Dear Gemmers (esp. if you are Birmingham or West Midlands-based.)
For the first time, Birmingham Conservation Trust is offering special
candle-lit twilight tours of the Grade II* listed Newman Brothers
Coffin Fitting Works in the Jewellery Quarter between 26 October and 3
November to raise money for its restoration project which starts early
2013.
Visitors will experience a candlelit tour of the semi-derelict 1894
Victorian factory which made coffin fittings and find out about the
manufacturing processes used to produce the decorations for the
coffins of Princess Diana and Winston Churchill. Our guides will tell
stories about the workers and this family-run business; life in a
Victorian factory and an unfortunate incident of cyanide poisoning...
Tickets for the hour-long tour, followed by a warming mug of hot
chocolate in the candlelit courtyard are £10 (80p booking charge) and
all proceeds go towards the Coffin Fitting Works restoration project.
Tickets are available from
www.eventelephant.com/birminghamconservationtrust
Hope to see you there .... if you dare!
Best wishes
Suzanne
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