The history, culture, development & regeneration of Birmingham, UK
Selly Oak
Selly Oak
Selly Oak Hospital / King’s Norton Union Workhouse – Selly Oak
Selly Oak Hospital, due for closure in 2010, was originally developed in 1870 as King’s Norton Union Workhouse, on Raddlebarn Road, by King’s Norton Poor Law Union.
Birmingham Battery & Metal Co – Selly Oak
The Birmingham Battery & Metal Co opened a new rolling mill in Selly Oak in 1871 to equip them for their new venture into rolling and tube production. Incidentally, to dispel a popularly held local misconception, the company did not make ‘batteries’: ‘battery’ was a term for hammering, or battering, ingots of metal into various […]
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