New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

First support coming in for Newman Brothers

Posted September 15th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 2 Comments

No Access from Wayne Fox on Twitter - click to see the original The first couple of people have stepped forward to show their support for Newman Brothers following Heritage Open Days over the weekend. Ian at 7 inch cinema has used their blog ...

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Wonderful photos of the coffin works from the Birmingham Flickr meet.

Posted September 15th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

On Friday September 11th about 15 people from the Birmingham Flickr Group had a chance to wander around Newman Brothers.  Above are many of the remarkable images they took. (To see the slideshow in full screen click here) Unfortunately the Coffin Works project ...

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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This week we are confirming that Advantage West Midlands has withdrawn funding from the project to transform the Newman Brothers Coffin Fittings Factory in Fleet Street.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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Heritage Open Day 2009 – how to book a place to see Newman Brother’s

Posted September 7th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 3 Comments

If you want to look around the Newman Brothers Coffin works this coming Friday 11th or Saturday 12th September please contact us to book a place.  We’re doing some timed tours: Here are the details including how to book. Directions 10 mins walk from New ...

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New Images of Moseley Baths and a new open day.

Posted August 10th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 2 Comments

Moseley Road Pool Birmingham, No 1 Mens Pool, from editorialgirl I’m going to cheat and quote in full from Jon Bounds post: Beautiful set of pics from inside Moseley Road Baths from this weekend’s Birmingham Flickr meet. They’re the work of Emma Jones,  who ...

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Key Hill Cemetery Entrance gate restoration complete.

Posted July 2nd, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Key Hill by Nicobobinus on flickr Next Monday will see the Friends of Key Hill cemetery celebrating the end of a £120,000 restoration of the Grade II listed entrance gates. It’s Birmingham’s oldest cemetery the work was to return the badly eroded sandstone piers ...

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Conservation Areas at Risk – an English Heritage Survey

Posted April 17th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Do you live in a conservation which you think is at risk?  Have you had experience of regulations protecting conservation areas being eroded? English Heritage is approaching every local authority in the country for a first national survey of Conservation Areas as a ...

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Work starts on Evans & Sons in the Jewellery Quarter.

Posted March 24th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 11 Comments

A £750,000 programme of restoration has started this week at  the JW Evans factory at 54-57 Albion Street in  Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. This fabulous family silverware business was bought a year ago by English Heritage from a family whose workshops had been on ...

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Campaign for Real Heritage

Posted March 4th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 2 Comments

Is the heritage we celebrate sometimes too wrapped up in what we think of as ‘important’ history? Jon Bounds thinks so and has launched the Campaign for Real Heritage.  This is what he says: Are you fed up with “officials” deciding what’s important? ...

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Highbury Hall – a new future?

Posted February 26th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Highbury Hall, Moseley, by Kate&Drew on www.flickr.com You will find a  fairly detailed piece from Cllr Martin Mulaney about the future of Highbury Hall and Chamberlain House in Moseley on the The Stirrer website, click here. He makes some interesting points about how we ...

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