Not often I get to show this quite varied collection of canal linocuts. But at this venue I should have at least 30 of them on show. If you can make it please do. Check their website for opening times etc. #linocut #canal #printmaking Canal & River Trust

I'm on the lookout for a wheelbarrow (or two) for the replica brickworks which are currently being recreated Black Country Living Museum A 'hack-barrow' was once an essential piece of kit for a brick-moulder & were used in the Black Country at Oak Farm brickworks into the 1980s.

I really had to force myself to go by cycle/train to Walsall this morning but then I got to see these wonderful tulips on my way home Canal & River Trust West Midlands & moving closer to ditching the car forever 🌸

“A landscape of the end of the world: the industrial revolution and the Black Country c. 1706-1914” Saturday 1 July 2023 10.00am to 4.40pm. Black Country Living Museum. Tickets - £30. Programme and details at blackcountrysociety.com/history-confer….

Thank you for inviting me along, really great talks so far by Simon Briercliffe, Chris Baker & Matthew Stallard.

Look at Gas Street Canal & River Trust West Midlands 👇

Help please...possibly it says Edward Smith, Kingswinford...what do you think?

This 1920s end-of-terrace on the Tennal Hall housing estate in Quinton, Birmingham is the only house left with its original windows and untouched brickwork. I’ve pondered the significance of this house but should it be listed Municipal Dreams ?

There’s a skip outside a house on MPHT full of original parquet flooring, possibly Douglas Fir. It’s in lovely condition, could be relaid & look beautiful again. I’m frustrated about original materials being thrown into skips everywhere atm - DM if you want to skip raid.

*Parquet update* a tiny group of heritage heroes have spent the last 2 days salvaging the floor for reuse where it is most needed…such madness it was chucked in the 1st place but at least it’s been saved by 3 lovely people 😊

On the outside just an ordinary suburban semi, on the inside I think we have the inspiration for the next development at the⁩ ⁦Black Country Living Museum⁩ 1970s anyone? ⁦Carol King⁩ ⁦Nadia Awal⁩ ⁦@clareweston1⁩ ⁦Simon Briercliffe⁩ rightmove.co.uk/properties/863…

This film is wonderful & one for you @clareweston1 👇

Does anyone have any suggestions to help with Raynaud’s and chilblains? Any special gloves or cream recommendations would be most welcome…I won’t post an image of my grotty fingers 🥶

Nurses' accommodation for the Children's Hospital, Birmingham. Trying to locate where the building was, possibly Francis Road near Five Ways...any ideas?

I'm currently writing about the popularity of brindle bricks during the early C20th through to the 1940s. These lovely bricks were made by the Titford Brick Co. Blackheath & were used on many of the houses on the MPHT estate, Harborne. Do send me your brindle pics please..

My first google of 2024…..I recommend adding O’Keefe’s Working Hands to the list of how to prize apart fingers of 13 yr old DIY obsessed children

I'm trying to find a copy of The British Clayworker: The Organ of the Brick, Tile and Cement Trades, Volume 19 from 1911. Can anyone help?

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