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
During the lockdown I have still been going into work, as I work in animal welfare. My role as a receptionist changed due to being
A Drab Thoroughfare with a Glamorous Name Street of Opportunity A Visit to Fleet Street Birmingham by Tudor Jones, 4th August 1953 In London,
Following the Government’s advice to avoid all non-essential contact we have taken the decision to close the Coffin Works to the public from Wednesday 18th
There is a place in the heart of this land a city with history; perhaps not thought grand..? Birmingham’s its name – but a long
My dad died earlier this month. In the last weeks of his life he knew he was dying and this gave us (myself and my
Long before Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson or even Fanny Craddock there was Aunt Kate. What do you mean you haven’t heard of her? Well, in
For almost three years I have been volunteering at The Coffin Works in a Conservation/Care of Collection role. This involves cleaning and conserving the collection,
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
I volunteer for both The Coffin Works and Home of Metal. In my spare time I like to sew. The Shroud Room is my
Two years ago I wrote about the evolution of the coffin in a blog entitled ‘From Coffins to Caskets: an American History’, so two years
As a recent University History graduate I started to volunteer at the Coffin Works as part of the Conservation Team. My main partner in this
