In the run up to my favourite time of year, Halloween, I have decided to do a few posts about haunted places in and around Birmingham! My first choice is the oldest pub in Birmingham, The Old Crown in Deritend. It is Grade ...
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Dear BCT Supporters, Our young friends at The News Team are collecting tokens from the Birmingham Mail to raise money for their work. TNT produces regular video news programmes for local schools and the Ladywood community. Children research stories, write scripts, film and ...
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For many, Elizabeth’s name is almost synonymous with the name Birmingham Conservation Trust and it’s strange that the time has arrived to say goodbye – but say goodbye we must as Elizabeth takes up an exciting new post as Project Manager at ...
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Fantastic post from Birmingham’s Georgian and Regency Streets blog as featured in The birmingham Daily Jenni Coles-Harris is the author. In 1750 a large town was surveyed, and a map drawn up. The map recorded 4,170 houses filled with about 23,688 people. This town ...
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I spent a few hours on Sunday 16th September volunteering at the Moseley Road Baths in Balsall Heath, and thought I would share my experience. I arrived at the baths at 1:30, and was immediately struck with how magnificent the building looked. I ...
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Civic Voice (an Alliance member) has just launched a new research project Protect our Place funded by English Heritage whose overall aim is to understand better the range and types of community action across England that protect and promote the historic environment. The ...
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Interested to know what the streets in Birmingham once looked like? British Pathé since the invention of the moving image in the 1890’s began to record every aspect of global culture and news for the cinema. The site contains over 3, 500 hours of ...
read moreHistoric Towns Forum conferences and seminars cover a broad range of topics addressing the latest issues that impact the historic environment. The events offer best practice guidance from experts and practitioners and a valuable opportunity to network with others working in the ...
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Last Sunday we welcomed over 130 people through the doors of historic Moseley Road Baths in Balsall Heath not to swim, but to enjoy and learn about the history of these Edwardian Grade II* public baths. Birmingham Conservation Trust worked with the Friends of Moseley Road ...
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We have been mentioning our friends at Tin Box in the last few blog posts, here are some details of their next production which will première at the MAC on 3rd October. Presenting…. NOT KNOWN AT THIS ADDRESS This is the second production from Tin Box, ...
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