New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

Georgian Christmas Tours at Soho House

Posted November 28th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

 Soho House will be open to the public for a series of special Georgian Christmas Tours. Tours last for one hour from 11am on the following dates: Wednesday 1st December Thursday 2nd December Wednesday 8th December Thursday 9th December Visitors will be able to see the house ...

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Buying Charity Christmas Cards – please use the links below

Posted November 21st, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Click on the image to go to Amazon Christmas is a great time to do something simple to help the Birmingham Conservation Trust. If you shop on Amazon and use the link in the top right hand corner of this website or any ...

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Lost villages

Posted November 18th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Imber Village from Wiltshire Heritage on flickr Ghost signs are quite a common urban feature – ghost villages though are more commonly thought of a rural. Acccording to the BBC,  publishers of  The Times Atlas of Britain is asking people to share their ...

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Facebook and donations and the wonderful Simon Hammond – thank you.

Posted November 18th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Simon Hammond is our hero of the month. Social media can have some curiously random benefits for charities.  earlier this week Simon Hammond asked facebook which charity he should support for his charity roulette. As I am wont to do I chucked a ...

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Pin a Piece of History

Posted November 14th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

History Pin is a website that acts as an archive of the world’s historical photographs and stories. The site uses Google Maps and Street View technology to allow you to layer old images onto modern Street View scenes, revealing a series of ...

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Free Heritage Event

Posted November 4th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

  Please see the poster above for information regarding the upcoming November 15th Free Heritage Event organised by the Heritage Lottery Fund, to be held at the Midlands Arts Centre ( MAC ). Are you interested in doing your own community heritage project , ...

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Played in Birmingham

Posted November 1st, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 1 Comment

Played in Birmingham will lead readers along a trail of fascinating locations and little known buildings, landscapes and waterscapes, in all corners of the city and its surrounds detailing the diverse sporting heritage that can be found in Birmingham. Birmingham possesses several ...

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