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In 1961 the building was opened as a pub and restaurant by Ansells Brewery, the tenants of West Bromwich corporation. [3] In 2009 The Manor House Pub and Restaurant closed. [4] In May 2010 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Sandwell reopened the building after some restoration under its original name Bromwich Hall. [4] [3]
Sandwell Council: The lions were previously at the entrance to Sawyers Restaurant, before later being moved to Burnt Tree Island before Tony Roper gifted them to Sandwell Council in 2002. [7] The lions were given a makeover in 2012 to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. [8]
A large collection of Ruskin Pottery is on public display at Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery, Wednesbury, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of the factory. The collection is owned by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and is managed by Sandwell Museum Service. The site of the factory is now an industrial estate, "Ruskin Place".
The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to the county's seven borough councils, including Sandwell, with some services provided through joint committees. [8] Since 2016 the council has been a member of the West Midlands Combined Authority, which has been led by the directly elected Mayor of the West Midlands since 2017 ...
The Stuckist show at Wednesbury, 2003. In 2003, the museum staged Stuck in Wednesbury, [9] the first show in a public gallery of the Stuckism international art movement. [10] Between July and December 2013, the museum hosted an exhibition of works by the international video artist, Bill Viola.
Brunswick Park is a public park in Wednesbury, in West Midlands, England, about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) east of the town centre. It is owned and operated by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council . It was opened in 1887, and is listed Grade II in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens .
Originally in the borough of West Bromwich, it was developed by West Bromwich council in the late 1920s and early 1930s to rehouse families from town centre slum clearances. It is situated approximately one mile to the east of Wednesbury town centre and two miles to the north of West Bromwich town centre.
The park and buildings are owned and managed by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. The estate, of which the Park was a central part, was built up by the Haden family over many hundreds of years. In 1877 it passed to George Alfred Haden Haden-Best (1839–1921) who built Haden Hill House and developed the parkland.