Brummie of the Year

Brummie of the Year 2010

It’s taken a while to finally decide, but there will be no Brummie of the Year award for 2010.

Brummie of the Year 2010 — Nominations Open

Travers, Doom, Tighe, Mitton, Malik, Furnell, Babu — who’s next? Nominations are now open for Brummie Of The Year 2010 — and you’re welcome to nominate any Brummie or Brum resident that has been great or just very very Birmingham this year. There will be no Brummie of the Year 2010.

Brummie of the Year 2009 – Brian Travers

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 how the voting went…

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 because “if he was going to explode he would have exploded by now”. Brave, logical, a little bit stupid? Brummie of the Year?

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, Justice Williams became the youngest black woman in the UK to be awarded an MBE. She was honoured for her services to young people in Birmingham, including founding the Inner City Creative Media Group which trains 17 to 26-year-olds in media and business skills.”

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 still honking, squeaking and winking at the girls in the front row (that’s what all sax players do isn’t it?) some thirty years later. Not only that he’s still speaking up for Brum, and he’s been very vocal in the fight to save The Rainbow.

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 to bring Rhubarb Radio to life, with great results. An absolute diamond geezer and great Brummie.”

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 Year AND made Tim Lovejoy look stupid on national TV in 2009? Answer: none. The man’s a legend.” & Birmingham Post Editor Marc Reeves: “He may be a bluenose, but no-one else serves up a haddock foam poached egg with curry oil like his.” “

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 man behind Birmingham’s wonderful Dhol Blasters. He is a brilliant dhol teacher, who made me feel very welcome at the event and subsequent dhol classes. He is an very likeable man who recognises that music can transcend cultural differences.”

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