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Danny Smith: Winterval starts here

The opinions of Danny Smith do not necessarily reflect the views of the publishers of this blog, its affiliates, or any sane adult human beings. He currently lives in your cupboard, watching, always watching. Last year Birmingham City Council held a Christmas lights ceremony that ended in what most called a ‘fiasco’. Our crap Altamont was down to nobody guessing that one of the biggest bands of the moment giving a free concert would be popular. This year instead of a big fuss there will be a Christmas parade. In November. One month and ten days before Christmas, reindeer and whatnot will be kicking off our celebrations. With no pretence at trying to encompass other celebrations to draw out the shopping season, at least with ‘Winterval’ they were trying. Its an old rote that Christmas starts earlier and earlier each year but five weeks before Christmas is bordering on silly, seeing as most men are still be scurrying around in the dark on Christmas eve wondering if a bottle of screen wash is a suitable present for a ten year old. Granted, Jesus was probably born in April but lets try to stay within December eh?

Bullring Open Market — will it survive?

Simon Gray looks at the fruit and veg market in town and says that it's likely the drop in quality rather than town planning that will kill it.

New Arts Market for Birmingham City Centre planned – Creative Open Workshops

The COW have the opportunity to establish a regular city centre craft and arts market — this is no doubt a very good thing, just the sort that a City of Culture would need — and would like opinions at this very early stage. Great news.

Mercat under threat

The open early pub known variously as The Merecat, ‘Moonsoon Nights’ and ‘Jesus that looks rough’ looks set to be shut when the council sell the land and move the “largest integrated market in europe” — the wholesale markets — out of the city centre. Reports that the sale of land could be worth up to £200M, cloud for me at least talk of a larger site for market expansion. My main worry here is that five miles (radius) puts the new wholesale market anywhere on this map — which could significantly change the business for the stallholders (not to mention that the Bull Ring Market traders aren’t going to be able to wheel fruit and veg across the path of your bus without looking). View Larger Map Thanks to Birmingham Central Blog for the factual lowdown that underpins this nostalgic supisciosty.

Teh Rag Market haz a myspace

It does. And a website.

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