The British Library has invited the BCT website to participate in their web archiving programme. Its purpose is to collect, preserve and give permanent access to key UK websites for future generations. Selected websites are considered to be of long term research value, either in themselves or as part of a special collection of themes. [...]
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‘Ghost signs’ – our fading past
April 12, 2010 – 12:10 pm
Something that has always fascinated me are the faded, years old painted adverts one can occasionally spot on the sides of buildings. Some are more obvious, others are almost invisible, unless you know what you are looking for. I’ve recently spotted a couple of new-ish painted adverts for a certain Tennessee whiskey on a couple of buildings along [...]
Heritage related things we have found on the web between March 22nd and March 22nd
March 23, 2010 – 12:02 am
These are our history related links for March 22nd from 22:55 to 23:22: Some will be about Birmingham heritage others wont:
Flatpack Festival 2010 – Event – More films about buildings – You can't beat a bit of windswept decay and there's plenty of that in Pollphail (dir: Matt Lloyd), a snapshot of a [...]
Old film of Back to Backs in Birmingham
October 12, 2008 – 8:51 am
16 wonderful minutes of film from 1956 about redevelopment in Birmingham. If you want to understand why our Back to Backs project stirred so much interest watch the footage about living conditions in the city just over 50 years ago. To do so please click below,
