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 [...]
These are our links for February 16th through February 18th:
BBC News – National Trust may launch campaign to buy Abbey Road – The National Trust has confirmed that it may launch a campaign to buy the threatened Abbey Road Studios.The charity said in a statement that “if there is enough momentum, we may launch [...]
We are just starting work on an architect’s appraisal for the 17th Century Bells Farm in Druids Heath.
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 [...]
How should we promote Birmingham’s unique Jewellery Quarter? The regeneration partnership for the area has produced a new promotional film. Click below to see it and tell us how you want to promote the are.
Why has Birmingham got two buildings in the Victorian Society’s list of the ten most threatened in the country? Read our latest blog post to find out which buildings they are and how they got there. Just click below.
We should have linked to this wonderful resource from the Birmingham Heritage Forum a while ago. It is a google map of heritage sites in the city:
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A surprising piece by Paul Dale on the Birmingham Post blog (link here) about how the council views the possibility of the current Central Library (above) being listed. It seems Clive Dutton the director of regeneration would demolish it regardless of whether it was listed or not.
Paul Dale reports…
An interesting intervention from city council [...]
English Heritage will be be featuring Highbury Park in a new publication on Pulhamite. I tell you this because we all need to enrich our lives with a better understanding of Pulhamite – so please have a look at the excellent site run by the Friends of Highbury Park.
You never know – it could [...]
