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The money for the new buildings i believe is from investors in singapore, they dont care for local history, they would have me just rip it all up

The area is being developed for 2 new skyscraper buildings, as seems all the rage in birmingham now, unfortunately i think all previous obstructions, whatever they may be, will be recorded and removed, to be replaced by stable crush infill, this could be as deep as 8 meters in places i believe...

The other bottle says birmingham dairies on

Water source under concrete base in here

Headland is the archealogical company on site, i broke a small hole through the main concrete base today and i see bubbles in the water, i think i have the spring, will see monday when i excavate properly

My camera lens needs a clean but some pics of today, very wet

Parts of the site have already been excavated a few years back and they found lots of interesting things, i am basically digging the bits up that they didnt do, for example under the bvsc bulding we just demolished and also it is likely i will be digging deeper than they did across the whole...

The cattle lairs and slaughter house make sense now, lots of animal bones are being found, i have been working on the area for nearly 6 months now, knocking down another more recent building, it is only now i am finally digging down and it is getting interesting, i will update on here when i...

If anybody would like an old cobblstone or 2 saving i may be able to help

I will be digging up the whole area up to park street, so lots to explore, will take us months, who knows what we will find

We are getting water rising slowly so i think the well or spring is still there under the concrete, i will find it if it is, my boss is praying that there are no remains of it

Is there a place i could find a better copy of this map, so that i could make out the small writing, and also see well lane and park street

The "famous" digbeth spring, who'd have thought it

I may be wrong but the vibe im getting is that goffes offices were at duke street but they used water from the spring/well in well lane to make their products

I will be excavating down to at least 3 meters across the whole site, so i imagine we will find many things deeper down, after i remove the concrete and remains of the factories/courtyards, i hope we will find the spring but it could be long gone

I believe goffes mineral water works were here also

In this view, i'd love to know more about the 3 warehouses situated where i will be digging, i have already uncovered a large basement or lower level, towards the allison street and well lane corner, and i believe the passageway between buildings

Yes, i will be excavating all that is on the left side of well lane

A piece of bull horn found today,