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Engaging Places

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 it is for:
Learning about the built environment is about learning to see the [...]

Old film of Back to Backs in Birmingham

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,

Could you reach out from the Back to Backs?

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 and understanding the Back to Backs – the biggest project yet undertaken by [...]