These are our history related links for April 1st from 09:08 to 11:22: Some will be about Birmingham heritage others wont: Recession-busting lottery boom adds millions to heritage fund | UK news | The Guardian – “The nation’s attempt to gamble ...
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Bells Farm in 1969 - photo by Phyllis Nicklin from the Birmingham University Archive Dave Thomas, one of our volunteers has sent us this update which I thought we would share with you: I’m really interested in old buildings and the work that Birmingham ...
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Excellent news! Staffordshire Hoard: BBC News According to the BBC Website: The Staffordshire Hoard is to remain in the West Midlands after the £3.3m purchase price was met. This news follows on from previous fears that the hoard could be sold on the open market ...
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The Archway of Tears The Archway of Tears at the City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham Birmingham Conservation Trust have secured funding to carry out an Options Appraisal on the Archway of Tears at the City Hospital on Dudley Road. This is the initial stage ...
read moreThese are our history related links for March 22nd from 22:55 to 23:22: Some will be about Birmingham heritage others wont: Flatpack Festival 2010 – Event – More films about buildings – You can't beat a bit of windswept decay and ...
read moreThese are our links for March 20th through March 21st: Birmingham Mail – News – Birmingham News – Harborne and Kings Heath cinemas worth protecting say conservationists – "TWO ‘beautiful’ Art Deco former cinemas could be granted protection from demolition after winning ...
read moreIn the Sunday Times Magazine this weekend, Tony Robinson outlined the speculative history of the Staffordshire Hoard, from its Anglo Saxon origins through to why it was buried in the Midlands 1,400 years ago. Is this hoard evidence of a massacre? Where are ...
read moreThese 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 ...
read moreThese 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 ...
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The Conservation Trust has been granted £14,000 of funding from English Heritage to carry out an architect’s appraisal at the 17th-century Bells Farm. It’s great news for the farmhouse, which is a Grade II*-listed and in urgent need of restoration ...
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