Birmingham Gun Quarter

[edbear2]

Another interesting tale (with very tenuious links to airgunning), but worth a couple of mins IMHO;

http://www.oldguns.co.uk/william_tranter.html

[Arch.Stanton?]

...which after driving around side streets of modern concrete and under rail-lines , you suddenly stumble onto , down a straight lane to the main gate . It was like walking back in time , and despite being surrounded with hi buildings you do get some sense of the history and what the whole area would have been like .
There is not a lot to the Proof House buildings - two rows either side of a cobbled (from memory or is that nostalgia ) path , but it is a little gem to be appreciated - with sadness .