New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

Industrial Heritage at Risk

Posted April 15th, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

English Heritage has launched a project to find out how much of the country’s industrial heritage is at risk of neglect, decay or even demolition, and to raise the debate about what needs saving and how. In October this year it will ...

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The dark corners of the coffin works – photoset

Posted October 31st, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Genesis4626 took this wonderful set of images of Newman Brothers back in September.  They capture the atmosphere of the dark corners of the old works.

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Gethin Thomas’s images of the Newmans Brothers

Posted October 30th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

More images of Newman Brothers – this time from Gethin Thomas.

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Another set of images from the Coffin works.

Posted October 29th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

The images above were taken of Newman Brother’s coffin works on September 11th 2009 by the Birmingham Flickr Group member keshvala.  If you look at keshvala’s other photos you’ll see their passion for Birmingham’s historic buildings.

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Brian Simpson’s remarkable photos of Newman Brothers

Posted October 28th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Brian Simpson was one of a number of members of the Birmingham Flickr group who visited Newman Brother’s coffin work in September to take photo’s of the building.  Below is his set of images.

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In case of Emergency…. The end of the Coffin Works Project

Posted September 12th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 7 Comments

This week we are confirming that Advantage West Midlands has withdrawn funding from the project to transform the Newman Brothers Coffin Fittings Factory in Fleet Street.  It means that this Grade II* building on the at risk register is likely to remain ...

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