Following these talks, Sue Thomas will discuss the making of the Jewellery Quarter as a dissenting community in the early 19th Century and Simon Buteux, Director of the Birmingham Conservation Trust, will talk about the importance of heritage in the Quarter, including an update on the Newman Brothers Coffin Fitting Works. Finally, John Berkeley OBE, former Chairman of Brandauer Holdings (a long-established precision engineering firm on the edge of the Jewellery Quarter), will discuss t…

Anu Manchanda and Penny Parkes at The Scottish Gem A Conference in Peebles.[/caption]  Carla Goodfellow and Sophie Whitehouse crossed the water to visit some lovely customers in Belfast who gave them a great welcome, and Marion Wilson attended her first CIBJO Congress in Tel Aviv. [caption id="attachment_5102" align="aligncenter" width="448"] Ofir Arnon, Assay Master of the Assay Office in Tel Aviv[/caption] At the end of the Conference Marion was delighted to meet up with Ofir Arno…

Bernard Ward with wife Margaret receiving an OBE at Buckingham Palace on 20th May 1999, the day of his 65th Birthday.[/caption]