Page from a Newman Brothers’ trade catalogue, still to be dated. One of the first tasks I set myself as Collections and Exhibitions Manager was to start dating some of the collection. After all, if I’m going to interpret it, I have to ...
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Happy New Year to all our followers! Here at BCT we’ve started the year very positively as we welcome to the team our first member of staff for the Coffin Works Project. Yesterday Sarah Hayes took up the post of Collections and Exhibitions ...
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Last weekend I was acting as a steward for some of the last public tours of the Coffin Works before work commences in July. During a tour, one of our visitors described to the group the concept of the life preserving coffin. ...
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In an old warehouse just north of Birmingham city centre is a treasure trove of pale, unopened boxes. Hundreds and hundreds stacked up in rows like the tombstones of Manila Bay, filled with reminders of history. Each one contains the intriguing remains ...
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Men’s workwear for sale in the Kay & Co Ltd mail-order catalogue, Autumn 1920. Catalogue images © Kays Heritage Group, © of digital images University of Worcester Our wonderful volunteers at the Newman Brothers Coffin Works have spent a lot of time researching the clothes ...
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For the first time, Birmingham Conservation Trust is offering special twilight tours of the Grade II* listed Newman Brothers Coffin Fitting Works in the Jewellery Quarter between 26 October and 3 November to raise money for its restoration project which starts early ...
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With just under three weeks to go, our Heritage Open Days preparation is well underway! Hannah Severn, one of our volunteers, spent the day with us today – making a start on a photographic display and ‘alternative’ interpretation for visitors who are not ...
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Tuesday this week was all about practising and getting things right at the Coffin Fitting Works. Glazier Nick Baylis, a specialist in the restoration of period timber and iron framework from Hockley, was there doing sample trials for repairing the cast iron windows so we can get cost certainty on the ...
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NOTICE TO TENDER – deadline 30th July NEWMAN BROTHERS COFFIN FITTING WORKS Fleet Street, Hockley, Birmingham Expressions of interest are invited from suitable qualified contractors for alteration and repair work to this at risk Grade II* Jewellery Quarter factory. Comprehensive repairs are required to all elements ...
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You may remember my blog post last month called “It’s a tale about love”, reporting on the filming of ‘Circles’ at the Coffin Fitting Works? Well, as promised, Director Reece Lipman has sent us a trailer to tease us! The building looks amazing! Thanks Reece, we ...
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