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Walsall Central Library & Archives, formerly Walsall Central Library & Museum is on Lichfield Street. The public library opened in 1905. The museum closed for good in 2015.
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Outside of Walsall Central Library is the Memorial bust to John Henry Carless (1896 - 1917) by Robert Jackson. Was erected after WW1 in 1919. He was awarded the Victoria Cross after his death.
St Philip Church is on Beeches Road, West Bromwich, next to King George V Primary School. A Grade II listed building, was built in 1899-1900 to the designs of Wood and Kendrick.
Bilston Craft Gallery is at Mount Pleasant in Bilston, opened in 1937. Built by Frederick Harper on the site of Brueton House in 1905. Was a Girls' High School 1918-30.
Lodge Primary School is in West Bromwich on Oak Lane. Founded in 1903 as part of the Lodge Estate Schools.
King George V Primary School is near Dartmouth Park in West Bromwich. Founded in 1892 as part of the West Bromwich School Board Beeches Road Schools.
St Leonard's Church in Bilston, Wolverhampton, was built during 1825-26 in Bilston by Francis Goodwin. There is a clock tower on top.
Walsall Town Hall is on Leicester Street and dates to 1903 while Walsall Council House dates to 1902-05 on Tower Street. Both are Grade II listed buildings. Tower at Lichfield Street corner.
The Crossing at St Pauls is the alternate name for St Paul's Church, Walsall. Near St Paul's Bus Station. Built during 1892-3 by J.L. Pearson. A Grade II listed building.
Bath Street Gardens is the former Bath Street Burial Ground of 1756 - 1857. The gardens was refurbished in 2003. Also called Parkers Green Park. Near Barleyfields Row.
Old Union Mill was a former flour mill, built in 1810. Located on Grosvenor Street West, Ladywood (Westside BID), Grade II listed. Closed for many years, but opened as a car park from 2024.
Old Turn Junction is where the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal starts off the Birmingham Mainline Canal. It is by the Utilita Arena Birmingham, The Malt House and Brindleyplace.
Cambrian Wharf is where the original Brindley Canal spurred off the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, it originally ran down to behind Great Charles Street, now all gone.
This red brick building at 64 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham is occupied by a nightclub called Spearmint Rhino. The house dates to the early 19th century and is a Grade II listed building.
Harborne Hall is a gem of a Birmingham building, located in old Harborne Village on Old Church Road, near St Peter's Church. Dates to at least 1800. But was added to over the years.
A gem of a Grade II listed building located in Harborne is Bishops Croft. Off Old Church Road, now home of the Bishop of Birmingham. Dates to circa 1780. Was built for Thomas Green.
The Black Eagle Public House is a lovely traditional pub to be found in Soho.
Two civic buildings in Dudley. Dudley Town Hall is a Grade II* listed building, built from 1924-28. While Dudley Council House is Grade II listed built 1934-35.
Dudley Museum & Art Gallery was built during 1883-84 by Bateman and Corser of Birmingham, on the corner of St James's Road and Priory Street. Closed in 2016, Grade II listed 2022.
The Statue of the Earl of Dudley is on the bottom of Castle Street, near The Broadway in Dudley Town Centre. Grade II listed, dated to 1888 by C B Birch. Depicts William Ward, 1st Earl.
The statue of former Manchester United footballer Duncan Edwards (1936-58) at the Dudley Market Place. By James Butler, 1999, it was restored and relocated in 2015.
The Archives is on Tipton Road in Dudley near Black Country Living Museum. Dudley Museum at The Archives. Home of the Black Country Global Geopark Headquarters. Built 2012-14.
Acocks Green Baptist Church is on Yardley Road and Alexander Road in Acocks Green, Birmingham. The first building opened in 1903, followed by the main church in 1913, and the hall of 1924.
A former fire station on Alexander Road in Acocks Green, Birmingham. Built in 1921, closed in 1993. Later used as offices. Might be a private residence now.
Acocks Green Police Station was built on Yardley Road in Acocks Green, Birmingham in 1909. For the Worcestershire Police. West Midlands Police from 1974. Grade II listed building from 2019.
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