Creative Midlands Heritage

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• Stoke Workshops for the Blind
• Restoring an old farmhouse was a baptism of fire for a <b>Northamptonshire</b> couple
• Hinckley's £80m redevelopment gets government green light
• The keepers of Sudeley Castle
• Fairford, <b>Gloucestershire</b>
• Bank holiday treats at the Transport Museum, Wythall

Stoke Workshops for the Blind Posted: 05 Apr 2012 01:34 PM PDT I've been fixing the fire alarms here this week, nice art deco building with the odd touches still remaining. Partially underground (why not?) the floor space is huge and a true rabbit-warren. Once administered by Stoke council, it is now a disability employer in private hands and specialises in steel wire retail fittings. The council ripped out all the iron window frames not long ago and 'upgraded them' to UPVC. The admin block is partially visible from the main City Road, Fenton at the end of a long avenue.

Restoring an old farmhouse was a baptism of fire for a <b>Northamptonshire</b> couple Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:08 AM PDT The couple moved into a 300-year-old farmhouse in the pretty east Northamptonshire village of Bulwick and returned home on Boxing Day, 2010, after a night away to find an unexpected Christmas present...flooding. "The central heating pipes underneath ... See all stories on this topic » Northampton Chronicle & Echo

Hinckley's £80m redevelopment gets government green light Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:50 AM PDT An £80m redevelopment of Hinckley town centre in Leicestershire has got the go ahead from the government. Construction News provides a range of both print and online advertising opportunities on our news pages or within the feature pages of our special ... See all stories on this topic »

The keepers of Sudeley Castle Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:49 AM PDT By Annabel Freyberg Sudeley Castle seems to have everything: glorious Cotswold setting, crenellated architecture, superlative art, fabulous formal gardens, ruins, a dramatic history with royal connections aplenty – including an English queen buried in ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Fairford, <b>Gloucestershire</b> Posted: 05 Apr 2012 06:51 AM PDT This stained glass window comes from Fairford church in Gloucestershire, a building that was rebuilt between about 1490 and 1510. The set of windows here is the most complete ensemble of late-medieval windows in any English parish church and is ... See all stories on this topic » NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL LOLS (blog)

Bank holiday treats at the Transport Museum, Wythall Posted: 05 Apr 2012 06:43 AM PDT VISITORS to the Transport Museum, Wythall, will find an additional hall this year and the largest collection of classic Midlands buses and battery-electric vehicles, around 100 in total. These recall the days when operators like Midland Red, ... See all stories on this topic »

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