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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J.W. Evans Silver Factory in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter contains over a 100 years of history, a silverware factory founded in 1881 by Jenkin Evans and remained with the Evans family for four generations. Last month myself and other volunteers from BCT were ...
read moreI’ve had an interest in Timber Framed buildings ever since I set eyes on the Merchants House at Avoncroft Museum in my home town of Bromsgrove. There is just something so organic about the feel of these old places; altogether historic and ...
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It has been a while since I wrote my last confessions piece. I tend to write these when I’ve either been camping out at The Coffin Works for a few days in succession or haven’t been near a desk in a while! This time ...
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Great day at Stirchley Library and outside the baths today; collecting hands, community support and ideas about how we present ‘the heritage of the baths’ to people. Amazing turnout! We estimate we engaged with over 200 people – and a huge thanks ...
read moreNot a Brum building at risk, but here is a really interesting piece in the London Standard, highlighted by Lucie from the Architectural Heritage Fund, on a community who uses the law to rescue their local pub from a change of use ...
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West Midlands Historic Buildings Trust – annual seminar 2013 Discovering, Recording and Conserving: 20th Century Heritage in the West Midlands Dudley Zoo, 18th April 2013 Over the last 20 years there has been increased interest in conserving the heritage of the 20th century. However the ...
read moreInteresting article in the Birmingham Post this week about the 50th anniversary of the retirement of Sir Herbert Manzoni, City Engineer and Surveyor of Birmingham, who has been described as bringing “more damage to the city than the Luftwaffe could only ever dream ...
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Do you really know Birmingham? Discover something new about Birmingham at the Birmingham Architecture Festival taking place over the bank holiday weekend of May 24th – 27th. The theme for the festival is “Take a Second Look”. Over the weekend a range of events ...
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I have been volunteering at the Back to Back houses in Hurst Street for almost a year now and decided it would be nice to share a little about my experience so far. The Back to Back houses were originally restored by the ...
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