Ikon Eastside want to know what you’d like to talk about!

Pete Ashton taking the p***

I’ve been contacted by a lovely lady called Helen from Ikon Eastside, who are planning to stage a public event based around the Big City Plan’s proposals for Eastside around October time.

To do this they would like to hear from you, to get a sense of what you feel are meaningful or pertinent topics to discuss. Ikon Eastside are keen bring in as many people who actually live and work in the area, as opposed to just the policy makers, and talk around things that matter to you that will make for some lively debate.  So please – get commenting if there are there any issues that you’d like to see talked about. Suggestions so far have included the the digital district thing and growth of a ‘creative quarter’ – it could be something around this or something completely different!

Is there anything you’d lie to discuss, present, or say, or do at such an event?  If so, let us know, Ikon Eastside are very open to ideas.  As it stands, Helen thinks the evening is set to take this course:

…I’ve found some old tv news footage of Digbeth from 1956-1978, about 20 mins worth, so I’m thinking to show that first then move into conversation. The footage chronicles the changing face of the area and includes the opening of the bus station, people going on holiday from Moor St Station, the closure of the Typhoo Tea Factory, National Front marches and the last days of the old Woodman Inn before demolition in 1965. It’s super interesting – for instance, did you know there was once such a thing as the Digbeth Tripe House?

No, I didn’t know. That’s quite fascinating, I do like a nice bit of tripe.

Anyway, comment your thoughts and hopefully we can give Ikon Eastside some subjects to get their teeth into!