Monthly Archives: January 2009

Created in Birmingham: Best UK Blog 2008

Created in Birmingham has been officially announced as the winner of the Best UK Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards.

Birmingham's Style In The City event postponed

"The event, which was scheduled to take place in April and was to include activities across the city including celebrity-studded catwalk shows, will now be delayed five months and instead take place in September."

Birmingham Corporation Tramways & Omnibus Department – Outer Circle bus guide, c1925, originally uploaded by mikeyashworth. Birmingham Corporation Tramways & Omnibus Department – Outer Circle bus guide ‘see Birmingham’s charming suburbs by ‘bus – 25 miles for fifteen pence’ I’ve been after one of these for ages.

Oasis in the toilet of the Jug of Ale

"The dressing room at the Jug Of Ale in Moseley was actually a toilet" – happy memories of the upstairs toilet in the old Jug. Back in '94(?) I think, I must have been at this gig.

Step aboard the Big City Plan Bus today

The “Beyond Midnight” bus, which has more info about the Big City Plan (that will decide what happens in Birmingham over the next 20 years), is in the city centre today and Highgate tomorrow. Only just heard about this and we’re too late to let you know that it was in Ladywood yesterday. Please go along if you can, in great numbers, to find out more about the Big City Plan, have your say and show the council that we really care about our city. The details: Tuesday 13 January City Centre * 9am – 3pm, Edgbaston Street, Markets area * 3pm – 8pm, Victoria Square Wednesday 14 January Highgate * 12 noon – 3pm, Joseph Chamberlain College * 3pm -5pm, Gooch Street shops * 5pm – 7pm, Stanhope St Youth and Community Centre * 7pm – 9pm, St Martins Youth Centre Gooch Street, Highgate, Birmingham B12 Not quite sure why it’s called the “Beyond Midnight” bus, as it only seems to be open during the day and early evening. Oh well, I suppose 9am is beyond midnight. If you can eat After Eights at any time of day, we’re sure you can visit the Beyond Midnight bus too...

Interactive Travel Map

Based on Google Maps, Network West Midlands (who are in overall charge of buses trains and the metro) have done a great job on this map. Not only can you zoom right down into individual bus-stops – but you can see the timetable when you do, and even plan routes. Good work.

“The City of a Thousand Trades” – City of Birmingham information booklet, c1935, originally uploaded by mikeyashworth. This booklet was issued by the ‘City of Birmingham Information Office’ sometime in the 30′s. “Made in Birmingham – the hub of industrial England”.

Spaghetti Gazetti's History of the Number 11 Bus Route

Including the (verifiable?) fact that Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran wrote the hit single ‘Hungry Like The Wolf’ on the number 11 bus between Perry Barr and Kings Heath.

The transfer window

Okay, let’s have a bit of fun to brighten up a cold dull January. Football now has a transfer window – a short period of time during the season when clubs can buy and sell players – it’s fun for the press, not so much for the managers who have to make quick decisions, er, quickly. So, hypothetically if there was a celebrity citizen transfer window — when a city could buy or sell residents (or those associated with it, but not living here eg Ozzy) — who would you as “manager” of Birmingham look to bring into your squad? Who would you ship out on loan to Rotherham? For clarity’s sake, let’s say you must keep the city at the same size — so one it, one out. Your ‘celebs’ must be of “similar value”, no swapping Paul Henry for Will Smith, we’re not made of fictional celebrity transfer cash. I’ll start: IN – Jeremy Clarkson (cos at least he’d stop having a go, and wouldn’t have to “drive around Birmingham” as he’d be driving into it). OUT – Carl Chinn (lovely bloke, but who outside Brum knows who he is?). Keep it celeb based (they can take...

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