14 September 2013

Restoration of Coffin Fittings Works in Birmingham

14 September 2013,
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Birmingham Conservation Trust are working on a project to restore Newman Brothers Coffin Fittings Works in Fleet Street.

This was a working building for over 100 years until it closed in 1999. It is typical of the type of building that sprung up in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham in the late 19th Century. Newman Brothers specialised in producing high quality coffin fittings in solid brass and later moulded resin. They also made shrouds and coffin linings.


Stranger on the shore - Fitting Farewell blog image
14 September 2013

Stranger on the Shore – A Final Journey

14 September 2013,
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People are so inventive when it comes to funerals and fulfilling the last wishes of a loved one. We came across this amazing story, which was shared on Facebook. If you didn’t see it here it is. The story was posted by the team at Glunz Ocean Beach Hotel & Resort (in Key Colony Beach, Florida).