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King Edward VII

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H.T.S. Unabashedly industry related...I suppose there was still some around back then...see the thread on Handsworth Technical School. It's all 'time gone by' now...not required on voyage...and yet there are more and more people begining to wonder where the destination of the journey will be.
 
Dennis Williams said:
Yes, Beaufort, Seymour, Howard and last (usually) but by no means least Tudor. Ah the smell of the ancient chalk, unwashed ioks, and fear. Behold the glory of King Edward VIs Reformatory for lost souls......
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I was thinking of the current one on Vicarage Road in Kings Heath. Not the old former Camp Hill School at Camp Hill Circus. I do keep looking at it from the bus though.

I haven't got round to getting photos of that yet, in the morning the sun would be directly above it. Then later one the island would get heavy with traffic. Looks like a complicated building.
 
Hi thanks for giving us the info
whats next to go i wonder , whom are theyu gonna flogg that to we will not see that again
what is it all about , cleaning cost or what or is it to cover there christmas dinner bill i wonder
 
I got the Birmingham Post for my latest published photo on the Post Flickr page, when I noticed on the previous page on the Week in Pictures page, a photo of the Edward VII statue installed in Centenary Square. Looks like I'll need to return to Centenary Square in the near future to get my own photos of it. Outside Baskerville House, the the Copthorne Hotel behind it (above Paradise Circus).
 
I've got shots from today, but I'll upload them tomorrow. Went all around the statue taking loads of images.
 
And also a couple of close ups on the Edward statue.

The first has the Cropthorne as a background, the second the sky as a background
 
I thought I would post this from another thread by Pro Civitate as it relates to the King's connection to Birmingham.

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kenh wrote "I am not aware of any great connection with Birmingham apart from a visit to the exhibition at Bingley House in 1849"

Apart from this, as Prince of Wales he had visited Birmingham on many other occasions:

1874 - he had been received by the Lord Mayor, Cllr Joseph
Chamberlain and had visited Joseph Gillott’s Pen Work; ​

1885 - he visited to open the Art Gallery and Museum;​

1891 - he opened the Victoria Law Courts​

1904 - he opened Elan Valley to supply water to Birmingham​

1909 - (just 9 months before his death) he visited to open The University of Birmingham.​

The statue was unveiled on St George's Day 1913 and was removed to Highgate park in 1951 so that the road could be widened (!). It has been in a dreadful state for years. It was listed Grade II in 1982 and in 1986 the beautiful bronzes were stolen.​

Now the Civic Society and Victorian Society have campaigned to get it removed and returned to the city centre. The Victorian Society has raised nearly £12,000 towards the restoration and the Prince of Wales has sent a donation also.​

Ideally it would have gone in Victoria Square, but consensus is that it will go nicely in Centenary Square, near to the Hall of Memory.​

The statue, like the figures around the Hall of Memory were sculpted by Handsworth artist Albert Toft. I think we can start calling the area "Toft Corner".​

I think it is a tremendous breakthrough and should be welcomed. Now many more people will see a fine statue by a local man.​

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Views from Centenary Square


Statue of King Edward VII in Centenary Square - Baskerville House and the Hall of Memory by ell brown, on Flickr


Statue of King Edward VII in Centenary Square - Baskerville House by ell brown, on Flickr


Statue of King Edward VII in Centenary Square by ell brown, on Flickr


Statue of King Edward VII in Centenary Square - Alpha Tower and Hall of Memory by ell brown, on Flickr


Statue of King Edward VII in Centenary Square - The Copthorne Hotel and the Central Library by ell brown, on Flickr

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/5153529927/" title="Statue of King Edward VII in Centenary Square - Baskerville House and The Copthorne Hotel by ell brown, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1064/5153529927_03f06251d3_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Statue of King Edward VII in Centenary Square - Baskerville House and The Copthorne Hotel" /></a>


Statue of King Edward VII in Centenary Square - Baskerville House by ell brown, on Flickr


Statue of King Edward VII in Centenary Square - Baskerville House by ell brown, on Flickr


Statue of King Edward VII in Centenary Square - Baskerville House and The Library of Birmingham by ell brown, on Flickr


Statue of King Edward VII in Centenary Square - Baskerville House and The Library of Birmingham by ell brown, on Flickr
 
Sometimes, when posting photographs, less is more.

I remember reading a quote once - about the difference between an amateur and professional photographer.

An Amateur shows you ALL their pictures.
 
guilbert53 said:
Sometimes, when posting photographs, less is more.

I remember reading a quote once - about the difference between an amateur and professional photographer.

An Amateur shows you ALL their pictures.
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If someone shows a photo album, you don't just look at the first one do you
 
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Well your not going to click through all of them. I like taking loads of shots all around a statue.
 
No problem.

I made sure that I got the number 1 bus straight to Broad Street so I could get it as early as possible. Was lucky that we had blue skys yesterday as well.
 
Those are lovely photographs, many thanks. I'll try to get there sometime soon and take a look. I must say I prefer it to the "Forward" statue that was in front of Symphony Hall, the one that burned down. Still, I'm just an old fashioned gel.
 
I've found several E R VII's


This one on the Royal Mail Enquiry Office in Cromer, Norfolk


Royal Mail Enquiry Office - Cromer - ER VII by ell brown, on Flickr

Sandringham House, Norfolk


The side of Sandringham House - ER VII - 1908 by ell brown, on Flickr


Sandringham House from the West Lawns - ER VII sculpture by ell brown, on Flickr

Also at Sandringham were these Royal coat of arms

It symoblises the union of the then Prince Albert Edward with the then Princess Alexandra in the 1860s.


Sandringham House from the West Lawns - Royal coat of arms by ell brown, on Flickr


The entrance to Sandringham House - royal coat of arms by ell brown, on Flickr
 
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