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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I have walked passed this water fountain, mounted into one of the walls on the perimeter of the grounds of St Phillip’s cathedral, and thought it beautiful. I always wish that it was working and wonder what it would look like with ...
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The office at J W Evans – ours is slightly tidier! Since we launched our volunteering programme almost 12 months ago we have recruited over 50 volunteers to work with us. It is without a doubt due to our wonderful volunteers that we can ...
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Over the last six months we have been making real progress with developing our education programme at BCT. Our wonderful volunteers Kris and Rachel have been working with teachers from key stage 2 & 3 to devise and pilot classroom based sessions ...
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The round 2 Heritage Lottery bid to restore the former Stirchley Baths and re-purpose it as a community ‘hub’ is due to be submitted by the 17 June. This poignant moment was marked on Saturday by over 200 people on the former ...
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This weeks the Friday Photo is taken at Moor Street End of Bordesley Station which was built on a viaduct and opened in 1855. I found this just by chance whilst walking under the viaduct and then noticed the stairs leading up ...
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This weeks the Friday photo is a bit different – when we think heritage probably don’t think Sellotape? I saw this great old sellotape tin when visiting J W Evans a few weeks ago and really loved it. Interesting little timeline about the ...
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We will be setting up a Supporters Group for BCT in the near future and Jahyun, who is on a six-month work placement with us from Warwick University, is currently doing some research into what we might offer to our supporters and ...
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A couple of months ago BCT staff and some of our inquisitive research volunteers went to the Erdington warehouse to look for the Newman Brothers business records. We couldn’t find some of the storage crates we were looking for as they ...
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St Barnabas has sat proudly on Erdington High Street, as its focal point, since 1823. Designed by Thomas Rickman, an English architect who was a well-known figure in Gothic Revival architecture. St Barnabas was one of the first Commissioners’ churches built in ...
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