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Handsworth Heritage Trail

Posted April 22nd, 2011 by Emma Neill with No Comments

The Handsworth Heritage Trail was introduced last month and showcases the historic buildings across Handsworth and provides an ideal opportunity to promote Handsworth to local people as well as attracting new visitors to the area.
The heritage trail emerged when Tracey Thorne (Handsworth ...

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Public Parks in Birmingham

Posted October 19th, 2010 by Emma Neill with No Comments

Public parks emerged in the 1830’s to improve the health of the working classes living in the over-crowded conditions of the rapidly growing industrial towns.  It was hoped that parks would reduce disease, crime, and social unrest, as well as providing “green lungs” ...

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Some links for June 3rd through to June 9th

Posted June 9th, 2010 by Nick Booth with No Comments

These are our links for June 3rd through June 9th:
Another landmark in the Staffordshire Hoard campaign | birminghamnewsroom.com – The campaign to permanently display the Staffordshire Hoard in the Midlands has passed another major milestone.<br /> <br /> Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery ...

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Birmingham Council Boundaries from 1838 to 1931

Posted April 2nd, 2010 by Nick Booth with 1 Comment

Birmingham Council Boundary Changes 1838 to 1931
Sometimes you spot some things that are surprisingly mundane and interesting.  This map charting the growth of Birmingham’s local authority to 1938 fits into that category and comes from the website www.british-history.ac.uk and the 1964 book ...

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Some links for March 20th through to March 21st

Posted March 21st, 2010 by Nick Booth with No Comments

These are our links for March 20th through March 21st:
Birmingham Mail – News – Birmingham News – Harborne and Kings Heath cinemas worth protecting say conservationists – "TWO ‘beautiful’ Art Deco former cinemas could be granted protection from demolition after winning ...

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Some links for February 16th through to February 18th

Posted February 19th, 2010 by Nick Booth 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 Nick Booth 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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Matthew Boulton – 2009 the year of celebration

Posted November 30th, 2008 by Nick Booth with No Comments

An image from the new site celebrating Boulton
Matthew Boulton was born in Birmingham in September 1728, the son of a buckle-, button- and ‘toy’-maker. ‘Birmingham toys’ were not children’s playthings, but small decorative objects such as snuff boxes, toothpick cases, nutmeg graters ...

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Birmingham has 2 of Britain's 10 most endangered Victorian Buildings

Posted September 25th, 2008 by Nick Booth with No Comments

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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