Friday Photo: Belmont Factory Works

Posted January 23rd, 2015 by Ellie Gill with No Comments

Todays Friday photo is of the fire damaged Belmont Factory Works on Cardigan Street. It features the shaped gable and arched windows to the west side of the building. Currently little more than a shell, It was built in 1899 as the ...

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Newman Brothers commemorates the 50th anniversary of the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill

Posted January 12th, 2015 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

The funeral of Sir Winston Churchill, the largest state funeral that had ever been mounted, took place on 30th January 1965.  The nation mourned the death of the man who had led Britain to victory in the Second World War and who ...

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Ladywood 1914-1918 Exhibition

Posted January 6th, 2015 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

Ladywood History Group are holding a WWI exhibition this weekend – here are details from Norman Bartlam: Why not start your new year by visiting our World War I exhibition? It will be hell, er, held on Saturday 10 January and Sunday 11 January ...

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Friday Photo: Beacon Hill Toposcope

Posted January 2nd, 2015 by Ellie Gill with No Comments

Todays Friday photo (and the first of 2015!) is of  the toposcope and view from Beacon Hill in Lickey Hills Country Park. The hill rises to a height of 297m above sea level and the toposcope disc is engraved with the distances of key features that ...

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Tercentenary Events at Birmingham Cathedral

Posted December 18th, 2014 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

Wow! Next year will be an exciting one for Birmingham Cathedral – which reaches a ripe old milestone age!   Here is their events brochure, so much to do – including booking onto a talk on Medieval Birmingham by our very own Sarah Hayes in ...

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The Library of Birmingham – Guest Blog by Joe Plommer

Posted December 16th, 2014 by Suzanne Carter with 1 Comment

Thank you to Joe for sending us this thought-provoking blog on a very topical issue for us here in Birmingham at the moment. About Joe Plommer I’m a London-based photojournalist who visited Birmingham a year ago to photograph the new library and its predecessor. ...

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Friday Photo: The Craven Arms

Posted December 12th, 2014 by Ellie Gill with No Comments

Today’s Friday photo is the facade of the Craven Arms public house on Upper Gough Street in the city centre. It was designed by Arthur Edwards around 1906 for the Birmingham brewery Holders Ale, I love the contrast of the gold and ...

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Friday Photo: Fox and Grapes Pub

Posted November 28th, 2014 by Anne-Marie Hayes with 7 Comments

Although this has appeared as a Friday photo before, I want to draw attention to a building currently at risk. The Fox and Grapes Pub is one of Birmingham’s oldest public houses, and sadly now at threat, due to proposed demolition plans ...

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Friday Photo: The Golden Lion Inn

Posted November 21st, 2014 by Ellie Gill with 3 Comments

Todays photo is the rather sad looking Golden Lion Inn, it is a Grade II listed building and currently stands (just about!) in Cannon Hill Park. The Golden Lion Inn was built in the early 16th century on Deritend high street and ...

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Join us as we decorate the tree for our first Christmas at Newman Brothers since the museum reopened!

Posted November 20th, 2014 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

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