This week’s Friday photo is a little different from the usual, as it shows a Birmingham street set up for the Hollywood Zombie Apocalypse Movie She Who Brings Gifts. As I strolled through Birmingham earlier this week I saw the hive of ...
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Brandwood End Cemetery (as featured in Tracey’s Friday Photo a couple of months ago) in Kings Heath is a fascinating and peaceful place to visit, especially at this time of year. It was opened in 1899 – by George Tallis, Chairman of ...
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Following the popular post on BCT facebook of the Victorian urinals in Digbeth we have been on the hunt for more! Here are are some photos of the Victorian Urinals that are still in use in Balsall Heath. Lets hope they stay ...
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For those interested in the wider ‘Brum” you may like to know that the area to the south of Birmingham called Northfield has its very own manor house. Once the home of the Cadbury family this very odd looking building actually has ...
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I’ve just received this from Tony Fox at Friends of Cannon Hill Park This weekend is the EDWARDIAN OPEN HOUSE & GARDEN DAY Sat 16 June,11am-5pm, at Cannon Hill House, the Grade 2 Listed Home of Louisa Ryland who gifted Cannon Hill and ...
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Time is running out for your nominations for the English Heritage Heritage Angel Awards – entries close on June 15th. So if you have been intending to nominate a group for their rescue and restoration of a building at risk, download the ...
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The Midlands Advisory Board is a group of volunteers who advise and support the Trust’s management team and Board of Trustees. They need strategic thinkers who are passionate about the Trust in the Midlands and have experience in their areas of work. ...
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You might know that there’s an exhibition on children’s lives in Birmingham since the 18th century at the Gas Hall at the moment (go here for opening hours and prices). You might have missed a couple of blogs worth checking, one from the ...
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Elizabeth Perkins, the Director here at the Conservation Trust, has finally been reunited with the wallpaper that she stripped of the walls of the Back-to-Back houses in Birmingham 8 years ago! The back to backs are run by the National trust, but ...
read moreIt’s amazing to discover how many people are passionate about their local history and built heritage. Why is it that some of us are so bothered about old buildings when others would say that they are just bricks and mortar? Is it ...
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