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…
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The Big Paws Listen Again 28/03/09
Tear yourself away from your Bangkok fireman and listen to this week’s Big Paws (it’s sorta like Radio BiNS):
Waiting for the hammer to fall
“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…
Eccentric purchases
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…
Eastside and Proud
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…
Towards Birmingam
Does this bus go into town?, originally uploaded by H4NUM4N. Look closely…
Noddy or Egg? An Easter Story
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…
LOL Protest
Anonymous – Protest against Scientology in Brum (Indymedia article). Protest, and good sales gimmick for those V for Vendetta masks ;)
Brum web feed starter kit
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…