The lovely Nicky Getgood of Digbeth is Good (the best source of Digbeth info around) found this tiny doll’s chamber pot and gave it to us. But how do we know how big it is? Well, according to Nicky, you photograph it beside a cat: Nicky has also given us a lock of, 2007 Brummie of the Year, John Tighe’s hair, which we intend to seal inside the trophy for 2008′s winner.
Birmingham City Council is to provide computers and internet connections for 1,800 households in Aston. Some good news.
The Birmingham International Film Society offers a programme of new and classic World Cinema and it now has a website. Which is nice:
Mike Whitby thinks Aston Villa should change their name to include the word Birmingham. Wouldn’t a disregarding of 134 years of tradition, and obvious love of “branding” make him unsuited to be in charge of things? Just a thought.
Birmingham Writers’ Group has a short story competition for original stories of less than 2,500 words set in Birmingham’s past, present or future. There is a £50 cash prize for the winning entry. The winner and selected runners-up will have their story published in the forthcoming ‘Birmingham through Time’ anthology and will receive a free copy. Go write, full details and some nice research links, are on the website.
If Eastside wasn’t an awful enough name, the latest Big City Plan stuff introduces us to Westside. And it’s associated Ali G connotations. What next? The area between the Turks Head and the Royal Mail Sorting Office becomes Northside, and residents are themed into madchester gear and trained to say “top” a lot? There’s a website, full of the usual vile canalside living photographs and meaningless words like “global”. And if you dig there are little PDFs where the “vision” for the various areas are explained — they seem to be already hived off to developers, during the consultation process (?) — including the previously mentioned Baskerville Wharf. Taking a look at the drawing, and comparing to the recent now with Google Earth (click on the pic for big) and there seems to be no difference, apart from painting the car park white and the water blue. It looks like at this stage they don’t have any ideas. But they have words (albeit meaningless redevelopment words): “Baskerville Wharf has the potential to deliver Grade A office accommodation, high quality city centre apartments, family housing, hotel and conference facilities and a range of shops, bars and restaurant facilities throughout. A...
Harry Palmer – (self proclaimed) Eccentric Archaeologist on his public address. Scroll spast the large photo of the Native American for the full SP.
Terry Grimley views the Art of Birmingham 1940-2008 exhibition at the Water Hall gallery. February 1 (Mon-Thur, Sat 10am-5pm, Fri 10.30am-5pm, Sun 12.30pm-5pm; admission free).
