Our Friday Photo volunteer Tracey led a very enjoyable photo walk through Birmingham’s Eastside for our Supporters Group in November. She’s back with more opportunities to explore this part of our great city! Please see details below. Come along to join us for ...
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Exciting times for our friends at The Pen Museum who have recently published a book on the Birmingham Steel Pen Trade. DATE FOR YOUR DIARY! There will be a public launch at the Library of Birmingham on 1st March 2014 as part of the Cultures ...
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Happy New Year to all our followers! Here at BCT we’ve started the year very positively as we welcome to the team our first member of staff for the Coffin Works Project. Yesterday Sarah Hayes took up the post of Collections and Exhibitions ...
read moreAuthor Kate Mayfield visited Newman Brothers earlier in the year and she blogged about her visit in her Blog http://everycityisasmalltown.blogspot.co.uk/ Kate tells us in her latest blog about Newman Brothers that; “The Newman Brothers Coffin Fitting Works left such an impression upon me that I ...
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This year we ran our first open art competition! We were not sure how much interest we would generate, but in the end we had five fabulous people enter artwork; definitely a case of quality over quantity. We have picked 3 winners and ...
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We are delighted to be in a position to be recruiting again thanks to a Heritage Lottery Grant. This time we are looking to appoint a fundraising consultant to help the Trust develop and implement a business engagement strategy. The consultancy work forms the major ...
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We are delighted to welcome Helen Shute to our Board of Trustees. Helen started last month and brings with her a wealth of expertise in branding, marketing and membership (amongst other things, she is full of good advice!) so we are really ...
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Newman Brothers at the Coffin Works will be the Trust’s debut heritage attraction. You may remember the National Trust took on the ownership of our last major rescue project; the Birmingham Back to Backs. It is a tremendously exciting time for the Trust, ...
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Simon, Alistair and me! It’s fairly true to say that Newman Brothers Coffin Fitting Works first came to the public’s attention in 2003 when it was one of three buildings featured in the regional heats of the series ‘Restoration’, aired on BBC2 and ...
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