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Ah Birmingham! I did consider speaking to one of the locals but I decided against it. You know what it’s like when you’re on holiday. You begin a conversation only to suffer the embarrassment of running out of vocabulary half way through. So instead I marvelled at the sights and then got on a train to Southampton. I probably wont go back. Dark Side of the Moon Chaplaincy: Birmingham ville des reves

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I’ve been meaning to do a quick mention of the Birmingham Post’s blog for quite a time. While the different authors are obsessed with political gossip, sport, and oddly charity cricket matches between directors of Birmingham based companies, that seems about right for the Post. What was moving me to comment tho’, was the distinct lack of comments – was it about visibility, or moderation, or did the Post not get the ‘conversation’ part of blogging? What really irked me was the couple of times I felt moved to comment, with a point or a vain witticism, they never made it. I was beginging to think that they wouldn’t allow any comment that wasn’t explicit agreeing with them. That was until the borderline ironic post about irony (bear with us, intellectual the Birmingham Post) about the Broad St Walk of Fame really riled a reader. Line after line of abuse and a complete list of dates for Chas and Dave’s new tour. (SATO had actually first seen the story on upyerBrum, so the first bit of his comment is cut+pasted from there, which explains the odd word like EDIT appearing – you can’t rant like that twice…) Go and...

Beach two : Originally uploaded by bounder. Despite the official opening, and the chance to see Mike Whitby in Bemuda shorts, being postponded due to inclement weather – Brum’s second beach opened today. In Chamberlain Sq, it does have water in the shape of the Joseph Chamberlain memorial and is slightly larger than the Bull Ring’s beach. Two scantily clad ‘Rio Carnival’-style dancers with headdresses were enjoying the sand, along with a class of schoolkids and a metal crocodile, while the big screen played soothing seaside scenes and (really) seagulls circled over the council house. (Is it just me, or do the rest of you whistle Vanessa Paradis’ no 6 smash -not the Taxi one- whenever you’re confronted with a bmi baby logo?)

Talk Like A Brummie Day – 20th July 2007

Have you heard of Talk Like A Pirate Day? We have an idea… how about Talk Like A Brummie Day? Well, if this comes off, this July people around the city and the rest of the country with be asked to spend one day talking like a Brummie, in the hope that it will break down some of the prejudice and stereotyping that surrounds Birmingham’s accent. We’re trying to get Londoners, Scots, Mancs and even Brummies who usually hide their accent to call each other “bab” and hope that it doesn’t get too “dark over Bill’s mother’s”. The Talk Like A Brummie Day website at www.talklikeabrummieday.co.uk includes links to existing dictionaries and collections of Brummie – please add any you know of. There are posters, screensavers and other bits to download. You can also leave your own favourite Brummie phrases or words, building up a dictionary and helping to promote the region’s particular take on the English Language. When TLABD (as we’re already calling it) is over we’ll try to squidge it into a proper downloadable book or something. Special events would be great and we’ve got one or two irons in the fire to be announced near the...

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Birmingham Words tells us about a new online route planner for Brum- expect that this one is for people using Shanks’ Pony. (Cheers Brum Blog) A big ol’ snake at the Nature Centre is about to make tiny snakes come out of it’s stomach, eek!, bbc.co.uk/birmingham has a webcam. (via up yer Brum) Photographer Gary Knight doesn’t like Selfridges, and calls it “another bloated and sad inner-city blemish” while photographing it for the beeb’s Britain In Pictures. The show also has a flickr based photo compo, why not flood it with pics of Brum? The exhibition at Gas Hall at the moment is well worth a looksee. How to Improve the World, 60 Years of British Art. I popped in today – don’t forget to have a look round the back.

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Flying Saucer is a new blog to me, which has some Brummie bits. Particularly some photos inside the big yellow retro clothes shop up Digbeth that I’ve never quite gotten round to going in.

02/05/2007 : Originally uploaded by bounder. totally wind and solar powered! aimed at kids 6-11 featuring Dom-Diddlyom-Dom and the oo-er missus Croissant Neuf Circus Big Top. 19th May at Millennium Green. More info on the council website

According to the Post the council have plans to turn Chamberlain Square into a beach this summer. Why don’t they just do up the one under Spaghetti Junction?

Mailbox for sale – £300m

The Mailbox goes on SALE Anyone want to club together and buy it? It’s got Britain’s top car park.

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