There are few things more seductive than old film. Jon Bounds has been rootling through the online footage at MACE — that’s the Media Archive for Central England. There is a 1956 colour film about living in Back to Backs which I’ve ...
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Aston Hall, image by Martin Hartland A news release from Birmingham City Council tells us that a further £300,000 has been made available for the restoration project at Aston Hall. The council writes: A much loved local landmark is set to receive a £300,000 ...
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The Old Crown - image courtesy of Steve Cadman You have until the 14th of November to get your thoughts in the conservation area for Digbeth, Deritend and Bordesley High Streets. Birmingham City Council writes: Digbeth/Deritend Conservation Area was designated in May 2000. It lies ...
read moreJewellery Quarter Video from Jewellery Quarter on Vimeo. To be found on the revamped site for the Jewellery Quarter Regeneration Partnership. Thanks to both Created in Birmingham and Brian Simpson for spotting this. Does it do the job for you? How else could ...
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Gas Retort House, image from wikipedia. Earlier this month the homeless charity Crisis reported that they have secured a two million pound investment from the Department of Communities and Local Government to help turn the Grade II* former Retort House in Gas Street ...
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Moseley Road Baths in Balsall Heath and the Red Lion Pub in Handsworth have made it onto a list of the Victorian Society’s 10 most endangered buildings in the UK. The list was a product of a public vote and campaign. As ...
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Created in Birmingham reports for us Here’s the “outline design” for the new BIAD campus in Eastside, as revealed on Simon Howes’ Eastside blog. Millennium Point is in the foreground and the red blob is Curzon St Station. Simon also has a top ...
read moreMartin Mullaney has popped up the city council report on the listed swimming baths on Moseley Road. Rather than aim to keep both pools working the recommendation is to re-open the larger pool (currently closed) and to use the other space for ...
read moreWe’ve borrowed this from Jon Bounds – verbatim: James Fitzjames Fraser West, is going to start blogging on livejournal in January, only thing is he’s been dead since 1883. James was a surgeon at Queen’s Hospital (later the Accident Hospital, and now a ...
read moreThe Buildings of Birmingham – Ben Waddington’s guided tours of Brum, are still going stong, he promises to may you say” “They haven’t knocked it all down!”. Here’s the blurb… Join your tour guide Ben Waddington on a fascinating journey through Birmingham’s history, looking ...
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