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The Buildings of Birmingham – Ben Waddington’s guided tours of Brum, are still going stong, he promises to may you say” “They haven’t knocked it all down!”.

Here’s the blurb…

Join your tour guide Ben Waddington on a fascinating journey through Birmingham’s history, looking at the often overlooked architectural history of the city. Two tours explore the city’s Industrial heritage (tour A) and the City Centre (tour B) Expect to encounter timber framed buildings, C18th beerhouses, richly ornate Victorian terracotta, ‘Birmingham Gothic’, Arts and Crafts and more.

Tour A starts in Old Square, Corporation Street, tour B starts outside the Town Hall entrance, both at Noon. This info also appears on the ticket, which you can buy from Central Library reception, by phoning 0121303 2323 or by visiting www.birminghamboxoffice.com . You can also pay on the day, but places are limited to 15 people per tour.

Upcoming Dates:

Sun 2nd December a
Fri 14th December b
Sat 22nd December a
Sun 30th December b

Tickets cost £5 (kids go free!) All tours start at noon and last about 90 minutes.

This entry was posted on Sunday, November 25th, 2007 at 1:02 pm by Jon Bounds and is filed under Birmingham, architecture, what's on. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.