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Obituary – Marie Elizabeth Haddleton 1929 – 2021

The Jewellery Quarter heritage magazine Issue 2

Memorial Stone Arrives

Chamberlain Clock is Back Plus, a new Interpretation Panel

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Barclays Bank

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Barclays Bank on the corner of Frederick Street and Warstone Lane has a long history in the heart of Birmingham's  Jewellery Quarter. The Birmingham District...
Heritage Features

HSBC Bank (formerly The Midland Bank)

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The HSBC Bank is on the corner of Warstone Lane/Vyse Street This bank was originally the Midland Bank and the present HSBC bank hold the...

Blanckensee & Sons – Everything In Silver and Plate

The School of Jewellery, Vittoria Street

Albert Carter – Art in Enamel

‘They Specialize for the Smoker’

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Chamberlain Clock is Back Plus, a new Interpretation Panel

Restoration to JQ Cemeteries is Near Completion

Reinstatement Date for the Chamberlain Clock Announced

Chamberlain Clock Restoration

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George W. Hughes – Pens of the Highest Quality

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George W. Hughes founded the firm in 1860 in St. Paul’s Square, Birmingham and later moved to premises in Legge Lane. It was never established...

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Press Cuttings

Arts and Crafts Movement

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A number of internationally-known names have been associated with the School pf Jewellery. In the early part of this century, the School’s first headmaster,...

James Hinks Lamps

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Buried in Plot No. 389P in The General Cemetery is James Hinks. His company was patentee and sole manufacturer of the double patent petrolene or...

Something Old Stirring at the Standard Works

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Elisabeth Johnson (Head of Operations at The Standard Works) told The Hockley Flyer that that during excavation work, the builders found a spoon embedded...

Fire at the School

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On Tuesday March 7 2000 at approximately 6.30pm there was a fire in the School of Jewellery’s electroforming/electroplating laboratory in the basement/tool room part...

Firmins Announcement

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The Board of J R Gaunt & Son Limited (‘Gaunts’) and Firmin & Sons pic (‘Firmins’) are pleased to announce that the Insignia and...
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What was it like to work in the JQ

Starting Work at 15 in The JQ in 1954

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What was it Like?
Getting a job or career was so different back in the 1950’s. Here is one person’s account of getting a job at John Goode...
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