Sentinel, by Tim Tolkien, near the Jaguar works in Castle Bromwich, formerly the Spitfire factory Tim Tolkien is a British sculptor who has designed several monumental sculptures, including the award-winning Sentinel. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2404x1654, 457 KB) Sentinel is a 16m high sculpture by Tim Tolkien, installed upon a traffic island at the intersection of the main Chester Road and the entrance to the Castle Vale estate in Birmingham, England. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2404x1654, 457 KB) Sentinel is a 16m high sculpture by Tim Tolkien, installed upon a traffic island at the intersection of the main Chester Road and the entrance to the Castle Vale estate in Birmingham, England. ...
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Sentinel, by Tim Tolkien Sentinel (grid reference SP13789065) is a 16m high sculpture by Tim Tolkien, installed upon a traffic island at the intersection of the Chester Road and the A47 Fort Parkway at the entrance to the Castle Vale estate in Birmingham, England. ...
His other claim to fame is as the great-nephew of J. R. R. Tolkien, the famous author of the fantasy book The Lord of the Rings (Tim Tolkien is the son of Julian Tolkien, who is the son of Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien, who is the brother of J. R. R. Tolkien). Tim Tolkien has a wood carving and metal sculpture business at Cradley Heath, West Midlands. He is also a bass player and member of the band Klangstorm, founded in 1996. “Tolkien†redirects here. ...
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Cradley Heath is town in the Black Country, located in the south-west of the Sandwell metropolitan borough, England. ...
The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ...
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Sentinel Sentinel is Tolkien's most famous work to date. In 1996, he was appointed by CAN [( http://www.can-uk.co.uk)] who were awarded the contract to develop public art proposals for the estate using National Lottery money, as an artist in residence to help with regeneration of the Castle Vale estate in Birmingham. The following year, he consulted with residents about an art project for the entrance to the estate. They favoured a sculpture featuring Spitfires, reflecting the area's flying history. The large steel and aluminium Sentinel Spitfire sculpture was the result, showing three Spitfires peeling off up into the air in different directions. It was unveiled in October 2000, near the former factory which built them, by their former test pilot Alex Henshaw. Sentinel, by Tim Tolkien Sentinel (grid reference SP13789065) is a 16m high sculpture by Tim Tolkien, installed upon a traffic island at the intersection of the Chester Road and the A47 Fort Parkway at the entrance to the Castle Vale estate in Birmingham, England. ...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
A play here! sign outside a newsagent, incorporating the National Lotterys logo of a stylised hand with crossed fingers which emulates a smiling face. ...
Castle Vale is an area of the City of Birmingham, in England, originally created as an overspill housing estate in the 1960s. ...
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The Supermarine Spitfire was a British single-seat fighter, which was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries during the Second World War, and into the 1950s. ...
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Aluminum is a soft and lightweight metal with a dull silvery appearance, due to a thin layer of oxidation that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. ...
Sentinel, by Tim Tolkien Sentinel (grid reference SP13789065) is a 16m high sculpture by Tim Tolkien, installed upon a traffic island at the intersection of the Chester Road and the A47 Fort Parkway at the entrance to the Castle Vale estate in Birmingham, England. ...
Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Test pilots are aviators who fly new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated. ...
Alexander Adolphus Dumfries Henshaw MBE (7 November 1912 - 24 February 2007) was a British air racer in the 1930s and a test pilot for Vickers Armstrong in the Second World War. ...
Cedric Hardwicke Tolkien also sculpted a memorial to the actor Sir Cedric Hardwicke, at the latter's birthplace of Lye, West Midlands, for Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. The memorial takes the form of a giant filmstrip, the illuminated cut metal panels illustrating scenes from some of Sir Cedric's best-known roles, which include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Shape of Things to Come, and The Ghost of Frankenstein. It was unveiled in November 2005. Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke (February 19, 1893 - August 6, 1964) was a British actor. ...
