Tag: Ancestory

• A Family Connection

  Social Historian, Sarah Hayes is the Collections and Exhibitions Manager at Newman Brothers Coffin Works in Birmingham. Discovering she had an ancestor working in the funeral trade in Birmingham over 150 years ago, and then of her daughter living on Fleet Street, just ten doors down from what was to become Newman Brothers Coffin Works is almost…

  Death and the Maiden

  13/04/2015

  Guest Post

  Ancestory, Birmingham, Burial, Business, Coffin Works, Coffins, Deadmaidens, Education, Family, Heritage, History, Industry, Museum, Newman Brothers, Objects, Trade