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Great Western pub sign - Bloye?

Hi Ellrbrown. Re {{Low|List of public art in Birmingham}}. Are you sure that the stone pub sign {{Low|:File:Great Western pub - Acocks Green, Birmingham - sculpture of a bird.jpg}} on the Great Western pub, Acocks Green is by William Bloye? I cannot find it so described anywhere on Google or the most likely book: ''Public Sculpture of Birmingham including Sutton Coldfield'' by George T. Noszlopy. Best wishes.   Oosoom Talk  ↗ 12:28, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi Oosoom, I didn't know anything about it when I took the photo 5 years ago! Hope Andy finds out about it! Ellrbrown (talk) 16:48, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
:Thanks. I suspect there is no information readily available.   Oosoom Talk  ↗ 17:35, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Birmingham artworks

Great work on the list! Thank you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits ↗ 22:17, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Andy! Some of the photos you uploaded to Wikimedia didn't have categories so I've added some. Also you uploaded a duplicate with the Bearwood Interchange. Ellrbrown (talk) 22:21, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

I'm not sure about adding Stourbridge though (as it is a bit far from the M5 / M6 / M42 boundary) Ellrbrown (talk) 22:25, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

I have now created:

List of public art in Sandwell ↗

List of public art in Solihull ↗

and can do the same for Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton when required. We already have List of public art in Coventry ↗. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits ↗ 14:40, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Andy. Think Dudley has a lot. Including what is in Stourbridge. Ellrbrown (talk) 17:02, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

If you created the Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton lists when you can, I could at least add the artworks that I've seen. Not been to Wolverhampton yet, but have got photos from Dudley, Stourbridge and Walsall. Ellrbrown (talk) 16:13, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
:List of public art in Walsall ↗. Will do the others later. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits ↗ 23:38, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Will look at them later. Might have to upload photos from my Flickr. (of Walsall, Coventry, Dudley and Stourbridge) Ellrbrown (talk) 09:13, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

:Also List of public art in Dudley ↗. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits ↗ 09:52, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

:Thanks again! Ellrbrown (talk) 14:06, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
::Feel free to set up the Wolverhampton list. No rush. Have visited the city centre at the weekend. Ellrbrown (talk) 23:23, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
::: Done: List of public art in Wolverhampton ↗. I look forward to seeing your pictures. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits ↗ 11:21, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
::::Thanks Andy! Still got to put the rest of them up on my Flickr first! Wolverhampton will include Wednesfield and Bilston. Ellrbrown (talk) 19:11, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Cop shops and listed buildings

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Police stations

Hi – I've just noticed the nomination for deletion of List of police stations in the West Midlands ↗ (which has been closed, and the article has been kept); just to let you know that yesterday when looking for something else I found the following report on the Historic England ↗ website: ''Police Stations of England 1850–1995 ↗''. There may be some useful material in there to expand the article. Cheers, Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 09:09, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

:I've just noticed your comment from two years ago. Thanks for the link. Most of the Police Stations in the West Midlands have been closed, some demolished, or sold. Some had or have housing built on those sites. The one in Sparkhill is now Bosnia House. Not sure if that would be useful. As of posting, CloudShare ↗ is down which is affecting Historic England ↗. Ellrbrown (talk) 14:18, 18 November 2025 (UTC)