jewellery quarter Archive

  • City centre news – July 25, 2011

    City centre news – July 25, 2011

    News on crime, dale end, digbeth, hs2, jewellery quarter, market, new street, nightlife, and transport.

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  • City centre news – 21 October, 2010

    City centre news – 21 October, 2010

    News on Aston, Health, Jewellery Quarter, Jobs, Ladywood, and Nechells

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  • City centre news – 14 October, 2010

    City centre news – 14 October, 2010

    News on Crime, Economy, Housing, Jewellery Quarter, Ladywood, and Market

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  • City centre news – 22 September, 2010

    City centre news – 22 September, 2010

    The city centre news for 22 September: NEC, ICC and Symphony Hall not for sale Birmingham Newsroom Birmingham City Council leader Cllr Mike Whitby tells BBC Radio WM Breakfast host Phil Upton stories that a number of the city’s assets are up for sale are wide of the mark. Birmingham dad reveals how son was [...]

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  • City centre news – 21 September, 2010

    City centre news – 21 September, 2010

    The city centre news for 21 September: Deadly weapons seized from the streets of Birmingham Birmingham Mail The haul, including a lethal MAC-10 machine pistol – similar to one used to kill innocent teenage party-goers Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis – was seized in a swoop on a lock-up in Nechells. Birmingham eyes asset sales [...]

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  • City centre news – 17 September, 2010

    City centre news – 17 September, 2010

    The city centre news for 17 September: Birmingham takes gold with floral spitfire iFlorist The city won gold in the Large City category thanks to its diverse range of flower displays across the area. As part of the its entry, a spitfire constructed entirely of flowers was put together and displayed in the city centre. [...]

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  • City centre news – 9 September, 2010

    City centre news – 9 September, 2010

    The city centre news for 9 September: Revisit the Jewellery Quarter’s 19th Century past Birmingham Newsroom Newman Brothers Coffin Works, one of the outstanding survivals of Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter that produced fittings for the coffins of royalty, will be throwing its gates open to the public on Saturday 11th September in celebration of its [...]

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  • Walks for Artsfest

    Walks for Artsfest

    With the weekend of 11th & 12th September seeing Birmingham host the annual ArtsFest, Sparks68 thought visitors may want to enjoy another free attraction that requires no booking, has been around for some years but does not get the attention it deserves.  So, if you are going to Birmingham for the ArtsFest weekend, he recommends [...]

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