Birmingham Council Boundary Changes 1838 to 1931 Sometimes you spot some things that are surprisingly mundane and interesting. This map charting the growth of Birmingham’s local authority to 1938 fits into that category and comes from the website www.british-history.ac.uk and the 1964 book ...
read moreThese 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 ...
read moreThese are our links for March 26th through March 30th: Over £4m funding goes to nine projects! | Community Spaces – Kings Heath and Dudley Canal Trust all get big chunks of money from Big Lotter and the Community Spaces programme The Heritage ...
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Click here to see the book on Amazon I really can’t resist a book laden with old photographs of Birmingham – which is why I bought Victorian Buildings of Birmingham by Roy Thornton. I’m sure we’ll end up reviewing, or perhaps describing, many ...
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Bells Farm The Speahead trust has sent us this information: Open Day at Tudor Farmhouse 11.00am to 4.00 pm Saturday afternoon 27th March 2010 Bell Farm Community Centre Bells Farm Close, Druids Heath, B14 5QP The open day at Bells Farm Community Centre on Saturday 27th March 2010 aims ...
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Click above to find out more about Birmingham's bid for City of Culture In an extract from an article in today’s Birmingham Post, Chris Hargreaves, Birmingham City Council’s head of conservation (who after almost 40 years in city planning, is retiring this month) says ...
read moreBirmingham Central Library could be considered the Marmite of libraries: you either love it, or you hate it. Well, here is a project for those who wish to profess their love for that Brutalist structure: Project Brutal. (via Created in Birmingham) “Project Brutal: Initial ...
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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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Image of one of the buildings in the Jewellery Quarter, the Argent Centre - - image by kate&drew on flickr For over 200 years the Jewellery Quarter has been synonymous with jewellery and silverware production. The jewellery industry emerged from the decline of ...
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Old Digbeth workshops. Click picture to see orginal by Andy Howell As part of Flatpack Festival and the launch of We Are Eastside, local historian Ben Waddington will be conducting walking tours of Eastside. Explore hidden gems, learn more of its industrial ...
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