cradley heath

The Majestic Cinema, Cradley Heath Another from the archives. Visited with @WhoDaresWins and Callum who has been inactive for so long his account has gone. After a long day looking at a few bits around Birmingham, and failing at every single one, we were getting a bit low on morale. This was...

Explored with @Seffy & a user who's account is no longer active. Much thanks for @clebby for letting us know about this one. I certainly found it to have some redeeming features seeing as the auditorium is largely stripped out. Having had a quick read about the place I noticed photos and talk...

Cheers to @clebby and @mockney reject for their efforts on this one. This was the last derelict cinema in the West Midlands i had not been able to gain access to. Its one of those where you would access a part and think you were in only to find yet another barricaded door or dead end just...

The History The History of this place is a little odd. There’s a lot of misinformation as to what companies were based here and there appears to be a few variations on trading names. So far we have found :- Holtite lifting tackle Holt, Williams and Co., Ltd Preston Adams Isaiah Preston...

Couldn't find much info on this. Built in 1845 and closed in 2014 due to lack of funding for repairs. Scaffold has been erected since and it's being took down brick by brick and made into a garden area as it's surrounded by graveyard. I've never been much of church goer but stick me in a...

Couldn't find any history on the Jubilee Works site, or why it was called that. Shows it on Googlemaps as that. The last two company addresses on there are Holtite that specialise in cranes and lifting equipment and more famously Isaiah Preston anchor manufactures. Although manufacture appears...

This is the old Shakespear Forgings site, established here in 2002. It moved to it's new drop forging plant in 2007, a few miles down the road. I couldn't find any History on what the site was previous to that. http://www.shakespeareforgings.com/aboutus.aspx

Former Wesleyan Chapel built in 1904. Sorry, couldn't find any more information. The building isn't grade listed. WARNING.PIGEON POOP AND EGGS OFF THE SCALE, OH AND DEAD PIGEONS!! 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12)