New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

A history of children’s lives in Birmingham – exhibition and two blogs.

Posted April 30th, 2012 by nickbooth with No Comments

You might know that there’s an exhibition on children’s lives in Birmingham since the 18th century at the Gas Hall at the moment (go here for opening hours and prices).
You might have missed a couple of blogs worth checking, one from the ...

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National Trust launch `50 things to do before you turn 11 and three quarters’

Posted April 24th, 2012 by Barbara Nomikos

Have you ever caught a crab, gone wild swimming or rolled down a really big hill? (more…)

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Elizabeth reunited with historic Wallpaper at the Birmingham Back to Backs!

Posted April 16th, 2012 by Barbara Nomikos with No Comments

Elizabeth Perkins, the Director here at the Conservation Trust,  has finally been reunited with the wallpaper that she stripped of the walls of the Back-to-Back houses in Birmingham  8 years ago!  The back to backs are run by the National trust, but ...

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Not So Elementary…………

Posted March 31st, 2012 by Leigh Walker with No Comments

It 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 ...

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Recycling on a Grand Scale

Posted March 22nd, 2012 by Leigh Walker with No Comments

Is 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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