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Lottery cash for Peaky Blinders police museum plan | Lottery cash for Peaky Blinders police museum plan |
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Plans for a police museum where criminals from the real Peaky Blinders gang were held have been awarded £145,000 in lottery money. | Plans for a police museum where criminals from the real Peaky Blinders gang were held have been awarded £145,000 in lottery money. |
West Midlands Police hopes to create a museum at a Victorian lock-up where the Birmingham criminals were held. | |
It has a collection of items including prisoner photographs and rare items of police uniform. | |
A final decision is to be made on a full award of £963,300 by the Heritage Lottery Fund . | A final decision is to be made on a full award of £963,300 by the Heritage Lottery Fund . |
A lock-up in the city dating back to the 1890s has been suggested as a possible site for the museum. | A lock-up in the city dating back to the 1890s has been suggested as a possible site for the museum. |
Heritage project manager Corinne Brazier said: "The Lock-Up is the perfect venue for the police museum, it is steeped in history and is where the real Peaky Blinders were held before they appeared in court. | Heritage project manager Corinne Brazier said: "The Lock-Up is the perfect venue for the police museum, it is steeped in history and is where the real Peaky Blinders were held before they appeared in court. |
"This funding will help us develop our plans over the next year to create a self-sustaining museum that becomes a real asset to the city." | "This funding will help us develop our plans over the next year to create a self-sustaining museum that becomes a real asset to the city." |
The lock-up formed part of Steelhouse Lane police station, which was called Birmingham Central before it closed last year. | The lock-up formed part of Steelhouse Lane police station, which was called Birmingham Central before it closed last year. |
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