Hey Ho, Let’s Go….down to the Epic Skate Park! Now the kids are on their summer holiday and some of the grown ups too….dust off your skateboards and skates and have a ‘wheelie’ (sorry) fab day out! The park is…
Month: July 2009
Inside the Birmingham Battery
Don’t be put of by the almost-enyaesque tunes, a view inside the Battery in Selly Oak is well worth the trip. Cheers Kingdale
The Big Paws 25/07/09 – Listen Again
A Supersonicy special plus news of other stuff going on in and around Brum, minus cartoon-dog vocals, with all the usual stuff – Northern Soul, Sweary News and the Tiiiiiiiime Tunnel:
Take me low
Cliff Richards is no doubt upset, as the “Cliff Richards’s Millennium Flame” has been pulled down so they can build the underground library in Centenary Square. Photo by davidsesa
Harry Palmer: Purfume and Swine flu – a connection, a solution
I don’t wear perfume. The idea of applying pollutant glue that ‘sticks’ to my skin doesn’t appeal to me. Nonetheless, I do wear some medical non-chalk talc that works well for what it needs to do – preventing body odour…
Jon Bounds on Digbeth, Birmingham's vibrant heart – The Guardian
The Guardian asked me to write about Brum, so as it needs all the support it can I did a bit on Digbeth. They subbed out a clever line about the Rainbow that I'll now save for something else — but…
Over Three Thousand Tickets issued in Livery Street Car Park Last Year
Neil Houston has analysed every parking ticket issued in Brum from March 2008 to April 2009 and the Council-run pay-and-display by Snow Hill is a nice little earner in more ways than one. A scandal? Perhaps. [link]
Danny Smith’s Guide to 2008 Pt10
Danny Smith was writing lots of guides to Brum for the Itchy guide, last year. It never happened, so we present his guide to the past in a number of parts (see all the parts): Q Club 212 Corporation St…
Birmingham Central Library’s final chapter – Building Design
Nice history of the Library and asks of the Government: "Will it support great architecture, or a group of powerful officers and councillors, lobbying hard, and bent on destroying it?". [link]