The Coffin Works ‘Hard Hat’ tour

Posted March 23rd, 2014 by Joe Turner with 3 Comments

Along with a handful of other Birmingham Conservation Trust volunteers, trustees and members – including former BCT Director Elizabeth Perkins, who started the project over a decade ago – yesterday I had the privilege of a ‘hard hat’ tour of the work ...

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Dating the Newman Brothers Collection

Posted March 5th, 2014 by Sarah Hayes with 2 Comments

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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‘Hard hat’ tours for schools of live building restoration project..spread the word!!

Posted February 11th, 2014 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

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A New Year and a new member of staff for the Coffin Works Project

Posted January 7th, 2014 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

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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The Accoutrement of Death – Newman Brothers, Birmingham

Posted December 21st, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

Author Kate Mayfield visited Newman Brothers earlier in the year and she blogged about her visit  in her Blog http://everycityisasmalltown.blogspot.co.uk/  Kate tells us in her latest blog about Newman Brothers that;   “The Newman Brothers Coffin Fitting Works left such an impression upon me that I ...

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The Newman Brothers Coffin Works Factory at its 5th month of refurbishment

Posted December 17th, 2013 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 1 Comment

  Photographs 1 & 2 – Part of a broader sequence of images showing the restoration of each room taking place over time. Photograph 3 – Windows being restored internally. Photographs credit: Jane Baker A lot has changed since I was last on site.  The Newman ...

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A warm welcome to our newest Trustee

Posted December 15th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

We are delighted to welcome Helen Shute to our Board of Trustees. Helen started last month and brings with her a wealth of expertise in branding, marketing and membership (amongst other things, she is full of good advice!) so we are really ...

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How do you operate yours? Learning from local museum professionals

Posted December 13th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with 2 Comments

Newman Brothers at the Coffin Works will be the Trust’s debut heritage attraction. You may remember the National Trust took on the ownership of our last major rescue project; the Birmingham Back to Backs. It is a tremendously exciting time for the Trust, ...

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The ‘Restoration’ series is being revisited ten years on!

Posted November 21st, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

Simon, Alistair and me! It’s fairly true to say that Newman Brothers Coffin Fitting Works first came to the public’s attention in 2003 when it was one of three buildings featured in the regional heats of the series ‘Restoration’, aired on BBC2 and ...

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They have arrived!! Historic Birmingham 2014 Calendars on SALE NOW!!

Posted November 14th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments

The wait is over! We are delighted to announce that our  The Friday Photo wall calendar – Historic Birmingham 2014 – is now available. It is a limited print run, so please don’t delay and buy yours today!!! We are promoting it as ‘the ...

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