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The Jewellery Quarter

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Lady Penelope said:
The second item was in Regent Place heading towards Vittoria Street. I was surprised to see a long hoarding and again couldn't remember what was there before. Post Office tower in the second photo. I was hoping that the name on the side of the building in picture 3 would be readable but it isn't. Sorry. Once you've passed the bend the hoarding goes almost along the whole of that side of the street.

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The writing says Deakin and Francis and the building missing looks in part to be a modern building.
 

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Thanks Janice, It's a relief to know that they didn't demolish an attractive building to put the one near the cemetery up. However, I do feel that the dark grey doesn't add to the area. It reminded me of one of those WW2 lookout posts you see on the coast sometimes. Lets hope they put something up a little more in keeping in Regent Place. They've erected some offices recently in the same street on the opposite side and they're much better.
 
You are right lady P that it is not very much in keeping, but frankly I think it is more attractive in general than what it replaced, which was just like a plain warehouse on an industrial estate
 
They did include photos of that coloured buildings in their application. Permission was given with the only thing I could see (I don't understand all the formal wording) was checks were to be made on materials used as the conversion went along.
Do agree it is a relief that attractive buildings don't seem to have been bulldozed here.
I will see if I can find out was is going up in Regent Place but must do other things and not stay on Forum too long :D - tempting though it is.
 
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If I have read things properly - permission was given to demolish the buildings (described as mid 20th century) in November 2020. Planning permission for the land which extends to Northwood Street is under consideration - looks like apartments.
I can't see a final decision and the last application is dated March of this year.
 
Lady Penelope said:
We took a walk around the Jewellery Quarter yesterday and took photographs of a couple of things. I'll put them on the forum as separate items. Firstly, I hadn't walked down Warstone Lane for some and was slightly shocked to see this building. There's a bar on the corner and a coffee shop next door but it was the building material that stopped me in my tracks. Maybe they thought it was in keeping with the grey of the cemetery offices - I don't know. It's actually darker than it looks in the photos. Can anyone remember what was there until recently please?

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Wasnt the Vittoria Restaurant on the corner of Warstone Lane and Frederick Street
 
Carolina, I wasn't sure what the cafe was called. Mike has the one I mean as Hall's cafe, not the Vittoria on another thread. I used to meet my then boyfriend at lunchtime for coffee in there. I didn't go to the Jewellery Qtr for ages and the next time I went there was just rubble and an empty space with the building used to be and I was told it had collapsed. I'm sure there's a picture somewhere on the forum.
 
Lady Penelope said:
Carolina, I wasn't sure what the cafe was called. Mike has the one I mean as Hall's cafe, not the Vittoria on another thread. I used to meet my then boyfriend at lunchtime for coffee in there. I didn't go to the Jewellery Qtr for ages and the next time I went there was just rubble and an empty space with the building used to be and I was told it had collapsed. I'm sure there's a picture somewhere on the forum.
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We had some really great meals there - I do have a photo myself in there standing with a very large bottle of champagne.
 
pjmburns said:
If I have read things properly - permission was given to demolish the buildings (described as mid 20th century) in November 2020. Planning permission for the land which extends to Northwood Street is under consideration - looks like apartments.
I can't see a final decision and the last application is dated March of this year.
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Janice, thanks for all your hard work researching the properties I mentioned. It's quite a large piece of land in Regent Place but I have high hopes now especially as it stretches down to Northwood St.
 
I have merged two other threads into this one for tidiness. I have just received a copy of a new magazine called the Jewellery Quarter Magazine. It has some very interesting items in it and very good quality photographs. A little pricey perhaps at £6, but very interesting.

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Here are a varied selection of photographs taken in and around the Jewellery Quarter in the late 70's and early 80's. Many of these scenes will not have changed that much other than the business signs and the vehicles parked outside them. Have fun identifying the locations (the first one is of Ludgate Hill I think)!
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The first and second of Mark’s photos in post #81 have captured St Paul’s National School (at the time of the photo this seems to have been occupied by Pelbrook Ltd). There was a debate some while ago about the building (and it was included in some early redevelopment plans), but the building has since been demolished. It was in a very poor state. See this thread here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/st-pauls-national-school.46175/

Thanks for posting Mark. It shows the building in better days. Viv.
 
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