New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

Recycling on a Grand Scale

Posted March 22nd, 2012 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Is it possible to recycle a building? I guess the answer is yes and in Birmingham we have many examples.  A visit to the Birmingham Back-to-Backs will prove that not only can buildings be saved for the future, they can also be turned ...

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Engaging Places

Posted January 15th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

English Heritage and CABE (The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment) have launched a new website which helps teachers make the best use of outside space and historic buildings in their teaching. The site is called Engaging Places and explains what ...

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Old film of Back to Backs in Birmingham

Posted October 12th, 2008 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

There are few things more seductive than old film. Jon Bounds has been rootling through the online footage at  MACE — that’s the Media Archive for Central England. There is a 1956 colour film about living in Back to Backs which I’ve ...

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Could you reach out from the Back to Backs?

Posted May 15th, 2007 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

The National Trust is looking for two new people to help them reach members of BME communities in the West Midlands. The four year “Whose Story” project will include work to involve a wider range of communities in contributing to ...

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