Nechells is a district ward in central Birmingham, England, whose population in 2011 was 33,957.
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18 Facts About Nechells
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Nechells became a densely populated area during the 19th century, with mass development of houses and factories taking place.
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Face of Nechells changed dramatically during the 1960s, with the decaying Victorian terraces being cleared and the area redeveloped with new houses and tower blocks.
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Development of high rise flats in Nechells had actually started in the 1950s, and it was the home of Birmingham's very first tower block - Queens Tower, on Great Francis Street - which was completed in 1954 and is still standing today.
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However, many of the tower blocks in the Nechells area were demolished in the 1990s to make way for new low rise private and rented housing.
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Nechells had fired an unloaded air pistol from the window of his house in Austin Street.
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Early evidence of industrial, or rather small-scale craft activity in Nechells is given on Tomlinson's 1758 map which shows a slitting mill used as a stage in the manufacture of nails situated at a point towards the northern end of what was to become Nechells Park Road.
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Later in the 20th century Nechells was chosen as the location of two gasworks, in Windsor Street and Nechells Place,.
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Nechells played a part in the development of the petrol-driven internal combustion motor car.
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Nechells had been created by two German Jewish refugees, Eric Weiss and Kossi Strauss, and specialized in the manufacture of fluxes and compounds used in the iron foundry industry.
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The median age of Nechells residents is 25 years as opposed to 32 years in Birmingham as a whole.
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Nechells is currently served by Heartlands Academy, the successor to Heartlands High School and Duddeston Manor School before that.
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Nechells is served by Duddeston railway station and Aston railway station.
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From 1856 to 1869, a station named "Bloomsbury and Nechells " was situated slightly to the north of the present Duddeston station.
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Nechells is home to Star City – a vast entertainment complex that houses shops, restaurants, a 22-lane bowling centre, a casino, a hotel and Vue Cinema which, with thirty screens, is one of the largest multiplexes in Europe.
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Villa Tavern pub at the junction of Nechells Park Road and Holborn Hill displays the date "1897" as the year in which it was built.
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Plans for baths to be constructed in the Nechells ward came about in 1900 when representatives from the ward pressured the council into providing public baths for the ward.
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Nechells ward is served by one Labour councillor, Lee Marsham.
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