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Birmingham City Hospital officially closed Nov 2024
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And the plaque which Carl Chinn unveiled in 1999.
can clearly see daylight through the windows which indicates that the front part of the archway which we can also see could have been saved...
lyn
I don't know the date as comments relating to the post were from only a year ago. But I think it may have been around 2016.
it was demolished sept 2017
The Fire Incident
Before the building was torn down, trespassers entered the empty structure (which had briefly functioned as a specialized care facility until its closure in 2016). A chair located in the former staff building was deliberately set on fire, causing subsequent fire and smoke damage that spread to other parts of the historic building and required emergency fire-fighting intervention. [1]
The Fire Incident
Before the building was torn down, trespassers entered the empty structure (which had briefly functioned as a specialized care facility until its closure in 2016). A chair located in the former staff building was deliberately set on fire, causing subsequent fire and smoke damage that spread to other parts of the historic building and required emergency fire-fighting intervention. [1]
I posted the photo's in my earlier post. This was the last I saw of the archway. Don't know what happened to them when the demolition teams came in. The site was completely locked off to everyone but the contractors.
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The bell (dated 1831) must have originally been used at the Lichfield Street Workhouse in central Birmingham. Maybe it was moved to the Western Road site when the new workhouse was built.
Re. Post 5. The leather sorting house chair with the 1831 carving must relate to and reflect changes introduced by the Poor Law Act (1831) which extended the powers of the Guardians. See attachment below.
A "sorting chair" or intake seat was a place where officials or guardians evaluated, registered, and processed newly arrived paupers or inmates. It was obviously designed to give the impression of power.
A "sorting chair" or intake seat was a place where officials or guardians evaluated, registered, and processed newly arrived paupers or inmates. It was obviously designed to give the impression of power.
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once again fantastic photos zero...it seems as though quite a few very important artifacts were saved which is great to know...the bell is most important and if you could find out where its stored that would be great as viv has said given its date of 1831 it was most likely at the lichfield st workhouse and then moved to western road...what would be even better is to find out if there are any plans for the artifacts to be displayed somewhere where the public can see them..thanks again zero this is turning into a very interesting thread
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