Photo: Tin Box Theatre Company taken by Birmingham Conservation Trust Fantastic news! Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £999,400 has been confirmed for Birmingham Conservation Trust to restore the Newman Brothers Coffin Works factory in the Jewellery Quarter. This is a massive step forward for ...
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July 2011 marks a 100 years since Winterbourne was featured in Country Life. “Winterbourne is another of the admirable houses which issue jointly from the taste of the Birmingham public and the skill of its architects.” Country Life July 1911. Winterbourne in Country Life ...
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The Friends of Key Hill and Warstone Lane Cemeteries was established in 2004 under the leadership of Pauline Roberts together with a small group of people who were concerned at the visible deterioration of the cemeteries and alarmed at the potential loss ...
read moreWe all know the story of the unearthing of the Staffordshire Hoard in 2009. A man with a metal detector makes an astounding discovery in a farmer’s field just outside of Lichfield in Staffordshire. With a collection of over 3,500 Anglo-Saxon items ...
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Find one of these in Birmingham on Saturday Can you find the four historical characters hidden within Birmingham City Centre? The historical treasure trail is based on the growing pastime of ‘geocaching’ – using sets of coordinates, you can use mobile internet or a ...
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WW1 trench will be re-created at The Festival of History English Heritage’s Festival of History returns to Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire on Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 July for a blockbuster weekend of clashing swords, epic battles and have-a-go fun for all the family. ...
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My passage through the Piccadilly Arcade is generally conducted at such a brisk pace as I dash to and from the station, my feet going at the pace of an egg whisk and my attention directed to such lofty thoughts such as ...
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We had a fantastic review here http://thegoodreview.co.uk/2011/06/stop-the-clocks-tin-box/#comment-911 The directors and performers brought our disused factory to life when they performed Stop the Clocks at the Coffin Fittings Works 10 days ago The reviewer, Natasha Trevenna said “It is the first artistic piece to suggest using the ...
read moreWhat an extraordinary piece of news that brings a smile to my face. Friends of Brandwood End, the charity we have been working with to find a viable way to restore the Chapels at Brandwood End Cemetery in Kings Heath has just ...
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Stop The Clocks in performance at the Coffin Fittings Works Audiences left the performances of Stop the Clocks at the Coffin Fittings Works last Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday in thoughtful and appreciative mood having been taken on a wonderful journey. Twitter was alive with ...
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