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Jewellery Quarter 1990s

I took a group down there from the forum on the way to the cemetery.

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A couple of photos of buildings that have been nicely restored in the Jewellery Quarter. Taken yesterday: 27/09/2014

The first one in Frederick Street, the second in Regent Street.
 

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Wow, lovely examples. The more I see of the area the more I'm impressed. Viv.


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The Regent Street one is a beautiful building. My friend and I decided that cream and white would have been better than the (very) pale pink and white that they used! Just our observations, but I'm just glad it's been restored/repainted anyway!
Anyone know who used to occupy Sovereign Hall in Frederick Street (first pic).
 
Soveriegn Hall appears to be 14-15 Frederick St. In 1973 it was R.E V. Gomm Ltd, badge manufacturers, but they had been there only since the mid 1960s. From the end of the war till then it was a number of companies, both consecutively & concurrently. But from about 1881 till the end of the war it was S.Blanckensee .& Son Limited, goldsmiths
 
Thanks Mike. It's such a beautiful building with very ornate corbels etc. I remember Gomm's from when I worked at Toye Kenning and Spencer in Warstone Lane. We sometimes farmed our medal orders out to them (and probably vise versa)
 
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