Josiah Mason
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Josiah Mason
Image: © Adrian Bailey Taken: 4 Oct 2004
Visitors to Erdington arriving on the A452 Chester Road are greeted by "Old Joe", one of Birmingham's most famous industrialists and philanthropists. In the 1850s and 60s he spent a considerable part of his fortune on an orphanage and almshouses in Erdington.
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Image Location
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52.531588
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-1.825124