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That's cheating Frothy.Birds Custard building.
I knew you were in Digbeth yesterday so I had a look on Google street view
It looks like terracotta to me. A significant amount of it was made in Polswoth, near Tamworth. The Albert Hall was made these.The stone used looks like that used for Moseley Swimming baths, built just after 1900.
But it is not those baths.
Very nice decoration. Ships too, reminder of how far reaching Birmingham was for a land-locked area. Viv.
Sorry mate couldn't help myself. The many times I've walked past that place, never noticed that.
My Dad worked at Birds from early 1950's until he retired. When the factory moved to Banbury, Oxfordshire, the whole family moved down here. Still lots of brummie accents to be heard around the town, factory has changed ownership a few times over the years and is now Kraft Foods.
Quite right Mike, that's why I didn't bid for it!I am dubious if it is original. I cannot see the white enamel on the top two ho;es being pristine if it were