David B Crump (Crumpy to my friends)

In pretty much the man's own words. Had lots of fun unpicking the fact from the fiction!

Come and see the Society at stand E40 at the Historic Buildings Parks & Gardens Event on Tue 11th Nov 2025 from 0900 hrs. Entrance to the event is free for people in the heritage sector + owners of historic properties too. Register on the day QEII Centre, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE
See you there!

📣 There's a new petition to Stop the Closure of Walsall Leather Museum. The building is the last example there of an early Victorian leatherworks in situ. The leather-working process is showcased, it's a much-loved local attraction. The Council has announced it will close in 2026.
c.org/PKm6B7svFN

🎆Victory for St George’s Hall, Deal! 🎆

We’re delighted to share that St George’s Hall in Deal has been saved from demolition.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of local residents, the Deal Society, Deal Town Council and the Vic Soc, councillors on Dover District Council have refused plans. 🧵

There's a special place in hell for those who post Traitors spoilers.

@greenwoodprojects.bsky.social were very proud to have led the professional team on this lovely project.

These heritage buildings are being affected by the heritage skills crisis in local government. These two buildings are just the tip of the iceberg - this is just Birmingham alone. It is especially marked where it comes to conservation officers 🧵
Handsworth Park Lodge & clock tower. Photo Tim Bridges

Have you noticed an abandoned or derelict Victorian building near you? 📩 media@victoriansociety.org.uk for a chance for it to be featured in our Top 10 Endangered Buildings list 2026.
🏘️ 🏭⛪ in England & Wales only, built between 1837 - 1914. More here: bit.ly/4hybqrc

#heritage #endangeredbuildings

Calling all charity & social enterprise leaders, chairs & trustees in Scotland!

Meet funders, find new resources, and connect with your peers at this upcoming event.

Our Development Manager for Scotland, @gordonbarr.scot, will be attending. Will you be joining?

More details below. 👇

If all you see is bad jokes and pantomime dresses you might like it's Dame-scrolling.

So you've heard of stage make up right? Here is the fabulous Moore Marriot, one of the finest character actors of his generation without make up! lol.

Proud to consider myself a Brummie

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“Having ongoing support from AHF through all the stages of what can be a long project development period has been invaluable to us” - Andrew Prendergast, Isle of Canna Community Development Trust.

The exterior of Coroghan Barn on the Isle of Canna. Credit: Andrew Prendergast.

Did you know that alongside grants and loans, we provide advice and support to help communities across the UK find sustainable new uses for much-loved historic buildings?

To find out how we can help you, take a look at our website and get in touch:
👉 ahfund.org.uk

Come and join us as the Society's Administrator as we campaign for Victorian and Edwardian built heritage.

The Administrator plays a central role for the Society in supporting all aspects of this work, ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the office.

Read more: bit.ly/4mJudAF

#hiring

A Brief History of Modern Art in Poetry 1. Impressionism Roses sway in softened reds, Violets swim in murky blues, Sugar sparkles in the light, Blurring into golden you. 2. Surrealism Roses are melting, Violets are too. Ceci n’est pas le sucre. Keith is a giant crab 3. Social Realism Roses are dead, Violence is rife. Don’t sugar coat This bitter life. 4. Abstract Expressionism Are and. Violets roses so. You sweet blue. Are are red is sugar 5. Pop Art Roses go BLAM! Violets go POW! Sugar is COOL! You are so WOW! 6. Conceptual Art Roses are red, Coated in blood: A deer’s severed head Drips from above

Here’s another poem for National Poetry Day. This one is called ‘A Brief History of Modern Art in Poetry’.

Tŷ Nesaf and Tŷ Bach, Ynys Enlli, undergoing re-roofing work. Credit: Ymddiriedolaeth Ynys Enlli / Bardsey Island Trust.

A banner with the AHF logo hangs from some scaffolding over Tŷ Bach, Ynys Enlli. Credit: Ymddiriedolaeth Ynys Enlli / Bardsey Island Trust.

Delighted to have awarded a Capital Works Grant towards emergency roof repairs to Tŷ Nesaf & Tŷ Bach, a pair of farmhouses on Ynys Enlli.

Bardsey Island Trust is restoring Tŷ Nesaf and bringing it back into use to support the future of the island’s heritage & increase visitors.
👉 bit.ly/46J0e64

A sign that says Bradford 2025.

The Heritage Network Conference programme.

The inside of St George's Hall, where people are sitting down and looking at a stage. On the stage, there is a screen that says 'Heritage Network Conference 2025.'

We've arrived in Bradford, the 2025 UK City of Culture, for this year's Heritage Network Conference.

Excited to connect with colleagues from across the heritage sector today. @heritagenetwork.bsky.social

Group of young people outside of CYTO at The Shoestring

We are delighted to announce that we have awarded £80k in grants to 12 community theatres through our Small Grants Programme with The Linbury Trust for projects to improve access, sustainability and audience experiences 🎉

Read more about the grants
www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

Events | British Music Hall Society Our events are sociable affairs and open to everyone, come along and join us!

Two fantastic #BMHS events this October! 🎭
📚 Archive on Show @ Lambeth Archives – Thu 9 Oct, 2pm
🎤 Kirsty Roberts Talk @ The Water Rats – Tue 21 Oct, 7pm (celebrating Black performers in Morecambe’s history)
📖 Book here: britishmusichallsociety.com/events

Yes to the second point, but only because the BBC are treating Reform like the opposition, with blanket coverage - it's truly stomach churningly terrifying the way BBC are splashing Reform and for that matter Charlie Kirk all over their news. What happened to balance?! The BBC are complicit in this.

We are relieved that plans to demolish the 19thC Walk Mills in Keighley + replace it with 12 modern industrial buildings have been withdrawn. The Victorian Society, Historic Buildings & Places, West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service & others objected. bit.ly/4mt6Qva
📷Local Democracy Service

Redford - not often you can honestly say a true Hollywood great and mean it, but he was certainly that. RIP Sundance, a hero of my childhood.

Exterior of The Lowry with tagline Need for capital investment

We welcome Lisa Nandy's acknowledgement to CMS Committee that theatres need urgent capital funding after years of under-investment

We will continue working with government to identify how future capital funding can be targeted at theatres who need it most

www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards top prize goes to Redruth community scheme The Buttermarket, a project led by heritage specialist Architectural Thread, has taken home the highly coveted Retrofit of the year award for being a ‘standout, impactful project’

A 'standout, impactful project'.

Another amazing achievement for The Buttermarket, which has taken home the top prize - Retrofit of the Year award - at this year's AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards. 🎉

Congratulations to Architectural Thread and Redruth Revival CIC. 👏
bit.ly/4pjnyja

An exterior photograph of the front elevation of Wentworth Woodhouse stately home.

SAVE Britain’s Heritage are recruiting new trustees to join them in their 50th anniversary year and help safeguard SAVE’s mission to protect historic buildings. You don't need previous trustee experience just a passion for what they do.
Find out more: heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk/jobs/

A large apple tree with a wicker fence around it and a honey-coloured building with clay tiled roof behind. ©National Trust/Trevor Ray Hart

Archaeologists from the National Trust were recently #OutintheField at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, where they revealed everyday objects from the site of a house built for Isaac Newton’s mother, in a field next to the famous apple tree which inspired some of his great scientific advances. 🧵

Full audience in historic theatre auditorium at Citizens Theatre

Fantastic to see Citizens Theatre in Glasgow reopened 🎉

It is a major project in which Theatres Trust has been closely involved over the past decade, including an Advisory review, planning application support and two small but significant grants

www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...