Comments on: sax, but no THE – Town Hall reopens

By: Focalplane

Focalplane — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:46:00 +0000

Yes, thank goodness they didn’t run the words together. Coining “Bullring” was the last straw for me. I guess we don’t say “The Symphony Hall” so that may explain why were are not going to be able to say “The Town Hall”? Which leads on to a possible explanation in the THSH “branding” of the two halls.

By: bounder

bounder — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:52:00 +0000

i still say i’m going ‘up town’, but i’ve never said ‘up town hall’. Birmingham Town Hall, or The Town Hall I’d call it – at least they haven’t run it together, TownHall. Like Bullring it doesn’t work for me.

By: Focalplane

Focalplane — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:13:00 +0000

You know, I think it always called Town Hall without the “the”. I was raised hearing phrases like “we’re going to Town this afternoon, so look sharp”. The thing was, even when Birmingham became a city, no-one ever thought to change.