New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

Play for time at Coffin Fittings Works

Posted May 23rd, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

The cast of Stop the Clocks in rehearsal at the Coffin Fittings Works Book your tickets now for Stop The Clocks! This site specific play has been devised and will be performed by the Tin Box Company. The directors,  Jo Gleave and Jo Newman, have worked ...

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Unique drama at the Coffin Fittings Works

Posted April 28th, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Stop The Clocks Putting the hearse into rehearsals – a team of Birmingham University drama students and their directors – are beginning an exciting venture at the Coffin Fittings Works. Birmingham Conservation Trust welcomes Tin Box theatre company who have been busily devising their ...

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Mystery, murder and suspense – ghosts from the past at the Coffin Fittings Works

Posted April 20th, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Join the Birmingham Ghost Walk - dare to be scared! Uncover the ghosts of years gone by joining one of the Birmingham Ghost Walk s – now extended to include the Coffin Fittings Works on Fleet Street.We can’t promise you’ll see any ghosts, but you will ...

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Behind the scenes tours of the Staffordshire Hoard – £20 and selling fast.

Posted March 31st, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Staffordshire Hoard Gold dagger hilt - image from Portable Antiquities on flickr. We’ve taken this from the Birmingham News Room site: A new tour offering a behind the scenes look at the Staffordshire Hoard conservation work at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery ...

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Key Hill Cemetery granted £4000.00 to restore toppled graves.

Posted March 25th, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Key Hill Cemetery by Nicobinus on flickr – click image for original We’ve received this from the Friends of Key Hill Cemetery: A cash windfall will help reverse the devastation caused to an historic Birmingham landmark by “health and safety madness”. The Friends of Key Hill ...

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Hagley Road Villa’s and the Victorian Society

Posted January 30th, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 2 Comments

The Victorian Society is urging the Secretary of State to call in a recent Birmingham City Council planning approval to demolish a series of Victorian Villas on the Hagley Road and replace them with retirement flats.  The Society reports on it’s website… Earlier ...

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The start of a new project at Highbury Hall

Posted January 5th, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 1 Comment

Highbury Hall in Moseley - image by Ted and Jen on Flickr First news for the New Year from the Birmingham Conservation trust is the beginning of some work on Highbury Hall. The Highbury Trust and Birmingham City Council have asked us to ...

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Facebook and donations and the wonderful Simon Hammond – thank you.

Posted November 18th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Simon Hammond is our hero of the month. Social media can have some curiously random benefits for charities.  earlier this week Simon Hammond asked facebook which charity he should support for his charity roulette. As I am wont to do I chucked a ...

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Free Heritage Event

Posted November 4th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

  Please see the poster above for information regarding the upcoming November 15th Free Heritage Event organised by the Heritage Lottery Fund, to be held at the Midlands Arts Centre ( MAC ). Are you interested in doing your own community heritage project , ...

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