These are our links for April 19th through April 25th: 1940 Britain's Finest Hour – 1940 was Britain’s first full year of war. It was not only the year that the country’s very existence was threatened, it was also – as Churchill ...
read moreThis is a video of Birmingham’s poet laureate visiting tea takers at Blakesley Hall – the 16th century home of Birmingham merchant Richard Smalbroke. Their family legacy lives on in this Tudor half-timber wattle and daub farmhouse and in the concrete glory ...
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Public Sculpture Trails Birmingham’s historical features that contribute to the city’s quality and character are most obvious in its built heritage. However, aspects of Birmingham’s heritage are represented through the associations with historical people and events, literature and with art. Birmingham is rich ...
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Click for more info Homes fit for Heroes is a remarkable collection of wartime photographs of domestic life in Birmingham. Bill Brandt was commissioned by the Bournville Village Trust to record life in the cramped and often squalid Back to Backs in which ...
read moreThese are our links for April 2nd through April 15th: Aston Hall in frame for awards double | birminghamnewsroom.com – Aston Hall is in the frame for two prestigious awards less than a year after the completion of a £12.5 million revamp. ...
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Prof John Worthington, Building Futures Thurs 15 April 6.30pm Birmingham Conservatoire CUDOS and MADE* are proud to present the second in a series of thought provoking lectures, by Prof John Worthington, Co-founder of DEGW, chair of CABE’s Building Futures, Deputy Chair for Regeneration ...
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Ghost sign on the Stratford Road. Photographed by Caroline Bunford, image courtesy of The History of Advertsing Trust Something that has always fascinated me are the faded, years old painted adverts one can occasionally spot on the sides of buildings. Some are more obvious, ...
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Click the image to go to Amazon If you are interested in the Buildings of Birmingham then the Pevsner Architectural Guide to Birmingham by Andy Foster is THE book you need. I’ve already bought two – one to give to a friend. I sometimes ...
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Birmingham Council Boundary Changes 1838 to 1931 Sometimes you spot some things that are surprisingly mundane and interesting. This map charting the growth of Birmingham’s local authority to 1938 fits into that category and comes from the website www.british-history.ac.uk and the 1964 book ...
read moreThese are our history related links for April 1st from 09:08 to 11:22: Some will be about Birmingham heritage others wont: Recession-busting lottery boom adds millions to heritage fund | UK news | The Guardian – “The nation’s attempt to gamble ...
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