The BBC reports today that the Former Moseley School of Art is on the Victorian Societies list of the 10 most endangered Victorian buildings in England and Wales. The BBC says: The list of 10 was drawn up using nominations from members of the ...
read moreThe last outing this year for Birmingham’s enchanting history bus: From the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Website.. 3rd October 2010 – 3rd October 2010 Travel through time on our free History Bus around some of Birmingham’s finest heritage sites. Please note that this is ...
read moreWe’ve just received this… Join Historian Ben Waddington on a tour of sights and buildings inspired by his article ‘Invisible Architecture’ from Issue One of Dirty Bristow. Register here http://invisiblearchitecture.eventbrite.com/ and pay your £5 when you get there. . He says: ...
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We owe a HUGE debt of gratitude to our wonderful volunteers who turned up this morning and gave us more than 100% effort. It was a mammoth task to clean up and prepare for our Open Day on Saturday, but Julian, Teresa, ...
read moreCome and visit us on Saturday September 11th and see inside the Coffin Fittings Works. We will be delighted to show you round, explain the processes of manufacture and tell you some of the stories of Newman Brothers. When we last opened, we had some ...
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One of the items in the Dutch Open Air Museum collection An item from the collection in the Dutch Open Air Museum We were contacted by Hans Piena, a Conservator at the National Dutch Open Air Museum. He has a crate of large stamped ...
read moreFrom The Stirrer: Members of the public have a chance to delve into Birmingham’s industrial past this month when a series of archaeological lectures reveal the findings of last year’s excavation works at the site of the new Library of ...
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J.R.R Tolkien is best known as the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings. It is believed that areas in Birmingham may have provided the inspiration for some of the settings in these works. Tolkien’s parents were both ...
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Can you think of any Victorian or Edwardian buildings in the Birmingham area which may be at risk? The Victorian Society is about to launch its annual appeal to find the nation’s most endangered historic buildings. Endangered can mean there are plans to ...
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Following on from a previous post about Project Brutal: the project now has a discussion forum, where the people interested in documenting the Central Library can chat. The forum can be found here. Photo credit: Martin Hartland
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