July 3rd, 2009
10:16 am by Karen Strunks
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Where you do you get your old fashioned sweet fix these days? I have just the place for you!
On the corner of Inge Street and Hurst Street you will find a wonderful Olde Shoppe to cater for your hard boiled sweets needs. Not only that, but you can spend a good few hours there exploring the restored 19th century houses next door. Otherwise known as the ‘Back to Backs’, the National Trust offers you the experience of stepping back in time and seeing how our ancestors used to live.
Take from the National Trust Website:
Carefully restored, atmospheric 19th-century courtyard of working people’s houses
Birmingham’s last surviving court of back to back housing
Story is told through the experiences of the people who lived and worked here
Covers four different periods, from 1840 to 1977
Design of each interior reflects the varied cultures, religions and professions of the families who made their homes here
Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets): £5.70 (£5.15), child £2.90 (£2.60), family £14.20 (£12.90)
Advance Booking Recommended
It’s well worth a visit and a great afternoon out for the family!
July 3rd, 2009
12:00 am by Jon Bounds
Russ tells of fighting, Supersonic (inevitably) and of "outstandingly named acts as “The Fantabulous Sheepwash Playboys” and “The Shuffling Hungarians”" – which are jazz, unfortunately. [link]
July 2nd, 2009
11:24 pm by Jon Bounds
The makers of the spangly Fused magazine have gone all What’s On-y. Which is good, because:
a) What’s On was never very cool, &
b) it’s shut down.
Area is the new “pocket sized” (or A6 in grown-up terms) “pocket guide” to what’s going on in and around Brum. It’s going to be monthly, although the first issue is a July/August double issue as “everyone’s on holiday and not much goes on”. It looks lovely. It’s got listings and writerly things from top people such a Danny Smith (whose new “wordcast” you should check out). It looks like this:
And for those of you not hip enough (myself included) to be anywhere it’s distributed the first issue is online (and I link directly to page 18 because I wrote it, and I’m vain).
July 2nd, 2009
1:00 pm by Jon Bounds
To celebrate the completion of work to restore the gatehouse, Nev will be posing with people dressed as ghosts. A photo opportunity if ever I saw one. [link]
June 30th, 2009
9:00 am by Jon Bounds
Athletico Spizz 80 – Effortless Do A Runner
And that’s it, a full month of Brum music videos — loads of bands I’d have liked to have picked had no YouTubery to embed, but what’s even more remarkable is that we’ve got through the month without repeating what’s been on the Brum Music Month blog (a couple of bands perhaps…). So there’s 60-odd top Brum tracks you might not have thought of, enjoy it all.
June is Birmingham Music Month, so get off your arses and talk Brum Music, make Brum Music, promote Brum Music, listen to Brum Music and have fun with Brum Music. BiNS is showcasing a Brummie Music vid every day in June, The Big Paws had a Brum Music Special (listen here) and you can do whatever you likes…
June 29th, 2009
11:00 pm by Jon Bounds
Oh yes, that's what it is. A valuable pub-based resource. [link]
June 29th, 2009
1:14 pm by Jon Bounds
The whole show “live from glastonbury” (hem, hem) with the last few Brum Music Month goodies:
June 28th, 2009
9:00 am by Jon Bounds
The Move – Blackberry Way
Who have we missed so far? Leave a comment…
June is Birmingham Music Month, so get off your arses and talk Brum Music, make Brum Music, promote Brum Music, listen to Brum Music and have fun with Brum Music. BiNS is showcasing a Brummie Music vid every day in June, The Big Paws had a Brum Music Special (listen here) and you can do whatever you likes…
June 27th, 2009
9:00 am by Jon Bounds
Black Sabbath – Iron Man
Who have we missed so far? Leave a comment…
June is Birmingham Music Month, so get off your arses and talk Brum Music, make Brum Music, promote Brum Music, listen to Brum Music and have fun with Brum Music. BiNS is showcasing a Brummie Music vid every day in June, The Big Paws had a Brum Music Special (listen here) and you can do whatever you likes…
June 26th, 2009
11:52 am by Karen Strunks
Remember Refused by Karen Strunks
I spotted this intriguing message on the bridge that crosses over Constitution Hill. It’s just brings forth questions that so far remained unanswered. What does it mean? Is Refused a person? Who wrote it? What’s it’s message? What do you think?