In 2001 I inherited my grandpa’s retirement watch. I’d seen it at first as a piece of family history but realised on looking at the inscription on the back that it is a piece of Birmingham history too. The inscription engraved on ...
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With Panto season upon us it seemed fitting to look at Birmingham’s theatre heritage.
The era of theatre building took place from the 1880s to World War I, where over 1000 professional theatres were operating in Britain at this time. One of the ...
During the summer months I started to look into historic hospital buildings and during this time I came across ‘Urban Explorers’. They are a community of people who are dedicated to historic buildings and decay. They like to look around and take ...
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The Friends of Key Hill and Warstone Lane Cemeteries was established in 2004 under the leadership of Pauline Roberts together with a small group of people who were concerned at the visible deterioration of the cemeteries and alarmed at the potential loss ...
read moreEnglish Heritage has launched a project to find out how much of the country’s industrial heritage is at risk of neglect, decay or even demolition, and to raise the debate about what needs saving and how. In October this year it will ...
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