Ormiston Education (Birmingham)

United Kingdom / England / Birmingham / Newhall Street, 144
 place with historical importance, charitable organization
Ormiston Education is a non-profit organisation, which aims to raise educational standards in schools. Previously they were situated on Caroline Street. Between 2010-2011 they moved here to the site of the now defunct Museum of Science and Industry.

144 Newhall Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B3 1RY

Tel: 0121 2365100
www.ormistoneducation.co.uk/

The site of this location was a silver electroplating factory belonging to George Richards Elkington, who was the first person to patent commercial electroplating.

Please see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Elkington

It was also here that his employee Alexander Parkes, invented the first man made plastics.
Please see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Parkes
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Museum,_Birmingham
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Coordinates:   52°29'0"N   1°54'23"W
This article was last modified 14 years ago