We recently found out that in the last 12 months over 23,000 unique visitors looked at our website! We like to think that a large number of these visitors have an interest in what we do here at the Trust. Certainly we ...
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Last week we introduced Sally and Katie, our newly recruited trustees. This week it is the turn of the men! We are delighted to introduce Andy Moody, Kenneth Fisher and Shane Kelleher to the team. Here is a little bit about them… 1. ...
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This looks an interesting way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
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Delighted to share a short film produced by the Arts and Humanities Research Council which investigates Suburban Birmingham; a collaborative research project which has succeeded in exposing the remarkable depth and richness of an 80-year period in the history of Birmingham’s south-western suburbs. One ...
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After more than 10 years of fundraising and development, Birmingham Conservation Trust has announced that work is starting on the city’s newest heritage attraction. On Monday 29th July, the keys of the Newman Brothers Coffin Fitting Works on Fleet Street in the Jewellery ...
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Appropriately enough, the very last pre-conservation visitors to the Coffin Works, on the afternoon of Wednesday 24 July, were members of the Conservation Course Directors Forum. The forum comprises the course directors from all the leading institutions, mainly universities, offering courses in building ...
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This weeks the Friday photo is of the statue of the popular King Edward VII that was restored in 2010 and placed in Centenary Square after 60 years. It was originally unveiled in 1913 in Victoria Square after the Birmingham Mail raised ...
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Birmingham Conservation Trust wishes to appoint a consultant to design the branding and website for the Coffin Works, a heritage attraction incorporating workshop/office units in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, which will be opening in summer 2014. Time-scale Repair and conservation work on the building is ...
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I stumbled across this summer project which aims to understand what people like about their area, what makes different areas in Birmingham locally distinctive and what people would change. We know that historic buildings contribute significantly to people’s sense of place and community. ...
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We are delighted to announce we have appointed five new Trustees to the Board of Directors here at BCT, and also been joined by a new Councillor. Our trustees are volunteers who work with us to steer the direction of the Trust ...
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