An animated look at the people that worked from the Roundhouse (then known as Corporation Wharf) who were responsible for keeping the ‘The City of 1000 Trades’ ticking over.
These professions helped to form a bustling, industrial and progressive city, cleaning and lighting courtyards and streets, and paving roads in the late Victorian era.
This animation was originally created to be projected into the Roundhouse’s feature windows at night. But we thought it would be good to include it in the Closer look ’round trail.
Pickle Illustration – a Birmingham-based illustration company formed of Olivia Collins and Lauren Jefferis – created characterful illustrations focusing on four of the professions (lamplighters, stone breakers, blacksmiths and night soil workers) that were based at the Roundhouse in the late 1800s.
They handed the illustrations to animator Rosa Kennedy to bring their characters to life.
Pickle Illustration – a Birmingham-based illustration company formed of Olivia Collins and Lauren Jefferis – created characterful illustrations focusing on four of the professions (lamplighters, stone breakers, blacksmiths and night soil workers) that were based at the Roundhouse in the late 1800s.
They handed the illustrations to animator Rosa Kennedy to bring their characters to life.
This digital commission is funded as part of the Roundhouse Birmingham project by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and supported by the National Trust and Canal & River Trust.
