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HI folks the server that hosts the site completely died including the Hdd's and backups.
Luckily i create an offsite backup once a week! this has now been restored so we have lost a few days posts.
im still fixing things at the moment so bear with me and im still working on all images 90% are fine the others im working on now
we are now using a backup solution
Soho Foundry
- Thread starter Charlie
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Where did you obtain these very interesting photos.having worked at Soho for 46 years I have never seen these before
Have you any more gems?
J H
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
I came across the pictures in “The Sphere” magazine on the National Archives online Newspaper site, just searching for anything to do with Birmingham. It was under the title “How big cables are tested” and is probably a one off.
I will have a search to see if i can find any more.
The small section at the start of the post is added material
its good to see that soho foundry is one of the 4 buldings on the list to save
www.wmca.org.uk
New action to save the West Midlands most historic buildings
The first four buildings to benefit from new funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), working in partnership with the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF), have more than 1,000 years of history between them.
www.wmca.org.uk
