Birmingham: It’s Not Shit

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1. on 2 December 2007 at 10:49 pm Anonymous wrote:

   Brummie of the Year 2007 - John Tighe…

   The image of the pub landlord as a gruff figure-of-fun has been exploded by Brummies voting in their hundreds to make John Tighe - of The Spotted Dog - Birmingham: It’s Not Shit Brummie of the Year 2007…

2. on 2 December 2007 at 11:34 pm The Brummie of the Year is… « Joanna Geary wrote:

   [...] The Brummie of the Year is… Published December 2, 2007 Uncategorized John Tighe. [...]

3. on 3 December 2007 at 12:27 am Created in Birmingham » Brummie of the Year 2007 wrote:

   [...] Tighe of the Spotted Dog pub is Brummie of the Year 2007. Well done John! Share [...]

4. on 3 December 2007 at 1:07 am Pete Ashton’s Blog » I Speech Now? wrote:

   [...] team and so forth and I think that’s reasonable. So thanks to everyone who votes for me in the Brummie of the Year award. I got an frankly incredible 336 votes which, even allowing for multiples, is way more than I’d [...]

5. on 3 December 2007 at 8:17 pm John Tighe wrote:

   TheStirrer wrote:

   For John’s reaction, see here http://www.thestirrer.co.uk/johntighe.html

   Adrian made up all of this. What I did say was:
   “Bollocks!”

   Brummie of the Year! I thought I’d been elected as the new Pope. My Mum’s going to be really upset when she finds out. She wasn’t too pleased that I was going to remove the obligation to go to Mass every Sunday and to make it ok to covet your neighbour’s wife - though in some cases, I’d rather covet my neighbour’s ox than covet his wife. Mum had spent so much time sewing all those sequins on the robes and the triple tiara. And the size of the stone in the ring!!!

   Brummie of the Year! I suppose I’ll have to practice using the words “cowin’” and “bab” in the same sentence. Although I could get Carl Chinn to do my voiceovers. Might as well make some use of him since he was pathetically unwilling to express support for our “Noise Abatement Notice” campaign – too political!?! (Must remember that when voting for Mayor)

   Brummie of the Year! Wait ‘til I tell my snotty barmaids that they have to curtsey to me. I will try to get them to “kiss my ring” as well, but I don’t hold out too much hope. As for the rest of you hoi polloi, I want to see loads of forelock-tugging or you’ll be in deep shit.

   Brummie of the Year! Hang on! Does this mean that I can force the Planning Department to produce either their own or a developer’s noise survey for the Abacus building? Can I make them force the developers to come back and finish the building correctly, for the benefit of the unfortunates who have invested in Birmingham’s next slum? Can I compel them to admit that they DO know the whereabouts of the Chief Planning Officer involved at the time, who, according to them, has moved on, leaving no forwarding address? Ho Ho! Can I replace litter wardens with roadsweepers? Can I abolish the iniquitous Licensing Task Force, spawned by a deliberate misinterpretation of the spirit of the Licensing Act, who are having a fun time blitzing licensed premises unnecessarily, and, probably, illegally, leading to the needless expenditure of countless thousands of pounds.
   What do you mean, I can’t…! Bollocks.
   What about making it open season on pricks who rent (not buy!) apartments in Digbeth and then threaten the whole live music scene in Brum by opening the wormhole that allows the developers and planners to collude in building high-profit-margin crap because Digbeth in now officially “residential”.
   What! I can’t even do that!
   How disappointing. And I woke up this morning feeling like Woody Allen in “Bananas”.

6. on 4 December 2007 at 10:40 am Brummie Of The Year 2007 « The Golden Side of the Moon wrote:

   [...] Of The Year 2007 The Brummie of the Year 2007 has been announced and it’s John Tighe of the Spotted Dog pub in Digbeth. Congratulations [...]

7. on 7 December 2007 at 11:40 am Grandtheft wrote:

   The web page for the Abacus Building at http://www.smartnewhomes.com tempts prospective purchasers with the following:

   “Birmingham rocks.
   Its heart beats loudly and in time with yours, whatever you want to do.
   If it’s nightlife you crave, Birmingham has a lot to offer from House, hip-hop, garage, drum ‘n’ bass, R & B, indie and any other sounds you care to listen out for.”

   Can’t say they weren’t warned!

8. on 11 December 2007 at 10:18 pm Moseleyblogger wrote:

   Done & Dusted. Now that the messy affair of 2007 is out of the way, it’s high time to start nominations for 2008. It’s unlikely that anyone else like this will come along, so you’ve got a year to think of the appropriate accolades.

   A sharp-eyed shopkeeper may have put a stop to a major crime operation passing off forged banknotes in Kings Heath. His swift actions led to a dramatic chase along the High Street as the suspect fled through lunchtime shoppers with two local butchers in hot pursuit.

   Butcher shop owner Stan Hems said he was offered a £20 note by a woman on Friday lunchtime and he was immediately suspicious that it was a forgery. “The note looked brilliant, but the paper just didn’t feel right. Then when I held it up to the light I notice part of the watermark was missing,” says Stan.

   He says he challenged the woman who then offered him what he thought was another fake note. When he mentioned calling the police she ran out of the shop and up the High Street. Sixty year old Stan gave chase along with a younger member of staff who caught the woman and brought her back to the butchers’ shop until the police arrived. About My Area

   Brum’s own have-a-go hero (top that, Glasgow!) is a larger than life character who embodies all the qualities you could ask for in a Brummie of the Year, and more! He’s very much the local lad, is active in his community (has been for decades), and has that unassuming but bolshie spirit that we like round these parts. Ra, Stan!

9. on 29 March 2008 at 12:17 pm A Local Heart « Getgood Guide wrote:

   [...] this lying down. Its landlord, the very vocal John Tighe, was crowned 2007 Brummie of the Year by Brirmingham It’s Not Shit for fighting the good fight (with often hilarious consequences – the spoof stella ad is just [...]

10. on 12 May 2008 at 11:49 pm Boozing Blog « The Getgood Guide wrote:

    [...] to come first by virtue of its rebel landlord John Tighe and his fight against the Noise Abatement Order. John is assisted by his harem of beautiful young [...]