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23 September, 2015 admin

Still Going Swimmingly!

Stirchley Baths ceremonial plaque 1910.Image: stirchleybaths.org Begun in 1910 and opened in mid 1911, Stirchley swimming baths (on Bournville Lane)

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24 August, 2015 admin

At Home with Vanley Burke

At Home with Vanley Burke at the Ikon (until 27 September) is unlike most exhibitions in that it presents the

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10 August, 2015 admin

Birmingham’s Hidden Spaces

Curzon Street Station. Image by Birmingham Post / Birmingham’s Hidden Spaces Do you look up at the historic architecture found

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26 July, 2015 admin

Fight for the Right!

In 2012-13 I worked on an exciting project called Fight for the Right: the Birmingham Suffragettes. Funded by the Heritage

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19 July, 2015 admin

Wide Eyed with Archives

Every time I wander through an archive store I get the same thrill from what is around me – a

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24 June, 2015 admin

Strangers on a Train at Chasewater

The Lichfield Festival has a fantastic track record of doing some really exciting intergenerational heritage projects in interesting places as

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13 June, 2015 Marcus Belben

Culture on your doorstep – Billesley common

Billesley Common 1st edition Ordinance Survey 1831This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is

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1 March, 2015 Marcus Belben

Meeting the heritage people

The first HeritageMeet was well attended (16 people), filling the back room of Kitchen Garden Cafe, who kindly let us

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20 February, 2015 Marcus Belben

HeritageMeet

Join us at HeritageMeet  Tuesday evening at the back of Fletcher’s Bar, Kings Heath, for an informal drop in –

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8 February, 2015 Marcus Belben

Rally for the Library of Birmingham

The rally was against the cuts being proposed to the libraries of Birmingham on National Libraries Day 7th Feb 2015,

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