New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

Boards and Branding at the Coffin Works

Posted October 1st, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with 1 Comment

You will have heard about the scaffolding going up at the Coffin Works, but have you seen our new panels? These will remain on the wooden shutter boards until opening next summer. For those of you who won’t naturally pass down Fleet ...

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They said yes!

Posted September 27th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

Great news today that the Heritage Lottery Fund said YES to the City Council’s application for funding and the project at Stirchley Baths can now go ahead! Birmingham Conservation Trust were commissioned to research and write the HLF Activity Plan which covers all ...

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Spending the AIM BIFFA Award!

Posted September 20th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with 2 Comments

I am really excited to update you on some of the wonderful things happening in preparation for opening Newman Brothers as a heritage attraction next summer. So much going on!!   Thanks to an AIM Biffa award, which is part of the National Heritage Landmarks Scheme, we have commissioned ...

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Coffin Works Latest: Don’t miss the talk!

Posted September 18th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with 2 Comments

On Tuesday 1st October  Birmingham Conservation Trust Director Simon Buteux will be giving a talk on the latest developments at the Coffin Works. The talk, entitled “A mercantile Marie Celeste”, will be take place at the Birmingham and Midland Institute on Margaret Street ...

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“Lovely to see live history. Means much more than just talking or reading about it”

Posted September 18th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

BCT Director, receiving our visitors for HODs 2013 Well, Heritage Open Days are over for another year and I hope you got a chance to explore the city – or indeed another town or city – as part of this year’s annual free ...

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Voices of the Old Print Works

Posted September 16th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

  Yesterday a new exciting exhibition launched called Voices of The Old Print Works in Balsall Heath, opposite the magnificent Moseley Road Baths. It is the result of a small Heritage Lottery Fund grant which collected oral histories from people who worked at the Old Print Works. ...

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Architects Accredited in Building Conservation Autumn Conference

Posted September 12th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

Birmingham Town Hall is the case study at this year’s AABC conference and AGM – so architects from across the UK will be heading to our brilliant city to see conservation in action. if you are interested; here are some details: Following two ...

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Heritage Open Days is here!

Posted September 11th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

With this year Heritage Open Days starting tomorrow I thought I would share these two excellent promotional videos to get you in the mood! Over the summer the HODs team in London having been working in partnership with Met Film School to commission ...

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Introducing Laira Piccinato and Joe Turner!

Posted August 22nd, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with 1 Comment

We’re in the Rose Villa Pub in the JQ with Suzanne, Development Officer for the trust (having hijacked her log-in!)… Just doing some WordPress training. Here’s a bit about us… Joe: I’m a town planner from Stirchley, very interested in the heritage of Birmingham, ...

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Death in Judaism. Part III in a series exploring the funerary traditions of different faiths

Posted August 21st, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with 2 Comments

Our volunteer feature writer Sairah is back with a new feature on Death! This time she has been researching death and mourning traditions in Judaism. Previous articles have been on Death in Islam and Death in Christianity. We asked Sairah to do this ...

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