The listed co-ordinates will take you to the Tree of Life memorial near to the church
On this memorial you will find several numbers, you must use these to calculate the final co-ordinates as follows:
ABC = number of air raid alerts
DEFG = number of casualties
HIJK = number of people killed
Using these numbers you will be able to work out the final co-ordinates:
N52 28.CAF, W001 53.BBK
Please try to wedge the container in to it's hide when replacing so it is not visible
The Church:
This is one of the most ancient and contemporary buildings in Birmingham. Most of this Grade II listed church is from the nineteenth century. It was built in 1873 and is an example of gothic Victorian architecture, designed by Alfred Chatwin, from Birmingham, who also worked on the Houses of Parliament. But St Martin’s is much older than that. There has been a church on this site since 1290 and there may well have been a simple place of worship here even in Saxon times.
St Martin was a soldier. He was born in Hungary in 316 and never wanted to join the army but was obliged to by law. At the age of 18, he was posted to Amiens in France. One bitterly cold winter’s night he was riding through the city when he saw a half-naked beggar huddled against a wall. Martin was so moved by the sight that he cut his cloak with his sword and gave one half to the beggar. That night he had a dream in which Christ appeared to him as the beggar and thanked Martin for clothing him. In response, the young soldier got baptised. Later he was to leave the army to become a soldier of Christ, eventually becoming Bishop of Tours in France. St Martin is remembered today for his service to the poor.
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