
From Yardley to Saxony to Sparkhill: Edwin Gordon Newman’s journey home
Adele Burns, the great-great granddaughter of Edwin Newman (joint founder of Newman Brothers) was recently in touch to update us on a bit of Newman-family
Adele Burns, the great-great granddaughter of Edwin Newman (joint founder of Newman Brothers) was recently in touch to update us on a bit of Newman-family
It’s been a year since we published our blog on the previously unknown Newman Brothers’ workforce we discovered as a result of the publication of
Since beginning our research into the Newman Brothers’ workforce over eight years ago we always knew that we hadn’t got the complete story, largely because
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
A Poem by Stephen Whyte Throughout the centuries Birmingham has been written many a way Since it was a settlement on the River Rea… Originating
The Coffin Works has been awarded £53,500 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the
There’s a canal at the bottom of Newhall Street in Birmingham. Did you know there was once a canal at the TOP of the hill
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