The Friday Photo: Victoria Square
Victoria Square is a fantastic hive of activity at this time of year and I would like to wish you a wonderful festive season, whether you celebrate Christmas or not.
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The Newman Brothers Coffin Works Factory at its 5th month of refurbishment
Photographs 1 & 2 – Part of a broader sequence of images showing the restoration of each room taking place over time. Photograph 3 – Windows being restored internally. Photographs credit: Jane Baker A lot has changed since I was last on site. The Newman ...
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The Friday Photo: Christchurch Passage
Christchurch Passage, that runs from Waterloo Street to New Street along side Victoria Square, is the only clue that a church existed there. Christchurch was opened in 1805 and was built to cater for the ever expanding population in the city. Church ...
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Guillotine Gem.
Wandering down the canal as you do I came across this interesting Stop Lock, I realised that it resembled the threatening French guillotine. After some research I found out that the guillotine styled stop lock is the only one of its kind on ...
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The Friday Photo: BT Tower
The BT tower is a dominant and familiar presence in the Birmingham skyline. Built in 1965, the building is our tallest. When it was built it was known as the GPO tower and then after that the Post Office tower. The tower ...
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The Friday Photo: Sutton Park
Not a building or a monument, Sutton Park is still a historic treasure. The largest urban park in Europe, Sutton Park’s history can be traced back at least to Roman times and there is a Roman road running through it that dates ...
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Shopping online this Christmas? Support BCT through Spend & Raise
I know its only October but I’m going to mention the ‘C’ word, well it is only 65 days until Christmas! No doubt many of you will be getting yourselves organised and will be starting (if not already!) your Christmas shopping. I ...
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The Friday Photo: Queen Victoria statue
Victoria Square was named in honour of Queen Victoria in 1901. The square had been called the catchy ‘Council House Square’ before this point. The statue was unveiled on January 10th 1901, twelve days before Queen Victoria’s death, and was created by ...
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Newman Brothers Coffin Fitting Works – Refurbishment
Mid October and the FWA construction team has just received permission to carry on with the renovation of the pitched (felted) roof of the 19th century wing to make it permanently watertight and safe. In order to put on a new roof, the ...
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The Friday Photo: BMAG Stair Rail
I was walking past the museum and art gallery a few weeks ago and just ‘saw’ this image and was really excited and pleased by the photo it produced. One of my favourite places to visit in Birmingham, the Birmingham Museum and ...
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