-
March 8, 2021 |
Birmingham History, British History and Tradition, Coffin Works, Newman Brothers, Uncategorized, Volunteer Stories |
Sarah Hayes |
0
Newman Brothers has a proud history of loyal and highly skilled workers, many of them women, who worked through wars, industrial changes and had to fight to prove they were...
-
February 4, 2021 |
Coffin Works, Newman Brothers, Uncategorized |
Sarah Hayes |
0
Laura Joyce, partner on our Arts Council funded ‘Dead Fashionable’ project, reflects on some of its teachings in the wake of Covid-19. One of the reasons that...
-
January 20, 2021 |
Coffin Works, Newman Brothers, Volunteer Stories |
Sarah Hayes |
1
It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Colin Meager, a friend and volunteer of Birmingham Conservation Trust and the Coffin Works. Our sincere thoughts are with...
-
September 22, 2020 |
Coffin Works, Newman Brothers |
Sarah Hayes |
0
We’ve missed you! After six months of temporary closure, we’re excited to announce that we are finally opening our doors on 30th October, which coincides with our...
-
May 7, 2020 |
Birmingham History, Coffin Works, Newman Brothers |
Karen Cameron |
0
It was a rainy morning and the bunting and flags were looking a little bedraggled already: children dressed in red, white and blue were determined that the weather wouldn’t...
-
September 8, 2019 |
Coffin Works, Newman Brothers |
Josie Wall |
0
We’re absolutely delighted to announce we are a finalist in the West Midlands Volunteer Awards for 2019. The work of our volunteers on the Coffin Works Collections Audit Project...
-
February 21, 2019 |
Coffin Works, Events, Newman Brothers |
Josie Wall |
2
As part of the annual ‘A Matter of Life and Death’ festival brought to you by BrumYODO, the object of the funeral study day is to bring together academics, funeral...
-
November 28, 2018 |
Coffin Works, Events, Newman Brothers |
Sarah Hayes |
0
What can I say about the Pandemonium of Poe, other than the production by the Don’t Go in the Cellar theatre company in early November was simply superb! The performance...
-
July 26, 2017 |
Coffin Works, Newman Brothers |
Sarah Hayes |
5
What’s the difference between a coffin and a casket? It’s a question I’d never entertained before working at Newman Brothers Coffin Works, but that’s the question we...
-
April 26, 2017 |
Coffin Works, Newman Brothers |
Sarah Hayes |
0
‘If special widths are required, as used in Scotland and Ireland, an extra will be charged’. Those words grace the page of a Newman Brothers’ catalogue, dating from the...
