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0: 1 - Heart (Start Here)
'To The Heart of the Jewellery Quarter'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Start of the A-Z trail on Newhall Street near the corner of Lionel Street.
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Start of the A-Z trail on Newhall Street near the corner of Lionel Street.
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1: A - Tunnel
'Below You Are Miles Of Tunnels'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
In the early 1950's, the government planed to protect essential communications by building a series of hardened underground telephone exchanges. These were designed to protect the chain of communications even if a Hiroshima sized atomic bomb destroyed the city above. Due to advances in weapons they were obsolete by the time they were complete, however they still played an important part in national communications. There are three known exchanges, London (Kingsway), Manchester (Guardian) and Birmingham (Anchor).
Anchor takes its name from the Birmingham assay office which is above the exchange, the mark for Birmingham being an anchor. It was the largest of the three underground exchanges packed with equipment handling 250,000 automatic calls a day.
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2: B - Precious Metal Symbols
'Keep It Real'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Precious Metal Symbols:
Along Newhall Street, near the junction with Lionel Street.
The symbols are used in hallmarking. Top to bottom they are Silver, Gold and Platinum
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3: C - Beer Bottle Tops
'Cheers To The Crown and Anchor'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Beer Bottle Tops:Along Newhall Street, between Charlotte Street and Lionel Street, outside the Assay Offices.
This refers to the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, London, where Matthew Boulton stayed in the late 1700's. He is believed to have taken the symbol of the Anchor which became the hallmarking symbol used by the Assay Office in Birmingham.
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4: D - Church Symbol
'Heavens Above'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Church Symbol:
Along Newhall Street, between Charlotte Street and Lionel Street.
Reference to the famous jeweller's church of St Paul's, which is in Birmingham's only remaining Georgian Square.
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5: E - Slippery Road Sign
'Once The Site of a Real Roller Coaster'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Slippery Road Sign:
Along Newhall Street outside the NCP car park, between Charlotte Street and Lionel Street.
For a time in the early nineteenth century a roller coaster known as the Russian Mountains, stood on Graham Street and made use of the steep slope of Newhall Hill. Riders apparently sat in little two-seater cars which raced down inclines, sped around curves, and climbed a slope with the aid of a winch.
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6: F - Empty Paint Tubes
'Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Empty Paint Tubes:
The RBSA was established as the Birmingham Society of Artists in 1821, though it can trace its origins back further to the academy for the training of artists opened by Samuel Lines in Newhall Street in 1807.
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7: G - Rubber Teats
'A Popular Promenade For Victorian Nannies'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Rubber Teats:
Down Brook Street to St Paul's Square once a popular promenading spot for Victorian nannies nicknamed 'Tittie Bottle Park'
Not far from Slab H.
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8: H - Inkwell
'Have You Ever Used A Dip Pen'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Inkwell:
For over 130 years the majority of pen nibs used anywhere in the world were made in Birmingham, in factories around the Jewellery Quarter.
Taken on the St Paul's Square side of Newhall Street.
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9: I - Borax
'Ground to Ease the Flow'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Borax:
Vital to a jeweller, solid cones of borax are ground down to produce a flux base to help the solder flow.
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10: J - Casting Tree
'Industry Blossomed in the Gardens'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
The Casting Tree:
Used by the jewellery trade for the production of a multiple object.
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11: K - Building Bricks
'Training Consultancy Research Education Communication'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Building Bricks:
On Graham Street and the corner of Vittoria Street. The small letters on the 'Lego' type bricks spell 'School of Jewellery'
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12: L - Flag
'Flag Stone'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Flag:
Linked to the Victoria Works, pen nib making factory, which was known locally as the Flag House. On Graham Street, near the the Vittoria Street junction.
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13: M - Signatures
'The Soul Lies Behind The Ink That Writes' - Alexander Pope
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Signatures:
Features the artist, Laura Potter's, signature. A refrence to the Victoria Works where the mass production of steel pen nibs was perfected.
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14: 2 - Cross
'You Are Here'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Cross:
On the corner of Graham Street and Frederick Street, halfway mark in the trail and where it crosses the Charm Bracelet Trail.
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15: 3 - Heart (Halfway)
'To The City'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Heart:
Hockley end of the trail, this is halfway through the walk, between M and N.
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16: N - Running Man
'Boys'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Running Man:
On Graham Street, near junction with Frederick Street. This depicts a frequent sight in the Jewellery Quarter, with couriers running from place to place.
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17: O - Steel Bangle
'Jewellery is Not Always Ornament'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Steel Bangle:
On Graham Street near to the Sikh Gurdwara Temple. The steel bangle is a religious sign. The building has a long history with religion and was peviously occupied by Congregationalists, Methodists, New Connection and the Elm Tabernacle.
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18: P - Farthings
'Minted'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Farthings:
A reference to the historic Mint in the Jewellery Quarter. This is on Graham Street virtually opposite the junction of Vittoria Street.
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19: Q - WMT Buses
'Catch 101'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
WMT Buses:
At the bus stop on Graham Street. This was once the site of the headquarters of Birmingham's famous cream and navy blue buses.
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20: R - Curb Chain
'Mind The Curb'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Curd Chain:
The Curb chain is displayed on this stone and refers to the skilled job of the Jewellery Quarter's chain makers.
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21: S - Chocolate Bar
Exact location is unknown as the S slab is sadly missing in Action.
The council paving works team damaged the slab when relaying the footpath along Newhall Street and the Slab has never been replaced.
The details above the missing slab are;
Birmingham is famous for it's "solid gold" Cadbury's Chocolate bar and also it's solid gold metal.
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22: T - Tap
Water From The Welsh Mountains'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Taps:
Outside Severn Trent Water Offices on Newhall Street.
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Taps:
Outside Severn Trent Water Offices on Newhall Street.
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23: U - Bench Peg
'Two Scarred Fingers That Take The Strain'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Bench Peg:
Outside the Queen's Head pub on Newhall Street.
This depicts a Bench peg which is a tool used in the jewellery trade.
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24: V - Plated Sample
'Electro Plating Pioneers'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
On Newhall Street outside the old science museum, formerly the home of H & GR Elkington, who in 1840 developed and patented the first effective electroplating process. Perhaps the most famous example of Elkington plate is the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Trophy.
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25: W - Film Projector
'The Reel Origin of Celluloid'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
On Newhall Street outside the old science museum.
Film Projector:
Celluloid was invented here by the Elkington factory and gave it's discovery to Hollywood
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26: X - Heart with Canal
'A Healthy Industry Needs Good Circulation'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Heart with Canal:
Taken near the site of the old science museum where Newhall Street crosses the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal which in the past transported fuel and metals into the area.
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27: Y - "Stamp" Letter
'Stamped'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
'Stamp' Letter:
On the corner of Fleet Street and Newhall Street, outside the Post Office (obviously)
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28: Z - Telephone Receiver
'The Word HELLO was invented for the phone'.
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
Telephone Receiver:
Taken outside the former Bell Edison telephone exchange on the corner of Edmund Street and Newhall Street, in the shadow of the famous BT Tower.
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29: 4 - The End
'Thank You'
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Findings Trail, designed by Laura Potter.
The End of the Trail:
At the end of the trail at the junction of Newhall Street and Lionel Street.
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