Bright - Lighting the Sentinels
Over the period from November 2001 to January 2002 the Sentinels on Holloway Head were lit up at night. The amazing light display of the two blocks is shown in this photograph taken on the launch night ...
Cleveland and Clydesdale Towers - Angela Maloney
Beautiful cloudy sky between the two "Sentinels" on Holloway Head.
Holloway Circus
This island lies between Holloway Head, The Horsefair and Smallbrook Queensway. It contains a mosaic of The Horsefair in its heyday and a plaque to Councillor Thomas for whom the Thomas Gardens on the ...
Holloway Head
Holloway Head is to the bottom right of the photograph, the twin tower blocks of The Sentinels clearly visible. Other familiar Birmingham locations are there to be seen too such as The Central Library, ...
Lee Bank sports ground
The sports ground at Lee Bank off Holloway Head seen not long after it was nearly finished. Nearly finished because the developers at this time were struggling to get the last occupant out of the building ...
Nature and Tower Blocks - Angela Maloney
A collection of photographs by local artist Angela Maloney contrasting tower blocks with nature. Angela has a website featuring her wonderful paintings at www.angelamaloney.co.uk. This image is of the ...
St Catherine of Siena
The church in 1979 with the Sentinels tower blocks (Clydesdale and Cleveland) looming behind. The church offered mass for the first time on 20th December 1964 and was a replacement for the demolished ...
St Catherines and the Sentinels
St Catherine of Siena. This Roman Catholic Church was "opened" in 1964 and replaced the old Victorian St Catherine's which stood further up towards Holloway Circus. A celebrated priest at the church was ...
The Sentinels
View of Cleveland (left) and Clydesdale (right) Towers taken in 1971 which was the year of their completion. It is difficult now to imagine Birmingham without these on the skyline.
The Sentinels, Holloway Circus, Lee Bank
In April 1970 the view down Holloway Head, Lee Bank, shows the Sentinels - Cleveland and Clydesdale Towers. These matching 32-storey towers were designed by James A. Roberts in association with the City ...
West Park area
Prior to the building of the West Park, this is the construction site area. To the distant left is St Thomas's Church, to the middle distance are Cleveland and Clydesdale Towers (The Sentinels) on Holloway ...