The Black Country Dying Museum
@bcdyingmuseum
The BCDM is a virtual museum enjoying history, art and the natural world in the Midlands . All photos by the BCDM.
I will never be a truant, love, Till I have learned thy language; for thy tongue Makes Welsh as sweet as ditties highly penned, Sung by a fair queen in a summer’s bower, With ravishing division, to her lute. Henry IV, Part 1 - Act 3, scene 1 #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday 1/2
St Mary, Warwick. #flowersonfriday #sundaystonework
St Mary Magdalene Croome. #adoorablethursday #dailydoor
St George's church Kidderminster. #thursgate #lovegates #ironworkthursday
Ladies, you deserve To have a temple built you.. Church of St James, Birmingham Coriolanus - Act 5, scene 3 Glass by the Camm Studio Smethwick. #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday
14th century wooden screen at St Andrew's church, Clifton Campville. #screensaturday #woodensday
St Michael and all Angels, Martin Hussingtree. #steeplesaturday
St Margaret of Antioch Hasbury. Glass by Albert Lemmon 1935. #stainedglass #stmargaret #feastday #saintsday
All hope is gone Unless you have the grace by your fair prayer.. Measure for Measure - Act 1, scene 4 St Barnabas church, Franche. #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday
14th century misericord at Clifton Campville. #woodensday #woodcarving
For Black Country Day, Joseph Backler painted glass 1821 at St Thomas &, St Luke Dudley. #blackcountryday #stainedglass
St Andrew's church, Temple Grafton. Frederick Preedy 1875. #steeplesaturday
When, like the bee, tolling from every flower The virtuous sweets, Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey, We bring it to the hive and, like the bees, Are murdered for our pains. Henry IV Hardman glass at St Ambrose Kidderminster. #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday
All Saints Church in Kings Heath. Frederick Preedy 1860s. #steeplesaturday
St Ambrose Kidderminster. 19th century font and carved wooden cover. #fontsonfriday
St Michael and all Angels Chirbury. #adoorablethursday #dailydoor
Sir, as I have a soul, she is an angel.. Henry VIII - Act 4, scene 1 Stained glass of Dorothy Wyndlow Pattinson (Sister Dora) at St Paul's church in Walsall by Arthur Joseph Dix 1903. #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday
St Lawrence church in Darlaston 1871-2 by Archibald Brevitt. #steeplesaturday
St Bartholomew Penn. Carved wooden screen by Charles Ponting 1915. #screensaturday #woodensday
Victorian font at St Nicholas church, Kemerton. #fontsonfriday #flowersonfriday
1930s Lych gate at St Mary Magdalene church, Himbleton. #thursgate #lovegates
15th century fire breathing dragons at St Faith's church Overbury. #woodensday
St James Oddingley, 17th century tower. #towertuesday
’Tis thought the old man and his sons were angels.. Cymbeline - Act 5, scene 3 Glass by Edward Burne Jones 1860s at All Saints Selsey. #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday
St George's church Kidderminster. By Francis Goodwin 1820s. #steeplesaturday