Thursday Jan 29th at 2 pm at the Creation Centre ( ex Tram Depot) on the Moseley Road.
Our speaker will be Liz Palmer, on the Whittall Street Explosion.
Pursall and Phillips was a percussion cap factory located at 22 Whittall St in the heart of Birmingham’s Gun Quarter. On the 27th of September 1859 a huge explosion tore through Pursall and Phillips factory resulting in the death of 20 employees.