This hidden gem is at West Bromwich Interchange, M5, Junction 1. The Lodge of Sandwell Hall is the only surviving building of the lost hall and dates back to the early 18th century.
A former public house, Aston Cross Tavern was on the corner of the Lichfield Road and Rocky Lane at Aston Cross, Birmingham. It was last called O'Reillys, closed by 2012, now flats.
A former public library on the Lichfield Road at Aston Cross, Birmingham. It was opened in October 1903 from the Aston Manor Urban District Council.
A Methodist Church in Kings Heath at the corner of School Road and Cambridge Road. The architect was William Hale, and the building dates to 1896. An extension of the 1887 church.
A little known public house in Aston. The Manor Tavern is located on the corner of Portland Street and Wainwright Street. It's not far from the Lichfield Road.
Here we follow developments on the Midland Metro from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill in the Black Country. Phase 1 is to Dudley so far.
The Aston Cross Clock Tower is located on an island between Lichfield Road and Rocky Lane in Aston. Dated to 1891, it was close to the site of the HP Sauce factory (now East End Foods).
The Five Ways Clock Tower is located between Calthorpe Road and Harborne Road in Edgbaston, near Five Ways Island. It dates to the late 19th century and is Grade II listed.
Jewellery Quarter Chamberlain Clock was first installed in 1903 to commemorate Joseph Chamberlain's visit to South Africa in 1902-03. It was most recently fully restored during 2020-21.
Here we follow developments on the Midland Metro in Wolverhampton City Centre from Pipers Row to Wolverhampton Railway Station terminus. Opened on Sunday 17th September 2023.
Birmingham New Street Signal Box opened at a site on Brunel Street and Navigation Street in 1966. It was in continuous use until near the end of 2022. It was Grade II listed in 1995.
The Parkside Building was the first building to be built of Birmingham City University's Eastside Campus, between 2011 and 2013. Next to Millennium Point at Cardigan Street.
The Curzon Building was built at Birmingham City University's Eastside Campus between 2013 and 2015 at the corner of Cardigan Street and Curzon Street in Eastside.
The former Lock Keepers Cottage at 34 Belmont Row in Eastside, near the Digbeth Branch Canal. It might date to around 1891. More recently has Lucy McLauchlan street art on it.
Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute, also called EBRI was originally the Delicia Cinema in the Gosta Green area of Birmingham. It was converted in early 2010s.
The old Watertower at the former Hollymoor Hospital, built by Martin and Martin between 1896 and 1905. Hollymoor Hospital was built in 1900, but was closed by 1996.
The Horseshoe is a public house in Kings Heath on Alcester Road South. A canalside pub on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal.
Church of God of Prophecy Nechells Outreach Centre is on Long Acre in Nechells, Birmingham. Built originally as a Presbyterian chapel in 1888-9.
The Freightliner terminal at Landor Street in the Vauxhall or Nechells area of Birmingham. You will most likely pass it on the train between Birmingham New Street and Coventry.
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