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Bingley Hall
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Lloyd
master brummie
Not who, where.
The precursor of Bingley Hall was an "Exhibition of the Manufactures of Birmingham and the Midland Counties" in a temporary wooden hall built in the grounds of, and attached to, Bingley House on Broad Street in central Birmingham (once the home of banker Charles Lloyd).
For anyone interested there's a thread with some background to Byngas/Byngus House/Hall, the original site of Lloyd's Bingley House. No firm conclusion about the origins of 'Byngas/Byngus' and how it became 'Bingley' (corruption of Byngas?) but worth reading if interested.
A map on that thread shows the early hall sat on Gild land. Would this be the same gild as the King Edwards one (Gild of the Holy Cross) ? Maybe that could give clues as to the origins?
A map on that thread shows the early hall sat on Gild land. Would this be the same gild as the King Edwards one (Gild of the Holy Cross) ? Maybe that could give clues as to the origins?
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Illustrations of exhibitions in the 1890s. Stalls of Birmingham businesses illustrated are:
W.E.Powell, Bakers and Confectioners, 267 & 268 Broad Street
T. Padmore & Sons, Billiard Tables, Edmund Street
Felix Chapman, Cycle fittings & accessories, Steelhouse Lane
Joseph Appleby, Tower Road, manufacturer of cycle chains
Southall Bros and Barclay Ltd, Distilled water, 17 Bull Street and Dalton Street
Arkinstall Bros, galvanisers, 15 and 16 Milk Street, Deritend
H. Sassons and Co, 89-91 New Street
David Kimberley and Sons, Tool manufacturer, Highgate
Corbett and Sons, Bakers, Birmingham
Quadrant Cycle Co, manufacturers of bicycles, Sheepcote Street
Palmer Tyres, 15 Martineau Street
T. Kendrick Ltd, Birmingham
Albion Iron Foundry, Joseph Cooper, Aston Road
Grenville Athletic Manufacturer, 9 and 11 Martineau Street
Birmingham Vinegar Brewery Company (Holbrooks Worcs Sauce) 203 Ashted Row
Source: British Newspaper Archive
W.E.Powell, Bakers and Confectioners, 267 & 268 Broad Street
T. Padmore & Sons, Billiard Tables, Edmund Street
Felix Chapman, Cycle fittings & accessories, Steelhouse Lane
Joseph Appleby, Tower Road, manufacturer of cycle chains
Southall Bros and Barclay Ltd, Distilled water, 17 Bull Street and Dalton Street
Arkinstall Bros, galvanisers, 15 and 16 Milk Street, Deritend
H. Sassons and Co, 89-91 New Street
David Kimberley and Sons, Tool manufacturer, Highgate
Corbett and Sons, Bakers, Birmingham
Quadrant Cycle Co, manufacturers of bicycles, Sheepcote Street
Palmer Tyres, 15 Martineau Street
T. Kendrick Ltd, Birmingham
Albion Iron Foundry, Joseph Cooper, Aston Road
Grenville Athletic Manufacturer, 9 and 11 Martineau Street
Birmingham Vinegar Brewery Company (Holbrooks Worcs Sauce) 203 Ashted Row
Source: British Newspaper Archive
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Loved visiting Bingley Hall in the 1960s, I remember buying a drawing toy called a Spirograph.
paul stacey
master brummie
I was on Christmas leave from the army 1964, and worked at the circus, which was there then for 2 weeks.
Lloyd
master brummie
All hand drawn! Was photography not a thing in the 1890s?
I've looked through lots of Birmingham Pictorial and Dart papers (which is where the drawings came from) and illustrations in the paper had an emphasis on political cartoons. So I expect they probably used the same person/team to draw other non-political pieces too.
Brummie a long time ago
master brummie
Is that the set of plastic wheels and curves with gear teeth on the edges, and holes for a crayon that would draw very complex patterns ? I had one, and loved playing with it.
Andrew.