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CLIFTON CINEMA, WELLINGTON.Opened in 1937, the Clifton Cinema was owned by the Clifton Cinema Chain. The Clifton Cinema ...
04/12/2025

CLIFTON CINEMA, WELLINGTON.

Opened in 1937, the Clifton Cinema was owned by the Clifton Cinema Chain. The Clifton Cinema opened with 995 seats and 1 cinema screen.

Ernest Roberts was the Cinemas architect.

1981 saw the Clifton Cinema Chain close the cinema selling the building to Saverite Supermarkets.

1981 saw the cinema converted into a supermarket.

1999 saw Saverite Supermarkets sell the Clifton Cinema to Dunelm Fabrics, (Later Dunelm).

Dunelm closed the Clifton Cinema in 2012 after 75 years of the buildings history.

02/12/2025

🏫 WELLINGTON GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL, SHROPSHIRE 🏫

Opened in 1912, Wellington Girl's High School is Grade II Listed and was designed by architect Frank Hearn Shayler & Ridge.

Constructed of red brick with limestone dressings, the school was opened with a capacity of 125 girls and 125 boys, costing £7,741 to construct by builders Hughes & Stirling of Bootle.

1912 saw Ellen Brook Ross as the first Wellington Girls' High School's Headmistress, dating from 1908 to 1938.

1940 saw the boys moved to Wellington Boys' High School a new high school for boys.

1968 saw a name change for the school from the Wellington Girls High School to Wellington High School for Girls.

1975saw a merger between Wellington High School for Girls and Wellington Boys Grammar School, with the school building re-opening as the New College.

The college closed in 2018 following a merger between New College and Telford College of Arts and Technology after 106 years of schooling.

WELLINGTON GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL, SHROPSHIRE.Opened in 1912, Wellington Girl's High School is Grade II Listed and was desig...
30/11/2025

WELLINGTON GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL, SHROPSHIRE.

Opened in 1912, Wellington Girl's High School is Grade II Listed and was designed by architect Frank Hearn Shayler & Ridge.

Constructed of red brick with limestone dressings, the school was opened with a capacity of 125 girls and 125 boys, costing £7,741 to construct by builders Hughes & Stirling of Bootle.

1912 saw Ellen Brook Ross as the first Wellington Girls' High School's Headmistress, dating from 1908 to 1938.

1940 saw the boys moved to Wellington Boys' High School a new high school for boys.

1968 saw a name change for the school from the Wellington Girls High School to Wellington High School for Girls.

1975saw a merger between Wellington High School for Girls and Wellington Boys Grammar School, with the school building re-opening as the New College.

The college closed in 2018 following a merger between New College and Telford College of Arts and Technology after 106 years of schooling.

WEM WW2 GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, SHROPSHIRE.Opened in 1939, the WW2 Prisoner of War Camp in Wem was Camp Number 679 ...
27/11/2025

WEM WW2 GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, SHROPSHIRE.

Opened in 1939, the WW2 Prisoner of War Camp in Wem was Camp Number 679 and known as Aston Park WW2 POW Camp which held German POW’s during the Second World War.

Holding up to 1250 German soldiers the camp was constructed of Nissen Huts, with 35 prisoner huts, toilet blocks, officers mess, officers quarters and a recreational hut.

May 1st 1945 saw two German POW’s shot dead trying to escape the POW camp, Corporal Friedrich Wolter and Corporal Erich Wullenkord, the day after Adolf Hi**er killed himself.

Wem’s Prisoner of War camp closed at the end of the Second World War in 1945.

1945 the Ministry of Defence re-opened the POW Camp as a US Ordinance Depot for the US Military until 1949.

1949 saw the Ministry of Defence take full control of the Ordinance Depot from the US Military.

1974 saw the Ministry of Defence close the Ordinance Depot selling the land to the Aston Park owners, re- naming the camp to the Wem Industrial Estate.

