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 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 ...
It’s amazing to discover how many people are passionate about their local history and built heritage. Why is it that some of us are so bothered about old buildings when others would say that they are just bricks and mortar? Is it ...
read moreIf like me you sometimes sit at work/home/on the train, etc, etc with nothing much to do then you may be interested in the websites below. All of them have a link into either heritage, history and/or Birmingham and all are very ...
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In 2001 I inherited my grandpa’s retirement watch. I’d seen it at first as a piece of family history but realised on looking at the inscription on the back that it is a piece of Birmingham history too. The inscription engraved on ...
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