New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

Heritage Open Days 2007 – Salesman’s Bag Newman Brothers

Posted September 11th, 2007 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 1 Comment

Salesman's Bag - photo copyright Nick Booth Most of the 70,000 artefacts have now been catalogued and removed from Newman’s in preparation for buildings work. Some remain, including this samples bag.

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Is Stonehenge one of the new 7 Wonders?

Posted June 17th, 2007 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

English Heritage is urging us all to vote for Stonehenge in a global competition to define the new 7 Wonders of the World. The pyramids have been put through automatically, leaving 21 contenders including the Stature of Liberty and Sydney Opera ...

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A Visit to Soho Foundry

Posted June 2nd, 2007 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 2 Comments

Soho Foundry May 2007 - Image Ted Rudge Expect interesting developments over the next couple of years for Soho Foundy, a place which Simon Baddeley describes as “part of a Silicon Valley of the 18th century”. (The picture was taken by Ted ...

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Newman Brothers in the news

Posted March 13th, 2007 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Our recent announcement of Advantage West Midlands’ decision to provide financial backing to progress work on Newman Brother’s coffin fittings factory in the Jewellery Quarter prompted some media interest. The Wolverhampton Express and Star made this video about the project (yes – newspapers ...

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Gutted – Moseley Road Tram Depot Offices

Posted March 13th, 2007 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

[youtube]yv2Yxk5Eegg[/youtube] This video is well worth a few minutes of your time. In it Cllr Martin Mullaney (a fomer trustee of the Birmingham Conservation Trust) takes us on a tour of the Grade II Moseley Road Tram depot offices – now empty ...

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