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The steel pen makers guide to the Jewellery Quarter – A Walking Tour

Pen Museum

Unit 3 The Argent Centre, 60 Frederick Street, Birmingham

Fri 11 Sept · 10:00

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On this walking tour you’ll hear about the industrialists who brought writing to the masses, about the man who bought the Rotten Park Estate who helped create Birmingham University and who started Lloyds Bank. You’ll hear how the Jewellery Quarter developed finishing the tour at the Pen Museum where you can make your own steel pen nib. The tour will take roughly one and a half hours and will include Pen Museum admission after the tour has finished. Please wear comfortable shoes and be mindful of the weather on the day of the tour. Our tours will go on in rain and other weather conditions. Tickets here

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Pen Museum

Unit 3 The Argent Centre, 60 Frederick Street, Birmingham