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 [...]
February 16, 2010 – 10:00 am
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 [...]
February 13, 2010 – 10:00 pm
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 [...]
By Nick Booth
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Also tagged Architecture, bctblog, brandwoodend, carbon, environment, fbec, georgiangroup, heritage, history, irish, links, museums, nationaltrust, staffordshirehoard
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December 16, 2009 – 4:20 pm
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 [...]
September 28, 2008 – 12:31 pm
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.
By Nick Booth
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Also tagged birminghamct, BirminghamUK, development, gas, homeless, industry, listed, pevsner, retort, sifa_Fireside, upyerbrum, watt
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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: