On the eleventh of November 2009 there happened a pyschogeographical epic. A window of eleven hours to complete a circuit of Birmingham’s number eleven bus.
Congratulations to civic sax-god Brian Travers – Birmingham It’s Not Shit’s 2009 Brummie of the Year. I spoke to him on our radio show The Big Paws and this is what he said: Brian Travers Brummie of the Year 2009 on The Big Paws UB40 / Brian Travers, originally uploaded by Sebastian Gerhard. See...
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With voting now open for Brummie of the Year we’re taking a look at all the candidates. So just who is Mohammed Arif? Mohammed attempted to save a man who he found trapped inside a car apparently packed with explosives, in Saltley : He said he decided to try to free the man...
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With voting now open for Brummie of the Year we’re taking a look at all the candidates. Let’s find out about Justice Williams. Justice Williams, originally uploaded by punch records. She’s number 30 in the Birmingham Post Power 50, so they’ve done all our work for us: “This year, at the age of 28,...
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With voting now open for Brummie of the Year we’re taking a look at all the candidates. Not blowing his own trumpet, it’s UB40′s saxophonist Brian Travers: UB40 / Brian Travers, originally uploaded by Sebastian Gerhard. Brian (or B-TUB as he might be known to Twitterers) is a founder member of UB40 and is...
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With voting now open for Brummie of the Year, we’re going to take a look at all the candidates. Here’s Paul Hadley of Rhubarb Radio: Paul is one of the driving forces behind Rhubarb — BIrmingham’s award winning online radio station — and Lyle Bignon says: “Paul Hadley has worked solidly for around 2 years...
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With voting now open for Brummie of the Year, we’re going to take a look at all the candidates. It’s chef fella Glynn Purnell: We’ve no idea if he’s got as hearty a laugh a Rustie Lee, but he’s certainly popular. Nick Drew: “How many other Brummies won the AA National Restaurant of the...
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With voting now open for Brummie of the Year, we’re going to take a look at all the candidates. This time king of dhols Gurcharan Mall. The Destroyers vs The Dhol Blasters, originally uploaded by jjbullock. Nominated by Julia Gilbert: “organiser of the World 501 Dholis world recording breaking dhol playing event, and the...
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With voting now open for Brummie of the Year, we’re going to take a look at all the candidates. This time multi-headed metal machine, Lisa and Jenny from Capsule: (not a great photo, but the only one I can find of them together…) Everyone knows what Capsule do, don’t they? Let’s get Pete Ashton...
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With voting now open for Brummie of the Year, we’re going to take a look at all the candidates. First, the last of the pub-to-pub peddllers — Digbeth’s Mr Ralph. Let’s let Nicky Getgood explain: “Mr Ralph is something of a Digbeth institution, invariably found in one of the many Digbeth pubs, peddling customised...
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