Add this to the list of things I didn’t know about Birmingham. The awesome game Cluedo was created right here in Birmingham and it celebrates it’s 60th Birthday this year. Read the Birmingham Post’s coverage. ==Update== Following some discussion on the twitter it’s generally felt that Mr Pratt, who invented Cluedo, deserves recognition by...
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Tear yourself away from your Bangkok fireman and listen to this week’s Big Paws (it’s sorta like Radio BiNS):
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Tags: birminghamuk, internet, misc, rhubarb radio, thebigpaws
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“The City of a Thousand Trades” – City of Birmingham information booklet, c1935, originally uploaded by mikeyashworth. This booklet was issued by the ‘City of Birmingham Information Office’ sometime in the 30′s. “Made in Birmingham – the hub of industrial England”.
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Tags: design, history, industry, misc
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The Eccentric Auction seems to have gone down well at the Anchor the other night (well there are people there in this photo and they’re not throwing stuff at the autioneers). Nicky Getgood was there and bought some kind of weird hamster thing. Not sure who one the prize draw, I’ll keep you posted…...
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Being proud of where you live is an admirable trait, all told. Not in the sort of nationalistic ferver that is whipped up during global sporting tournaments, but proud in the way that you care what happens to your environment and the people that live there. Even if the “Kingstanding and Proud” signs...
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Does this bus go into town?, originally uploaded by H4NUM4N. Look closely…
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Zooming out of the Midlands, wrapped in shiny paper, only seen once every year, re-appearing with monotonous regularity before a major religious holiday. Can be found all year round in obscure places, dusty old Confectioner / Tobacconist / Newsagents in out-of-the-way suburbs.
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Tags: Creme Egg, easter, misc, Noddy Holder
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Anonymous – Protest against Scientology in Brum (Indymedia article). Protest, and good sales gimmick for those V for Vendetta masks
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Jules is filling in for Pete Ashton over at Created in Birmingham while he is off being very drunk at the Guardian Media Awards and then SXSWi (how drunk he’ll be there is not established). She doesn’t quite follow the Brumterweb with the same slavish devotion as me so I ‘put together’ (ahem, really...
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