Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Charm Bracelet Trail is the work of well known award winning public artists Mick Thacker and Mark Renn whose artwork can also be seen at Warwickshire County Cricket Ground, Centro Information Points and many other sites. At the start of the trail, there is a padlock which, of course, forms an integral part of any charm bracelet. A shame about the spelling mistake.
00:21 The Key - The start of the trail
00:25 Silent Boots - In the 1890s plain clothes officers in the Jewellery Quarter were issued with "silent boots" to apprehend thieves.
00:29 Rip Van Winkle - Washington Irving's classic tale was written during his stay in the Jewellery Quarter, on the corner of Legge Lane and Frederick Street, in 1818
00:33 1832 200,000 Chartists - one of the largest public gatherings in 1832, to campaign for parliamentary reform
00:37 FA Cup - Designed and made in the Jewellery Quarter
00:41 Titanic's Whistles - Made by a Jewellery Quarter firm J Hudson Limited (Acme Whistles). They still manufacture these whistles on the original equipment today along with football's famous Acme Thunderer
00:45 Matthew Boulton - Commemorates Birmingham's famous industrialist.
00:49 Turkish Bath - Outside the Argent Centre; once the home of pen manufacturer WE Wiley who used recycled steam to operate a health club and Turkish baths
00:53 Assay Office - Commemorates Birmingham's famous Assay Office established since 1773 with their famous anchor symbol
00:57 His Nibs - Adjacent to the pen factory which went on to produce 75% of the world's steel pen nibs
01:01 Hockley Flyer - The Quarter's famous trade magazine still distributed by the magazine's editor and local historian Marie Haddleton
01:05 Shrapnel - One of the Jewellery Quarter's most famous badge making firms which was targeted by the Germans in WW2
01:09 Spitfires - Spitfire machine parts as well as commemorative medals for the war effort were made in the Jewellery Quarter
01:13 School of Jewellery - Commemorates Birmingham's internationally famous School of Jewellery opened in 1890
01:17 Peas Like Emeralds - Frederick Street was once the location for the Vittoria Restaurant which was a culinary landmark in the Jewellery Quarter for many years. The inaugural menu included 'small chickens properly cut and mounted and small new peas like emeralds
01:21 Charmberlain's Clock - The Jewellery Quarter's famous landmark clock erected in 1903 to commemorate Joseph Chamberlain's services abroad
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The Charm Bracelet Trail is the work of well known award winning public artists Mick Thacker and Mark Renn whose artwork can also be seen at Warwickshire County Cricket Ground, Centro Information Points and many other sites. At the start of the trail, there is a padlock which, of course, forms an integral part of any charm bracelet. A shame about the spelling mistake.
00:21 The Key - The start of the trail
00:25 Silent Boots - In the 1890s plain clothes officers in the Jewellery Quarter were issued with "silent boots" to apprehend thieves.
00:29 Rip Van Winkle - Washington Irving's classic tale was written during his stay in the Jewellery Quarter, on the corner of Legge Lane and Frederick Street, in 1818
00:33 1832 200,000 Chartists - one of the largest public gatherings in 1832, to campaign for parliamentary reform
00:37 FA Cup - Designed and made in the Jewellery Quarter
00:41 Titanic's Whistles - Made by a Jewellery Quarter firm J Hudson Limited (Acme Whistles). They still manufacture these whistles on the original equipment today along with football's famous Acme Thunderer
00:45 Matthew Boulton - Commemorates Birmingham's famous industrialist.
00:49 Turkish Bath - Outside the Argent Centre; once the home of pen manufacturer WE Wiley who used recycled steam to operate a health club and Turkish baths
00:53 Assay Office - Commemorates Birmingham's famous Assay Office established since 1773 with their famous anchor symbol
00:57 His Nibs - Adjacent to the pen factory which went on to produce 75% of the world's steel pen nibs
01:01 Hockley Flyer - The Quarter's famous trade magazine still distributed by the magazine's editor and local historian Marie Haddleton
01:05 Shrapnel - One of the Jewellery Quarter's most famous badge making firms which was targeted by the Germans in WW2
01:09 Spitfires - Spitfire machine parts as well as commemorative medals for the war effort were made in the Jewellery Quarter
01:13 School of Jewellery - Commemorates Birmingham's internationally famous School of Jewellery opened in 1890
01:17 Peas Like Emeralds - Frederick Street was once the location for the Vittoria Restaurant which was a culinary landmark in the Jewellery Quarter for many years. The inaugural menu included 'small chickens properly cut and mounted and small new peas like emeralds
01:21 Charmberlain's Clock - The Jewellery Quarter's famous landmark clock erected in 1903 to commemorate Joseph Chamberlain's services abroad
See here for more th.jewelleryquarter.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/pavement-trails.pdf
