New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

UK Association of Building Preservation Trusts turns 21

Posted December 13th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

The UK Association of preservation Trusts  was established in 1989 to promote and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its members, Building Preservation Trusts. To celebrate its 21st anniversary, the UK Association of Building Preservation Trusts uses its latest News (issue 29) not only ...

read more

Georgian Christmas Tours at Soho House

Posted November 28th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

 Soho House will be open to the public for a series of special Georgian Christmas Tours. Tours last for one hour from 11am on the following dates: Wednesday 1st December Thursday 2nd December Wednesday 8th December Thursday 9th December Visitors will be able to see the house ...

read more

Buying Charity Christmas Cards – please use the links below

Posted November 21st, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Click on the image to go to Amazon Christmas is a great time to do something simple to help the Birmingham Conservation Trust. If you shop on Amazon and use the link in the top right hand corner of this website or any ...

read more

Lost villages

Posted November 18th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Imber Village from Wiltshire Heritage on flickr Ghost signs are quite a common urban feature – ghost villages though are more commonly thought of a rural. Acccording to the BBC,  publishers of  The Times Atlas of Britain is asking people to share their ...

read more

Facebook and donations and the wonderful Simon Hammond – thank you.

Posted November 18th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Simon Hammond is our hero of the month. Social media can have some curiously random benefits for charities.  earlier this week Simon Hammond asked facebook which charity he should support for his charity roulette. As I am wont to do I chucked a ...

read more

Pin a Piece of History

Posted November 14th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

History Pin is a website that acts as an archive of the world’s historical photographs and stories. The site uses Google Maps and Street View technology to allow you to layer old images onto modern Street View scenes, revealing a series of ...

read more

Free Heritage Event

Posted November 4th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

  Please see the poster above for information regarding the upcoming November 15th Free Heritage Event organised by the Heritage Lottery Fund, to be held at the Midlands Arts Centre ( MAC ). Are you interested in doing your own community heritage project , ...

read more

Played in Birmingham

Posted November 1st, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 1 Comment

Played in Birmingham will lead readers along a trail of fascinating locations and little known buildings, landscapes and waterscapes, in all corners of the city and its surrounds detailing the diverse sporting heritage that can be found in Birmingham. Birmingham possesses several ...

read more

Haunted Birmingham

Posted October 27th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Halloween is just around the corner, Haunted Birmingham by Arthur Smith and Rachel Bannister is a collection of stories of apparitions, manifestations, strange sightings and happenings in Birmingham’s Streets, churches and buildings. A great book if you are interested in the paranormal and ...

read more

Falling number of historic conservation officers in local authorities.

Posted October 26th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

It probably wont surprise anyone but the number of local government officers working on building conservation and archaeology is falling and is epxected to continue to do so, according to a report published on the Historic Environment Local Management website. This report shows ...

read more
1 2 3 4 5 » ... Last »