Archive | November, 2011

New Assay Office

Public consultation / exhibition for new Assay Office 3 December 2011

Turley Associates are holding a public exhibition on Saturday 3 December in Springhill Library/Tesco Foyer between 10am and 2pm in order to consult the public on the Birmingham Assay Office’s proposals to relocate to a new location in the Jewellery Quarter in 2013. Also see: Trebor Developments Appointed for New Birmingham Assay Office Project Birmingham [...]

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Strike

Public sector strikes: Unions set to defy council and march through Birmingham

Leading unions are set to defy Birmingham City Council by holding a march through the city as part of the public sector strikes. The planned pensions protest will go ahead without permission from the local authority and without official road closures, it has emerged. Leading public sector unions will continue with the march from Lionel Street, in the Jewellery [...]

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Strike

Birmingham union march on public sector strike day is called off

Industrial action over public sector pensions could descend into chaos in Birmingham on Wednesday as an organised demonstration had to be cancelled due to lack of funds. The TUC planned to march through the city centre with around 10,000 members from 27 trade unions. But they said they had to cancel the protest because the [...]

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Gladman and Norman

Birmingham firm’s £7m medal order for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

Jewellery Quarter-based Gladman and Norman have been awarded the £7 million order to supply medals to the armed forces, emergency services, prison staff and others celebrating next year's anniversary of the Queen's 60 years on the throne. …S…

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Andy Waters serves up advice for school project | Barques Design

As part of the challenge, pupils have been split into five groups and will battle it out to come up with ideas for a new restaurant venture in the Engine Room on Newhall Square in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter. The project will involve …Barques …

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Jump aboard the ArtBus!

Friday 2 December (5.00-9.00pm)
Jump aboard the free ArtBus to visit the Barber, Mac, Ikon, Eastside Projects and RBSA galleries for a special late night opening. Free guided tours, mulled wine, mince pies and other refreshments available at all galleries. It’s also a perfect opportunity to pick up some unique designer-maker Christmas gifts at the RBSA [...]

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Photographer not a terrorist

I’m a photographer not a terrorist « fotofiliablog

A few weeks ago I was in Birmingham's leafy St. Paul's Square on the edge of the Jewellery Quarter with about a dozen of my students on a one day …fotofiliablog.com/tag/birmingham-jewellery-quarter/

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Ask not what the JQ can do for you…

The Jewellery Quarter has had a long and twisting journey since it stopped being the Colmore family’s backyard to New Hall Manor around 1746.  Its fortunes, and those of the people living and working here, have waxed and waned in ceaseless tempo with the economic and political forces of the times, just like anywhere else.  [...]

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Jewellery Quarter railway station

Jewellery Quarter Train Station on Facebook

Welcome to Jewellery Quarter Station on Facebook. Join now to write reviews and connect with Jewellery Quarter Station.en-gb.facebook.com/pages/Jewellery…/125996737452277

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Hockley Flyer Historic Publication

The Heritage & History of the Jewellery Quarter : The Hockley Flyer

Some 30 years ago, when we launched the first issue of the Hockley Flyer we found it very difficult to research the history of The Jewellery Quarter. The only …www.ybapublications.co.uk/Flyerblog/wordpress/?p=3306

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Monthly Jewellery Quarter Meet Up @ The Drop Forge
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Monthly Jewellery Quarter Meet Up @ The Drop Forge
An opportunity for people who live, work or value the Jewellery Quarter to meet up. There is a active and growing online community in the quarter.  Numerous [...]
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Red’s Tuesday Quiz @ The Red Lion
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5:00 pm 2 – For – 1 – International Burgers @ Rose Villa Tavern
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2 – For – 1 – International Burgers @ Rose Villa Tavern
Fresh Beer Battered Fish, Beef Dripping Chips, Tartare Sauce & Mushy Peas Now with Chip Shop Extras! Curry sauce & fish n’ chips – [...]
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Midweek KO’s @ The Red Lion
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