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I recently purchased the August and September 2014 edition of the British magazine,"Classic Arms & Militaria" at Barnes and Noble.Pages 52-5 features an article by Bill Harriman, a British historian. The article incudes an an interesting review of the development and demise of the Birmingham gun Quarter from the 17th,century to the present day. Of special interest to collectors is a across reference linking gun makers to their respective factory names.
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hello roy, sounds like a worthwhile and interesting article.i shall try and obtain a copy. best wishes mrwmartin
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Roy, that cross reference really sounds interesting. Did you see any surprises ? The article can be viewed here. Page 51 and forward. http://issuu.com/jojoii/docs/classic_arms___militaria_2014-08-09
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One of my major regrets is in the early 60s I worked in Birmingham and being interested in guns and their manufacture I visited what was left of Birminghams gun quarter on a number of occasions. I remember walking down Price street and Lower Loveday street where there were still two story buildings containing workshops and outside the entrance doors to the buildings where name plates one on top of the other each plate proclaiming who and what was their trade and the regret I never took any photographs of the name plates or the streets.
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damascus, I attend college and university in Birmingham during the 1950's and early 1960's. Over the past 50 years I visited Birmingham most years,always making a point of visiting the the Gun quarter, Powell's and Westley Richards. Fortunately I did take pictures of the Gun Quarter before and after the construction of the ring road that resulted in the destruction of majority of the buildings in gun quarter. For years it has been my intention to publish same but I never seem to find time to complete my research. Picture of the Birmingham gun quarter during its destruction can be found on the web site of the late Phyllis Nicklin, a researcher at Birmingham university.
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http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php/52519-Gun-Factory-Birmingham-May-2010Not shotguns as such but some pictures from inside the derelict Parker Hale factory taken by a member of a UK 'urban exploration' group. I was surprised by the amount of parts left and guess they were destined to be the cut away No.4 Enfields that showed the workings judging thy the red paint on the cut stocks .
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El Garro, those pictures are really something. thanks. Somewhat like the deserted Alaska gold mining towns a half century or more ago. Tools of the trades, bank statements, canned goods, ----all still in their last places of use. I wish I had pictures of that.
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Thanks Daryl, there are some links at the bottom of the page to other pages showing the gun works. While I'm not an urban explorer myself I've had a good look on the site. There are some stunning pics. There may be a link to North Wales hospital., it's close to where I live and it's a derelict asylum. That's how I stumbled onto 28 days later. Sorry for going off the thread a little.
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http://www.bsatrust.org/If you like the old factory pics this may be of interest aswell. Apologies if I seem to have hijacked the thread.
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