Monthly Archives: December 2008

Big Brum Quiz of the Year 2008

So what happened in Birmingham in 2008? Did Mike Whitby sell Mr Egg to a passing Chinese tourist, did anyone find our how to get to Aston from Spaghetti Junction without driving halfway to Sutton and doing a U-turn? Twenty-four questions, two for each month will sort the saft from those as brainy as a brain sandwich. The winner can has brumburger, the loser must forever dine at MacDonalds on "the ramp"

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The great inverted ziggurat of Birmingham: why is it so misunderstood? – Inversion Layer

So just what is it about the Birmingham Central Library that generates such loathing (and almost as as much passionate support)?

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4am at Acock’s Green Bus Garage

4am at Acock’s Green Bus Garage

The latest in the foolhardy Karen Strunks’s series of photo projects that happen at 4 o’clock in the morning around Brum — this one sees her take to Acock’s Green Bus Garage.

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BiNS Advent Calendar 2008 – December 24th

You always get a bumper window for Christmas eve — so here’s Meg Mathews singing up a Christmas storm for you from Crossroads’ ’79 Xmas special. See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.

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BiNS Advent Calendar 2008 – December 23rd

See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.

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BiNS Advent Calendar 2008 – December 22nd

What if Noddy had decided to do a Easter song instead? See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.

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BiNS Advent Calendar 2008 – December 21st

Bernard Cribbins voiceover: “Birmingham, Christmas 1973 – Grim. Roy Wood… mental.” See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.

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BiNS Advent Calendar 2008 – December 20th

Ozzy: “I f-king hate Christmas.” See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.

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BiNS Advent Calendar 2008 – December 19th

Not one of Jaspers’ best, this 12 days of xmas song. Doesn’t move much on stage either… See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.

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