New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

Birmingham: Then and Now

Posted March 11th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 1 Comment

Photo by D.J. Norton Looking through his late father’s photograph collection in early 2005, Mark Norton had a brainwave: With more careful study of the pictures I was able to work out exactly where many of them had been taken.  Subtle clues from one ...

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Some links for March 4th through to March 9th

Posted March 9th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

These are our links for March 4th through March 9th: People’s history vitally restored | Kevin Morgan | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk – The Guardian reports on the revival of the Manchester People’s Museum: “Even the National Trust, which sometimes appears ...

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Links for February 21st through to March 2nd

Posted March 2nd, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

These are our links for February 21st through March 2nd: MADE – Talking cities lecture series – “MADE’s thought provoking lecture series, supported by Cudos and Birmingham Architectural Association, kicks off on 11th March with a talk by Irena Bauman, Bauman Lyons ...

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Some links for February 16th through to February 18th

Posted February 19th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

These are our links for February 16th through February 18th: BBC News – National Trust may launch campaign to buy Abbey Road – The National Trust has confirmed that it may launch a campaign to buy the threatened Abbey Road Studios.The charity ...

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Some links for February 14th through to February 16th

Posted February 16th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

These are our links for February 14th through February 16th: National Trust | 2010 & beyond – “This strategy means nothing less than a cultural revolution for the Trust. It demands a new mindset and a new way of working.” The Cadbury legacy ...

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Heritage related things we have found on the web on February 13th.

Posted February 13th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with 4 Comments

These are our links for February 13th: The Georgian Group: ‘Free February’ on Twitter – The Georgian Group is saying thank you to its followers on Twitter by offering a year’s free membership of the Group to all those who follow it in ...

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Ethical Xmas?

Posted December 14th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

If you like to support charity when buying Christmas gifts here are some ideas: For starters every time you use this http://buy.at/birminghamconservation we get a donation with each thing you buy. (Have a look here for a full list of traders and ...

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Save Britain’s Heritage

Posted December 4th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Piercefield, Chepstow, Monmouthshire From time to time we like to point you in the direction of other organisations which work in the same field as us. www.savebritainsheritage.org is the website of Save Britain’s Heritage, an organisation established in 1975: European Architectural Heritage Year – ...

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Heritage Funding Directory

Posted November 29th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

You might like to know that Heritage Link has updated and relaunched it’s funding directory.  The organisation had brought together dozens of different sources in one searchable form just here. Use it and good luck! —- You can donate to Birmingham Conservation Trust here or ...

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Saving the Highline : campaigning for historic buildings using design and photography.

Posted October 27th, 2009 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

This video is an enjoyable and enlightening few minutes on how to campaign to save historic architecture. It’s well worth a few minutes of you time.  As the site which hosts it says: In 1999, when a historic elevated rail line was about ...

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