Genesis4626 took this wonderful set of images of Newman Brothers back in September. They capture the atmosphere of the dark corners of the old works.
Posts Tagged ‘Coffin Works’
The dark corners of the coffin works – photoset
Saturday, October 31st, 2009Gethin Thomas's images of the Newmans Brothers
Friday, October 30th, 2009More images of Newman Brother’s – this time from Gethin Thomas.
Another set of images from the Coffin works.
Thursday, October 29th, 2009The images above were taken of Newman Brother’s coffin works on September 11th 2009 by the Birmingham Flickr Group member keshvala. If you look here at keshvala other photo’s you’ll see their passion for Birmingham’s historic buildings.
Brian Simpson's remarkable photos of Newman Brothers
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Brian Simpson was one of a number of members of the Birmingham Flickr group who visited Newman Brother’s coffin work in September to take photo’s of the building. Below is his set of images.
In case of Emergency…. The end of the Coffin Works Project
Saturday, September 12th, 2009
In Case of Emergency by genesis4626 - taken at the Birmingham Flickr meet Newman Brothers, Fleet Street
We think it’s finally time to break the glass, so this week we are confirming that Advantage West Midlands has withdrawn funding from the project to transform the Newman Brothers Coffin Fittings Factory in Fleet Street.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 empty and unused, it is also unclear what will happen to the historically significant contents.
It’s not the first time this news has come out, but this is the first time the Birmingham Conservation Trust has said anything publicly.
Why have we waited?
We still want to see if AWM can come through with an alternative and to that end we have written to them saying we are willing to work with them until the end of October. If there’s no concrete agreement after that we will need to walk away from the building, leaving it in the hands of AWM, who own the place.
What you can do.
Newman Brothers from dianAuk on flickr
Please write to AWM, ask them to reconsider, ask them what they intend to do with the building, query whether this decision was a mistake. If you follow this link and scroll down a bit you’ll find contact details, including some simple to use websites which also make it easy to write to your MP.
There are also some key facts about Newman Brothers which may help you.
The image above is from Genesis4626 taken at the Birmingham Flickr group tour of Newmans on September 11th 2009.