1974 until 2025, the former German POW Camp, the POW huts are now rented to private businesses.

25/11/2025

I AM BACK! 📸 … a few weeks off holidaying from being behind the camera.

Now, where were we?….

HARBORNE VICTORIAN TOILET, BIRMINGHAM.Opened in 1880, Harborne Victorian toilets and male urinals constructed for the Bi...
18/11/2025

HARBORNE VICTORIAN TOILET, BIRMINGHAM.

Opened in 1880, Harborne Victorian toilets and male urinals constructed for the Birmingham Corporation (now Birmingham City Council).

Grade II Listed and constructed of cast iron, they were manufactured by Walter Macfarlane at their Saracen Foundry in Scotland.

Designed with a cast iron floral adamish pattern they are one of three Birmingham City designs used.

Birmingham City Council closed the toilets in 1989 after 109 years of being a male urinal.

GREAT BARR STREET VICTORIAN TOILET, BIRMINGHAM.Opened in 1880, Great Barr Street's Victorian toilets and male urinals co...
16/11/2025

GREAT BARR STREET VICTORIAN TOILET, BIRMINGHAM.

Opened in 1880, Great Barr Street's Victorian toilets and male urinals constructed for the Birmingham Corporation (now Birmingham City Council).

Grade II Listed and constructed of cast iron, they were manufactured by Walter Macfarlane at their Saracen Foundry in Scotland.

Designed with a cast iron floral adamish pattern they are one of three Birmingham City designs used.

Birmingham City Council closed the toilets in 1989 after 109 years of being a male urinal.

EDWARD ROAD VICTORIAN TOILETS, BIRMINGHAM.Opened in 1880, Edward Road's Victorian toilets and male urinals constructed f...
14/11/2025

EDWARD ROAD VICTORIAN TOILETS, BIRMINGHAM.

Opened in 1880, Edward Road's Victorian toilets and male urinals constructed for the Birmingham Corporation (now Birmingham City Council).

Grade II Listed and constructed of cast iron, they were manufactured by Walter Macfarlane at their Saracen Foundry in Scotland.

Designed with a cast iron floral adamish pattern, they are one of three Birmingham City designs used.

Birmingham City Council closed the toilets in 1989 after 109 years of being a male urinal.

SNOW HILL RAILWAY STATION VICTORIAN TOILETS, BIRMINGHAM.Opened in 1880, Snow Hill Railway Station’s Victorian toilets an...
09/11/2025

SNOW HILL RAILWAY STATION VICTORIAN TOILETS, BIRMINGHAM.

Opened in 1880, Snow Hill Railway Station’s Victorian toilets and male urinals constructed for the Birmingham Corporation (now Birmingham City Council).

Grade II Listed and constructed of cast iron, they were manufactured by Walter Macfarlane at their Saracen Foundry in Scotland.

Designed with a cast iron floral adamish pattern, they are one of three Birmingham City designs used.

Birmingham City Council closed the toilets in 1989 after 109 years of being a male urinal.

30/10/2025

🚽 SNOW HILL STATION VICTORIAN TOILETS, BIRMINGHAM. (Toilet Three/ Three). 🚽

Constructed in 1880, Snow Hill Station’s Victorian Toilets are located within the brick railway arches which used to house Snow Hill Station.

This Victorian structure was built for Birmingham’s third, second and even first class to use who visited the railway station.

Located next to the station entrance and built into the railway arches, there are two street entrances both showcasing the same architectural cast iron entrance way, built into the arches. Individuals in the 1880’s who travelled to and from the station would have ventured inside.

Today, of the three Victorian toilets featured this weekend, this toilet still bears the oi all ceramic 1880 male urinals along with the original brick work surrounds. The original green lead painted cast iron walls exist on either side of the street entrances.

These Victorian 1880 toilets closed in 1959, shortly before the closure of Snow Hill Station and the redevelopment.

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