Soho Foundry May 2007 - Image Ted Rudge Expect interesting developments over the next couple of years for Soho Foundy, a place which Simon Baddeley describes as “part of a Silicon Valley of the 18th century”. (The picture was taken by Ted ...
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One of Keith Berry This picture of the Jewellery Quarter in 1976 (yes just 30 years ago) is one of hundreds of extraordinary images you can browse online from Keith Berry. He describes the stash of images as: A selection of my ...
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Image from Kate&Drew If the Birmingham Flickr group is new to you then please click this link and have a browse. More than 500 professional and amateur photographers post their pics of the city on this website, with thousands of images to browse through. ...
read moreThe campaign to see VAT refunded for work on Listed buildings owned by charities is gathering pace. The Princes Regeneration Trust has just published a report by the New Economics Foundation proposing VAT relief for work on listed buildings owned by charities ...
read moreThe National Trust is looking for two new people to help them reach members of BME communities in the West Midlands. The four year “Whose Story” project will include work to involve a wider range of communities in contributing to ...
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Work will soon begin on cataloguing and storing the contents of Newman Brothers, a critical part of recording the story of the building and the business and preparing for building work. Hundreds of you have already had a chance to visit the building ...
read moreThe £35m re-working of the town hall is attracted some attention, especially from photographers using the internet website flickr to display their pics. The shot above is from focalplane, who says: (more…)
read moreWe can now share with you a response from the Heritage Lottery Fund to the news that the bill for the Olympics has risen to 9.35 billion. Their statements says: ‘This is bad news for the UK’s heritage’, comments Dame Liz Forgan, ...
read moreSo tell us, what effects will the doubling (or trebling if you include the new £2.7bn contingency fund) of the cost of the Olympics have on the ability of building preservation trusts and other community groups to keep on finding innovative new ...
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Our recent announcement of Advantage West Midlands’ decision to provide financial backing to progress work on Newman Brother’s coffin fittings factory in the Jewellery Quarter prompted some media interest. The Wolverhampton Express and Star made this video about the project (yes – newspapers ...
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