How Birmingham’s ‘coolest’ neighborhood has changed as plans for Jewelery Quarter are revealed

VaselineJune 9, 2024

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How Birmingham’s ‘coolest’ neighborhood has changed as plans for Jewelery Quarter are revealed

Birmingham’s Jewelery Quarter is often considered one of the city’s trendiest districts, partly due to its charming Georgian architecture and array of bars and restaurants. And it could have an exciting future ahead of it, if the city council’s vision comes to fruition.

The Central Birmingham Framework 2045 details some of the ways the city could be greener, better connected and have a better range of homes by 2045. It also suggests Birmingham could rival Vienna for space green and Copenhagen in terms of active activity. travel routes until that year.

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Focusing on the Central West area, the strategy says: “The Jewelery Quarter is the most intact historic district in Birmingham, containing over 140 listed buildings and a conservation area designation.

“The district is famous for being one of the most original and largest centers of jewelry and metalwork production in Europe. Today, the Jewelery Quarter remains an important center for the jewelery trade, but is also an important visitor destination, a hub for many creative industries and home to a growing population of over 10,000.”

We take a look back at another time when the “City of 1000 Trades” was full of workers.

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The Rose Villa Tavern in 1987.

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The Jewelery Quarter February 12, 1987.

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Chamberlain clock without its lamps in the Jewelery Quarter, February 12, 1987.

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The Jewelery Quarter February 12, 1987.

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Jewelers at work in the 1950s.

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Looking along Warstone Lane to its meeting with Vyse Street at the Chamberlain Clock, erected in 1903.

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Looking down Ludgate Hill from the junction with Great Charles Street, with St. Paul’s Church in the background.

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JW Evans, a family silverware and plate factory which was in the heart of Birmingham’s jewelery quarter, was acquired by English Heritage in 2008 for the nation. Now restored so future generations can understand and appreciate a vital element of our industrial past. The picture is of workers from the early 1900s.

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JW Evans, a family silverware and plate factory which was in the heart of Birmingham’s jewelery quarter, was acquired by English Heritage in 2008 for the nation. Now restored so that future generations can understand and appreciate a vitally important element of our industrial past. The picture is of workers from the early 1900s.

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Factory photographed in 2009.

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Factory photographed in 2009.

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Factory photographed in 2009.

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Tom and Jack Bell, brothers who had partnerships that produced thousands of valuable rings.
Jack, standing, examines an old ring, while Tom uses a blowtorch to glue a new ring. January 20, 1973.

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Harry Brown, silversmith, in his workshop. January 1970.

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Trevor Cooper works at his 100-year-old bank in Birmingham’s Jewelery Quarter.
August 7, 1979.

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Platinum wire and strip are carefully weighed. February 26, 1951.

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A line of vintage cars drives through the Jewelery Quarter to mark the 100th anniversary of the Jewelery School, 12 May 1990.

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Stocks of gold jewelery are checked by Mr. Rex Joseph, of Nathan and Co., and Miss Ann Kent, of Moseley. November 24, 1967.

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Soho House was the home of industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton from 1766 to 1809. It was the favorite meeting place of the Lunar Society. The group of free-thinking scientists and industrialists included Joseph Priestley, Erasmus Darwin, Josiah Wedgwood, James Watt and William Withering.

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Mr. Clarence Smith, in his watch and repair shop of the A. Smith Shield Watch Company in Vyse Street. January 19, 1983.

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Jewelery Quarter watchmaker Ted Crawford in 1989.

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