Unusual attractions in Midlands

  • old door lock

    The Lock Museum

    Posted on July 30, 2010 | No Comments
    A typical Victorian locksmith’s house and workshops in Willenhall, famous as the heart of the lock making industry since the industrial revolution. Experience the living and working conditions of a locksmith’s family around the turn of the last century. Lock making skills are demonstrated on...

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  • screen room - smallest cinema in the world

    World’s smallest cinema

    Posted on July 27, 2010 | 1 Comment
    ** Update: 29-08-11 Unfortunately this venue has now closed. I’ll keep the page here for reference ** The world’s smallest cinema, the “Screen Room” has only 21 seats! Tickets can be reserved by telephone or email. Reservations are held until 10mins before the screening. See...

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  • British Tattoo Museum

    British Tattoo Museum

    Posted on July 20, 2010 | No Comments
    One of the most important world institutions concerning the history of tattoo. The Oxford British Tattoo History Museum was founded by Lionel Ichner, a British tattooist who, in 1975, started collecting tattoo art objects that he had bought from an old shop in Oxford. He...

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  • Crooked House Pub

    Crooked House Pub

    Posted on July 19, 2010 | No Comments
    The Crooked house as it is now known was first built in 1765 as a farmhouse, it later became a public house called the Siden House (Siden being Black Country dialect for crooked). Its leaning effect is due o local mining in the 1800s when...

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Unusual, offbeat attractions and days out in the Midlands, England, UK

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