The recently installed JFK memorial mosaic by artist Oliver Budd is this weeks The Friday Photo, The original mosaic by Kenneth’s father was installed in 1968 in St Chads Circus this area was demolished in 2006. Some elements of the original mosaic ...
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Birmingham Conservation Trust are currently preparing the Activity Plan for the Heritage Lottery Bid for £1.3m to restore the former Stirchley Baths and bring the building back into use as a community building. Place Prospectors are also part of the development team ...
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The Friday photo by Clare Overton Lewis ( button display at BMAG) I’ve always loved a button! A simple yet decorative way to fasten clothing, so I was thrilled when I visited the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and saw their display of ...
read moreAt the beginning of April TNT News Team came to Coffin Works to report on the pre-restoration phase of the project, as we packed up the final boxes of contents. This is the first in a series of reports during restoration work ...
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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 ...
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Last weekend I was acting as a steward for some of the last public tours of the Coffin Works before work commences in July. During a tour, one of our visitors described to the group the concept of the life preserving coffin. ...
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I have been planning this for a while last Sunday we broke free form the usual Victorian and Edwardian era often featured here in the Friday photo. This weeks Friday photo was taken from one of my favorite places in Birmingham – ...
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The Friday Photo- Vaughton Gothic Works by Clare Overton Lewis Found on Livery Street in the Jewellery Quarter, Vaughton Gothic Works is a red brick, Grade II listed building built in 1902. It was a gold and silversmiths that manufactured badges, medals, mayoral ...
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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