This weekend the Staffordshire hoard returns to Birmingham. The Museum and Art gallery website says:
The Staffordshire Hoard attracted over 40,000 visitors to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery throughout its 19 day display in September and October last year and has attracted similar numbers at the Potteries Museum in Stoke on Trent with around 45,000 visitors [...]
Author Archives: Nick Booth
The Anglo Saxon hoard is coming back to Birmingham
March 9, 2010 – 6:21 pm
Some links for March 4th through to March 9th
March 9, 2010 – 2:07 pm
These are our links for March 4th through March 9th:
People’s history vitally restored | Kevin Morgan | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk – The Guardian reports on the revival of the Manchester People’s Museum: “Even the National Trust, which sometimes appears like a heritage version of the Countryside Alliance, has taken steps to acknowledge [...]
Links for February 21st through to March 2nd
March 2, 2010 – 6:00 pm
These are our links for February 21st through March 2nd:
MADE – Talking cities lecture series – “MADE’s thought provoking lecture series, supported by Cudos and Birmingham Architectural Association, kicks off on 11th March with a talk by Irena Bauman, Bauman Lyons Architects, entitled Happy Cities – Stitching the Disconnections”
Birmingham museum in frame for national [...]
Curzon Street Station 1953
February 20, 2010 – 11:37 pm
Thanks to Dave Harte I’ve just come across a series if images taken by Phyllis Nicklin but also available online. All from the archive of Birmingham University.
Some links for February 16th through to February 18th
February 19, 2010 – 2:30 pm
These are our links for February 16th through February 18th:
BBC News – National Trust may launch campaign to buy Abbey Road – The National Trust has confirmed that it may launch a campaign to buy the threatened Abbey Road Studios.The charity said in a statement that “if there is enough momentum, we may launch [...]
Jewellery Quarter Lobby launches
February 16, 2010 – 3:00 pm
A new lobby group has been launched in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham with this new website:
The site says:
The JQ Lobby is for people who are passionate about the future of the Jewellery Quarter!
It has been set up by representatives of the following groups as a forum to raise awareness of the changes in funding [...]
Some links for February 14th through to February 16th
February 16, 2010 – 10:00 am
These are our links for February 14th through February 16th:
National Trust | 2010 & beyond – “This strategy means nothing less than a cultural revolution for the Trust. It demands a new mindset and a new way of working.”
The Cadbury legacy – take a walk around historic Bournville | Culture24 – The website Culturre24 [...]
Heritage related things we have found on the web on February 13th.
February 13, 2010 – 10:00 pm
These are our links for February 13th:
The Georgian Group: ‘Free February’ on Twitter – The Georgian Group is saying thank you to its followers on Twitter by offering a year’s free membership of the Group to all those who follow it in February. Existing Twitter followers are as welcome to take up the offer as [...]
Do you have ideas for the best charitable use of Highbury Hall and the trust land?
January 24, 2010 – 7:40 pm
The Highbury Trust is calling on organisations to suggest new charitable uses of the Hall and land. Have you got ideas?
Electric Cinema in Birmingham is 100 years old this week.
December 29, 2009 – 6:19 pm
BBC news ran a good piece on the history of the Electric Cinema on Station Street in yesterday’s new bulletins. If you missed it you can watch it here.
Tom Lawes – who now owns the building - lists some of the key parts of the history on his website:
1909 On the 30th of December the [...]
