John Bright was MP for Birmingham for over thirty years, from 1858 to his death in 1889. A relatively obscure figure now, he was a key reformist figure in the nineteenth century. An independent thinker, for the majority of his parliamentary career ...
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The big budget new BBC2 TV show Peaky Blinders, set in Birmingham after the First World War and focusing on a fearsome criminal gang in the Small Heath and Bordesley area, is currently creating what I understand media people call a ‘buzz’. The ...
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In searching for inspiration for my next blog, I decided to turn to my own Birmingham ancestry for inspiration. My fourth Great Grandfather, Enos Edwards was the Chief Engineer for the Birmingham Fire Office working from 1807 until his death in 1862. ...
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For this week’s Friday Photo, we thought that, as Birmingham is looking so Christmassy, we should join in. The Friday Photo was taken in Birmingham Cathedral (1715c) and features the Nativity. The glass is from one of four windows designed by Edward Burne ...
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Following the popular post on BCT facebook of the Victorian urinals in Digbeth we have been on the hunt for more! Here are are some photos of the Victorian Urinals that are still in use in Balsall Heath. Lets hope they stay ...
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Last month I listed in two posts the 10 most popular books bought by our supporters (if you buy through any of our Amazon links ( http://amzn.to/birminghamconserv ) on this site we get 5% of what you spend but you pay the ...
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For those interested in the wider ‘Brum” you may like to know that the area to the south of Birmingham called Northfield has its very own manor house. Once the home of the Cadbury family this very odd looking building actually has ...
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One of our fantastic Trustees, Nick Booth, who sadly will be leaving the Trust later in the year, has just won a major Big Society award for his work with social media surgeries. Run through his company Podnosh these free surgeries teach ...
read moreIt is not only in Birmingham that the fight to save old and important buildings goes on. See here – UNDERSHAW and spare a minute to think of how important Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is to our literary past. Would it then make ...
read moreIs it possible to recycle a building? I guess the answer is yes and in Birmingham we have many examples. A visit to the Birmingham Back-to-Backs will prove that not only can buildings be saved for the future, they can also be turned ...
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