Interested to know what the streets in Birmingham once looked like? British Pathé since the invention of the moving image in the 1890’s began to record every aspect of global culture and news for the cinema. The site contains over 3, 500 hours of ...
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We’d like to welcome another new volunteer – blogger to the BCT team – Sarah Ashley! Sarah is originally from Herefordshire, but moved to Birmingham 4 years ago and lives in the Jewellery Quarter. She currently works for a big clothing store in the ...
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We have organised a special ‘behind the scenes’ event, especially for the communities living local to the magnificent Edwardian Grade II* listed Moseley Road Baths in Balsall Heath – it is a chance to help shape the plans for the history and heritage-related ...
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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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In the last few weeks we have told you about Heritage Angels, Heritage Heroes and now we’d like to introduce you to…..Heritage Dragons! HERITAGE DRAGONS 2012: APPLY NOW TO TAKE PART! Are you the driving force behind a heritage-led regeneration project? Are you developing ...
read moreIt is not only in Birmingham that the fight to save old and important buildings goes on. See here – UNDERSHAW and spare a minute to think of how important Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is to our literary past. Would it then make ...
read moreIs it possible to recycle a building? I guess the answer is yes and in Birmingham we have many examples. A visit to the Birmingham Back-to-Backs will prove that not only can buildings be saved for the future, they can also be turned ...
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 ...
read moreIf like me you sometimes sit at work/home/on the train, etc, etc with nothing much to do then you may be interested in the websites below. All of them have a link into either heritage, history and/or Birmingham and all are very ...
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This evenings podnosh session is a real eye opener. BCT has a website cross linked to all forms of social media. These posts link to Facebook and Twitter where they get retweeted or ‘liked’ by the followers. Reminding people to use the ...
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