Today Winterbourne HG, MIAH Foundation, and Ikon joined forces for two 'Qur'an - Manuscripts, Pigments and Printing' workshops, supported by Uni of Birmingham's Culture Forward as part of the 'Qur'an in the City' project 🎉

John Sutton Nettlefold Senior founded Nettlefolds in the 1820s, making a variety of metal products. His stock book was used and annotated for over 30 years. #Archive30 #BusinessArchives Winterbourne HG Lee Hale ArchivesWestMidlands History WestMidlands

John Henry Crosskey, son-in-law of the Nettlefolds, enjoying some fishing on holiday in Wales, 1930s #Archive30 #SportArchives Winterbourne HG #Angling Archive Hashtag ArchivesWestMidlands

We’re blazing a trail both indoors and out – packed with exciting challenges for little spotters and their families exploring Winterbourne’s beautifully curated Arts & Crafts House and botanical Garden. So much to see whatever the season Winterbourne HG.

This lantern slide looks like the aftermath of a disaster, but it's actually a 1960s trial of a new GKN Sankey device for shoring up mine shafts #Archive30 #SomethingScary Winterbourne HG #industrialhistory History WestMidlands #mininghistory

Our blog on sustainability explores this theme throughout Winterbourne HG history, including John Nettlefold's pioneering town planning and the Botany Dept's 1970s seed bank #Archive30 #ArchiveSustainability
winterbourne.org.uk/blog/2023/04/2…

In our blog about women at GKN during the war we feature the health facilities on offer, including the excellent sick bay #Archive30 #HealthArchives Winterbourne HG #industrialhistory Archive Hashtag History WestMidlands
winterbourne.org.uk/blog/2024/02/0…

The garden is open every day for the next few months. Come and explore the paths, navigate the log walk and build a den in the bosk!

These tiny brass tags were issued to GKN employees who handed them in at a kiosk at the start of the day to prove they had arrived #Archive30 #SomethingSmall Winterbourne HG #industrialhistory History WestMidlands Bournville Village Trust Smethwick Heritage Centre Lee Hale

Come to our Study Day Compton Verney on 4th May to hear Todd Longstaffe-Gowan on eccentric gardeners and Jane Simpkiss on women in landscape. Tickets available now comptonverney.org.uk/event/landscap…

In 1892 William Henry Wilkinson of the Pelican Works, Jewellery Quarter, travelled to Egypt with Thomas Cook & Son Managers of Tours and Excursions. Some of his hotel receipts are works of art in themselves. #Archive30 #ArchiveTravel Winterbourne HG Jewellery Quarter Research Trust

Today we remember John Nicolson, last private owner of Winterbourne who died #onthisday 80 years ago and bequeathed the site to the University.
You can find out more about him in our recent Blog post ow.ly/pzzX50RiRlZ
#WinterbourneHouseAndGarden #UniversityOfBirmingham

Our hand-embroidered Parliamentary Court suit from 1853, which belonged to Edward Strutt MP of Belper, now on display following major conservation #Archive30 #ConservationWin Winterbourne HG The Burgon Society Derby Museums Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill DATS The Textile Society (UK) TheVictorianCommons

Booking now open for 'What is Horticultural Heritage?' symposium Winterbourne HG for heritage/horticultural sector professionals and researchers, 11 June BhamHeritageForum National Trust in the Midlands WM Museum Dev Birmingham Botanical Gardens winterbourne.org.uk/whats-on/horti…

Margaret Nettlefold's blotter, which she used to blot her private letters, has beautifully carved wooden covers and the blotting paper inside preserves her doodles #Archive30 #ArchiveObject Winterbourne HG Handwritten Letter ArchivesWestMidlands History WestMidlands

Hear from some of our printmakers in our exhibition Start the Press! Join us for the Start the Press! finale event.

Thursday 18 April, 5-7pm. Free entry, just drop in.

Learn more: tinyurl.com/4z78mu9u

Freelands Foundation Jerwood Foundation University of Wolverhampton #TheSaintburyTrust

#Printmaking

Industrial catalogues from the 1980s display fashions alongside their products #Archive30 #ArchiveFashion Winterbourne HG #industrialhistory Women's History Network History WestMidlands DATS Lee Hale

The Winterbourne HG Blackbird Publishing 2024 Garden Explorer Trail brightens your Spring taste buds with Heritage Seeds UK from fork to kitchen and Potting Shed display from BBC Gardeners World Greenacre Urban Vegetables 2008-2009 and links to World Continents Seed banks in Birmingham and District Allotments Confederation

This 1980s reproduction of a Morris & Co Holy Grail tapestry depicts the moment when the Knights of the Round Table are summoned to the Grail quest by the Strange Damsel #Archive30 #ArchiveMyths Winterbourne HG #williammorris #holygrail