After Thirteen Years BCT bids a fond farewell to Director Elizabeth Perkins

Posted October 3rd, 2012 by Suzanne Carter with 3 Comments

 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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Exploring changes in Brum’s built environment over 100 years

Posted September 29th, 2012 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

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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My day volunteering for BCT at Moseley Road Baths

Posted September 27th, 2012 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

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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Protect our Place: Civic Voice nationwide survey

Posted September 24th, 2012 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

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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Video Film Archive of Birmingham – British Pathé

Posted September 24th, 2012 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

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 ...

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Historic Towns Forum brings you seminars on Practical Localism

Posted September 18th, 2012 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

Historic 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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A Mosey Down to Moseley Road Baths open afternoon

Posted September 18th, 2012 by Suzanne Carter with 1 Comment

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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Posted September 15th, 2012 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

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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The Big Give Quiz is back!

Posted September 12th, 2012 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Back in June the Big Give introduced a new unique online fundraising initiative ‘the Big Give Quiz’. From the success of the last quiz the Big Give Quiz is back and is taking place Wednesday 3rd October at 7.30pm. It’s a great ...

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Tin Box opened their ‘box of treats’ at Newman Brothers Coffin Fitting Works

Posted September 10th, 2012 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

On Saturday and Sunday Tin Box Theatre Company collaborated with us to entertain our visitors during Heritage Open Days.   Visitors were treated to the acoustic melodies of Ellie Chambers and David Gray, the guitar improvisations of Vidyaruci, read stories by poet and storyteller Matt ...

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