June 5th, 2024
A geocaching day around Shirley, Birmingham
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Pipe Organ by Peter Conacher, 1884
St Peter’s Church Hall Green, Birmingham |
Church Warden Colin explains the stained glass
St Peter’s Church Hall Green, Birmingham |
Triangular Font
St Peter’s Church Hall Green, Birmingham |
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East Window (detail)
St Peter’s Church Hall Green, Birmingham |
'Feed my Sheep'
One of the largest East Windows in Birmingham designed by Tristan Ruhlmann, Alsace, France St Peter’s Church, Hall Green, Birmingham |
East Window (detail)
St Peter’s Church Hall Green, Birmingham |
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Clerestory Carpet Window
Depicting a Middle Eastern prayer-mat by Tristan Ruhlmann, Alsace, France St Peter’s Church, Hall Green, Birmingham |
'Nativity'
Lady Chapel Window by Tristan Ruhlmann, Alsace, France St Peter’s Church, Hall Green, Birmingham |
Clerestory Carpet Window
Depicting a Middle Eastern prayer-mat by Tristan Ruhlmann, Alsace, France St Peter’s Church, Hall Green, Birmingham |
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Clerestory Carpet Windows
Depicting Middle Eastern prayer-mats by Tristan Ruhlmann, Alsace, France. All windows by Tristan Ruhlmann were made in 1963 and 1970 St Peter’s Church, Hall Green,
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'Poppy Island'
18 giant poppies on the roundabout Stratford Road, Shirley Created by GRP Building Products and Architect SR Davis to commemorate the fallen soldiers of World War I |
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Commemorative Tree Avenue
62 trees were planted in 1929 dedicated to the men of Shirley that fell in WW1 Shirley Park, Birmingham |
Tortoise in the Childrens play area
Shirley Park, Birmingham |
Shirley Park, Birmingham
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Plain circular bowl font of Clipsham stone, 1969
Church of St James the Great Shirley, Birmingham |
Victorian Mosaic Reredos
by Powells, 1886 Church of St James the Great Shirley, Birmingham |
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1. 'Feeding the 5000'. In memory of Rev. C. Burd
d.1900. South Transept Window
2. 'Last Supper'. In memory of Thomas Piercy Chattock
d.1880 and Sarah Anne Chattock d.1911
of Warren House, Solihull Lodge 3. West Window, 1887 with St John the Evangelist
on the left and James the Great on the right
Church of St James the Great Shirley, Birmingham |
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1. 'Behold the Lamb of God', 1897
2. 'Melchizedek', in memory of John F.Swinburn,
d.1892
3. 'The word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us',
1897
4. 'Ruth and Boaz' In memory of Phoebe Thompson
d.1855 also Thomas Terry d.1868 and Elizabeth Terry d.1877. Window installed
1883
Church of St James the Great Shirley, Birmingham |
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Stations of the Cross
Church of St James the Great Shirley, Birmingham |
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