The Friday Photo – Digbeth Branch Canal
This weeks the Friday photo is taken down on the Digbeth Branch Canal just off Bordesley Street. Great walk all round this area to look at some of the old buildings from a once busy industrial area.
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#Going digital @CoffinWorks; Using technology to bring 1892 factory to life
BCT volunteers, bITjAM and TigerFeatures, pupils from Holyhead and James Brindley Schools Thanks to a successful AIM Biffa award last year we have been able to commission the creation of four different iPad tours of the factory and two films to enhance the ...
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The Friday Photo- Angel Drinking Fountain
I have walked passed this water fountain, mounted into one of the walls on the perimeter of the grounds of St Phillip’s cathedral, and thought it beautiful. I always wish that it was working and wonder what it would look like with ...
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We are recruiting for a volunteer to lend admin support to our Volunteering Programme
The office at J W Evans – ours is slightly tidier! Since we launched our volunteering programme almost 12 months ago we have recruited over 50 volunteers to work with us. It is without a doubt due to our wonderful volunteers that we can ...
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BCT seek more Education Volunteers to join the team as exciting learning programme develops!
Over the last six months we have been making real progress with developing our education programme at BCT. Our wonderful volunteers Kris and Rachel have been working with teachers from key stage 2 & 3 to devise and pilot classroom based sessions ...
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Will the Stirchley Baths HLF bid sink or swim?
The round 2 Heritage Lottery bid to restore the former Stirchley Baths and re-purpose it as a community ‘hub’ is due to be submitted by the 17 June. This poignant moment was marked on Saturday by over 200 people on the former ...
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The Friday Photo – Bordesley Railway Station
This weeks the Friday Photo is taken at Moor Street End of Bordesley Station which was built on a viaduct and opened in 1855. I found this just by chance whilst walking under the viaduct and then noticed the stairs leading up ...
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The Friday Photo – Sellotape
This weeks the Friday photo is a bit different – when we think heritage probably don’t think Sellotape? I saw this great old sellotape tin when visiting J W Evans a few weeks ago and really loved it. Interesting little timeline about the ...
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Win a private tour of The Coffin Works for family and friends; and support Jahyun’s research for BCT
We will be setting up a Supporters Group for BCT in the near future and Jahyun, who is on a six-month work placement with us from Warwick University, is currently doing some research into what we might offer to our supporters and ...
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Challenge for Ernst & Young Volunteers
A couple of months ago BCT staff and some of our inquisitive research volunteers went to the Erdington warehouse to look for the Newman Brothers business records. We couldn’t find some of the storage crates we were looking for as they ...
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