IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Sydney Road, SMETHWICK, B67 5QG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Sydney Road, B67 5QG by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (11 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Details
Distance
2
Norman Road, Smethwick
Junction with Alexander Road.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 22 Aug 2019
0.08 miles
3
Georgian postbox on Norman Road
A classic cast-iron pillar box in Warley
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 2 Oct 2019
0.10 miles
4
George V postbox on Norman Road, Smethwick
Postbox No. B67 530.
See Image] for context.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 22 Aug 2019
0.12 miles
5
Norman Road, Smethwick
Showing position of Postbox No. B67 530.
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Image: © JThomas
Taken: 22 Aug 2019
0.13 miles
7
Warley Woods Methodist Church
This is located on Abbey Road (no, not the one with the famous zebra crossing, obviously) more or less opposite the junction with Barclay Road.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 2 Oct 2019
0.17 miles
8
OS benchmark - Warley Woods, by Abbey Junior School
Cut in 1956 and levelled at 201.759m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn, this mark is pretty much as good as the day it was created.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 2 Oct 2019
0.19 miles
9
Abbey Junior School, Warley Woods
A carved plaque high on the tower overlooking the main entrance at the far end tells us that the Abbey Road Schools here were built for the Oldbury Urban District Council in 1909, designed by William F Edwards, and erected by W Jackson.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 2 Oct 2019
0.21 miles
10
GKN War Memorial, Smethwick
Erected in 1924, designed by the architects Osborn, Pemberton and White and sculpted in bronze by Albert Toft. On each side is a plaque commemorating the employees of the company's factories in the Midlands who did not survive WWI. Guest Keen and Nettlefolds was a large engineering and manufacturing business, which can trace a history back to the late 1750s in South Wales. However it really became established around 1900 as an iron & steel producer Guest, Keen & Co in Dowlais, South Wales. Soon after, they acquired the Nettlefolds business in Smethwick to form the backbone of GKN, and had factories around the country shipping out nuts, bolts, screws, fasteners and the like all over the world; it has since diversified into crankshafts, wheels, chassis & other automotive engineering & parts, aerospace, power and specialist metallurgy. This memorial has plaques to the employees in Heath Street, Kings Norton, Imperial Mills, Stour Valley, London and St Georges - a total of 112 men. It was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101461776-guest-keen-and-nettlefolds-gkn-war-memorial-smethwick-ward#.XQ_gk-hKjcs & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1461776 in Jan 2019, but sadly vandalised in 2018, when the soldier's rifle was removed, along with the medallions which were taken from each of the wreaths. These were presumably melted down for scrap; some may say I'm being a bit harsh here, but my personal view is that hanging's too good for someone who'd do that.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 20 May 2019
0.22 miles