The Friday Photo: Ikon Gallery
I seem to have had a run of red brick buildings of late but I make no apology, to me they are the most beautiful of our city’s architecture. This week is no exception with my photo of the Ikon Gallery in ...
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Heritage & Philanthropy: turning public passion into pounds
This looks an interesting debate – the fourth in a series organised by the Heritage Alliance and it will be in Birmingham. Tuesday 24 June 2014 Austin Court, 80 Cambridge Street, Birmingham B1 2NP Heritage & Philanthropy: turning public passion into pounds Chairman: Loyd Grossman OBE FSA, Chairman of ...
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The Friday Photo – Kingsway Picture House
This week the Friday photo is the window of the old Kingsway Picture House – Cinema in Kings Heath. The Picture house is typical of the style built in the 1920s it later became a Bingo Hall from the 1980s. In 2011 ...
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Black Country Echoes – Walsall Reminiscence Day
Black Country Echoes – Walsall Reminiscence Day, Walsall Leather Museum, Littleton Street West, WS2 8EQ. 1.30pm, Tuesday 13 May 2014. Black Country Echoes in partnership with Walsall Leather Museum cordially invites you to attend a History Day of reminiscence, roundtable discussions and presentations. Companies featured on the day will ...
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Arts & crafts splendour: Winterbourne House & Botanical Gardens
Last Sunday volunteers and supporters of The Birmingham Conservation Trust were invited for a tour of Winterbourne House & Gardens which is situated in the University of Birmingham Campus. Winterbourne House is an Edwardian house built in 1903 for the Nettlefold family who were industrialists ...
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The Friday Photo: Singers Hill Synagogue
I have walked passed this beautiful building on numerous occasions and have kept telling myself I need to document it, and now I have! The Birmingham Hebrew Congregation (Singers Hill) Synagogue is a Grade II listed building built in 1856 by Henry ...
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The Friday Photo: Selfridges Building
This week we are paying homage to a much newer part of our Cities architectural heritage for the Friday photo and featuring the Selfridge building which opened in 2003 as part of a major development to the Bull Ring area of Birmingham. ...
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Listed Derelict Building to be refurbished in the Jewellery Quarter: The Standard Works
Glasshouse College is breathing life back into a derelict building in the Jewellery Quarter. The Standard Works in Vittoria Street, built in 1879 and grade II listed, has stood empty for the last two decades. The charity is setting up a specialist further ...
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Introducing a new member of the Coffin Works team
We are delighted that our Volunteer and Operations Manager for the Coffin Works, Marie Dufaud, has started with us at BCT. Marie will be leading on the set up of the Coffin Works; getting us ready for renting out units to tenants as well ...
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A Family Connection
Late 19th-century map showing Fleet Street. Caroline’s daughter, also called Caroline, lived briefly at number 3 Fleet Street in 1891, located near the corner of Newhall Street. Just a stone’s throw away, she may well have seen the construction of Newman Brothers, ...
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