Archive for January, 2004

Just found this on the old interweb. A poem called Brummagen read by the Chinnmiester himself. From a nice history site.
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It’s deja-vu alll over again, as Land Rover workers – who must have been watching that fab Arthur Scargil programme on saturday – go on strike.
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Well, not a degree as such – but there is a one day course on Sat 28 Feb. I’m going.
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The filthy tabloid press has had another go at brummie icon Clare Short. They printed an article calling her “fat and jealous” of page 3 girls. It includes a pic of Clare’s head super-imposed onto a topless model. So, my mate Garry will be happy tonight anyway. See the offending article here.
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has got the sack from Radio WM. Now, I only vaguely remember him from his reports on Albion games a few years back, but Virtual Brum have a tribute page…
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A Taxi driver has some ‘amusing’ views about foreign visitors to Brum. Not the Kilroy kind tho?.
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Birmingham city council today took a leaf out of “Culture Capital” Liverpool’s book – and bought the Beatle’s 1000 holes (previously on loan to Blackburn, Lancashire) and installed them in Spagetti Junction. Althougth the holes are rather small, they were popular enough to fill the Albert Hall some years back. Well done lads!
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