Lye is a suburban area of the Black Country in England, between Halesowen and Stourbridge in Dudley Metropolitan Borough, West Midlands. ...
The Metropolitan borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ...
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1939 American monochrome motion picture. ...
The Ghost of Frankenstein (often referred to without the article The in the title), was an American horror film released in 1942. ...
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Ent His proposals for a 20-foot high statue of Treebeard, an Ent from The Lord of the Rings, to be erected on the Green at Moseley, near J. R. R. Tolkien's childhood home in Birmingham, have met with some controversy, but permission for its erection - scheduled for May 2007 - has been granted by Birmingham City Council. Treebeard or (Sindarin) Fangorn is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth. ...
For other uses, see ENT. Ents are a fictional race from J. R. R. Tolkiens fantasy world of Middle-earth. ...
Moseley village green Moseley is a suburb of Birmingham, England, located 2 miles to the south of the city centre. ...
Local Government History Most of Birmingham was historically a part of Warwickshire, though the modern city also includes villages and towns formerly in Staffordshire or Worcestershire. ...
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Lanchester Car Monument, on the site of the development of the first British petrol-engined car - James Watt's Mad Machine at Winson Green Metro station, Birmingham (supported by Eric Klein Velderman, Paula Woof and local school pupils) [1]
- The Lanchester Car Monument, Birmingham [2]
- Redesign of Lea Hall railway station, Birmingham (with Eric Klein Velderman; completed in 1998) [3]
- Mosaic at Menzies High School, Sandwell (with Eric Klein Velderman and pupils) [4]
- Sculpture at St.Nicholas School, Kenilworth (with pupils) [5]
- Dragonfly sculpture at Hembrook Infants and Junior school, Warwickshire (with Emma Dicks; completed May 2003) [6]
- Gateway, at Belle Vue Primary School, Stourbridge [7]
- Archway at Springhallow School, Ealing (with pupils) [8]
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 536 pixelsFull resolution (2428 × 1626 pixel, file size: 813 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Lanchester Car Monument, an open-air sculpture of the Stanhope Phaeton, or Lanchester motor car. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 536 pixelsFull resolution (2428 × 1626 pixel, file size: 813 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Lanchester Car Monument, an open-air sculpture of the Stanhope Phaeton, or Lanchester motor car. ...
James Watts Mad Machine is a set of sculptural railings and gates at Winson Green Metro station, Winson Green, Birmingham, England, designed by Tim Tolkien, supported by Eric Klein Velderman, Paula Woof and pupils at James Watt Infants and Junior Schools, with whose site it forms a boundary. ...
Winson Green Outer Circle tram stop is a tram stop in Winson Green, Birmingham England. ...
Lanchester Car Monument is an open-air sculpture, in the Bloomsbury, Heartlands, area of Birmingham, England, designed by Tim Tolkien, to commemorate the Lanchester Cars which were made in the city. ...
Lea Hall railway station is situated in the Lea Hall area east of the city of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Mosaic is the art of decoration with small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material. ...
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ...
Statistics Population: 22,582 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SP295715 Administration District: Warwick Shire county: Warwickshire Region: West Midlands Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Warwickshire Services Police force: Warwickshire Police Ambulance service: West Midlands Post office and telephone Post town: Kenilworth Postal district: CV8...
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A detailed map Stratford-upon-Avon Kenilworth Castle Warwickshire (pronounced // or //) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
, Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. ...
A triumphal arch is a structure in the shape of a monumental archway, usually built to celebrate a victory in war. ...
, Ealing is a town in the London Borough of Ealing. ...
Toyah He has also worked with the singer and television presenter, Toyah Willcox, designing her armour-like stage costumes and, in 2005, making a documentary film for BBC2, comparing New Zealand's successful exploitation of its movie-related J. R. R. Tolkien associations, with that of J.R.R.'s (and Toyah's) home town, Birmingham. A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ...
Toyah Ann Willcox (born 18 May 1958 in Kings Heath, Birmingham) is an English actress and singer. ...
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