The Friday Photo: The Garrison
This week the cast of the BBC Peaky Blinders were back in Brum at the preview of the second series. One of the great things about the drama series despite not much of it being filmed in Birmingham is that it has ...
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The Friday Photo: Water Orton Bridge
Today’s Friday Photo is of a Scheduled Ancient Monument on the outskirts of Birmingham, marking the physical boundary between Sutton Coldfield and Warwickshire. Known locally as the Water Orton Bridge, it dates from c.1520 and is a pack-horse bridge built by Bishop John ...
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The Friday Photo: The Golden Boys
Here are Birmingham’s very own Golden Boys for this weeks Friday Photo. It is the work of William Bloye, formerly head of sculpture at Birmingham School of Art and was unveiled in 1956 and features Matthew Boulton, James Watt and Willam Murdoch. ...
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The Friday Photo: Blakesley Hall
This week’s Friday Photo and my first ever Friday Photo, is of a building that’s very close to my heart; Blakesley Hall, one of the city’s last surviving timber-framed buildings. After working at Blakesley for nearly eight years, since the age of 20, I certainly ...
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Introducing a new member of the Friday Photo Team
Hi everybody. My name is Anne-Marie Hayes, and I’m really excited to be part of the Trust’s Friday Photo Team. I have worked in museums across Birmingham for nearly nine years in a number of different roles, and have a keen interest in history and ...
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Volunteering for Birmingham Conservation Trust
Supporters and volunteers at a recent ‘pub’ quiz and film night at The Coffin Works. Louise has been volunteering with us for two years now and is an integral part of our team. Here, she explains why she loves working for the Trust ...
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Saving Spaghetti
Birmingham’s Motor Age: courtesy of English Heritage The inner ring road and the infrastructure of the Manzoni era (1930’s to 1960’s) is today widely held as the biggest error in post war planning in Birmingham, itself often held up as an example of ...
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The Friday Photo: Stone Carvings on the Moseley Dance Centre
It was really hard this week to find out anything about this weeks the Friday Photo without knowing the old use of this building before it became the Moseley Dance Centre. I have often sat at the traffic lights or walked past ...
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