Our pride and joy; Pictures from our archives of the much-loved and newly restored Birmingham Town Hall.(Features)

From: Birmingham Mail (England) | Date: March 31, 2007 | Copyright information

SOON that grand old building the Town Hall will reopen after a pounds 35 million facelift.

So what better time to take a look back at one of Birmingham's best loved buildings?

We've delved deep into our archives to find some cracking pictures of the Town Hall in its heyday.

Opened in 1834, the Town Hall was heralded as as the finest music hall in the country. Over the decades it hosted major political, musical and social events events before closin...

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