Tag Archives: birmingham

Some links for March 4th through to March 9th

These are our links for March 4th through March 9th:

People’s history vitally restored | Kevin Morgan | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk – The Guardian reports on the revival of the Manchester People’s Museum: “Even the National Trust, which sometimes appears like a heritage version of the Countryside Alliance, has taken steps to acknowledge [...]

Some links for February 14th through to February 16th

These are our links for February 14th through February 16th:

National Trust | 2010 & beyond – “This strategy means nothing less than a cultural revolution for the Trust. It demands a new mindset and a new way of working.”
The Cadbury legacy – take a walk around historic Bournville | Culture24 – The website Culturre24 [...]

Heritage related things we have found on the web on February 13th.

These are our links for February 13th:

The Georgian Group: ‘Free February’ on Twitter – The Georgian Group is saying thank you to its followers on Twitter by offering a year’s free membership of the Group to all those who follow it in February. Existing Twitter followers are as welcome to take up the offer as [...]

Conservation: heritage v environment

Two types of conservationists are powering up for a confrontation over a church roof in Moseley in Birmingham.   The very successful SusMo (Sustainable Moseley) is looking to put solar panels on the Roof of St Mary’s Church – but if hey do so it will be in the face of stiff opposition from the Victorian [...]

Birmingham’s Retort House to become a base for homeless people.

There is a good news about one of Birmingham’s few surviving buildings from the early days of the gas supply industry, work pioneered by Boulton, Watt and their associates.

Birmingham Town Hall

The £35m re-working of the town hall is attracted some attention, especially from photographers using the internet website flickr to display their pics. The shot above is from focalplane, who says: