We Are Eastside – arts and culture- Bring Your Own Beamer Birmingham February 8, 2012
- Developing Your Profile Online Saturday 25 February 10–3pm Eastside Projects February 3, 2012
- Thursday Lunch Club 23 February 1–2pm Eastside Projects February 3, 2012
- Why is Painting Still Important? Thursday 16 February 6.30-8pm Eastside Projects February 3, 2012
- Untitled January 31, 2012
- Birmingham Post: Digbeth articles
- Proestes campaign to save Island House from demolition February 1, 2012
- Birmingham historian Carl Chinn joins fight to save Island House from demolition January 31, 2012
- Jazz Diary December 30, 2011
- Health fears over rise of shisha bars in Birmingham December 29, 2011
- HMV Live sale to include the Institute venue in Digbeth and Global Gathering festival December 21, 2011
Free State of Digbeth
Tag Archives: alcester street
The derelict Alcester Street warehouse: a sad, unsecured building
On Boxing Day Pamela wrote about Birmingham City Council’s drive to secure empty buildings around Digbeth and reduce the potential arson risk they pose. The owners of the empty buildings will be first given the opportunity to secure the entrances themselves, … Continue reading
Irish in Birmingham: ‘your hub for all things Irish in Birmingham’
The Irish Welfare & Information Centre next to St Anne’s Church on Alcester Street has been rebranded and is now Irish in Birmingham. The name change coincides with other exciting developments for the charity which provides welfare & cultural services … Continue reading
Posted in Local Life, The Irish Quarter
Tagged alcester street, Irish in Birmingham, Irish Welfare and Information Centre, iwic
See the new Paragon Hotel on Friday 28th January
An invitation from The Paragon Hotel to their launch event on Friday 28th January to celebrate the refurbishment of the hotel. RSVP to sarahbassett@theparagonhotel.co.uk.
Posted in Local Life
Tagged alcester street, Paragon Hotel
Christmas opening times for Digbeth supermarkets
Dave Harte of Bournvillage.com always says his festive posts detailing the Christmas opening times for Bournville Village Tesco are the most popular ones on his website. Last year I did no such post for Digbeth is Good – not because … Continue reading
Digbeth food wastage #22
Been a while since there’s been one of these but I couldn’t resist this Dinner For One at the Bradford Street/Alcester Street bus stop: chicken in chilli sauce with a satsuma for afters, all washed down with a refreshing can … Continue reading
Posted in Digbeth food wastage
Tagged alcester street, bradford street, Digbeth food wastage
The Usual Suspects?
This is a very strange line-up of some rather suspicious-looking characters on the corner of Bradford Street/Alcester Street. So whodunnit? Was it Skull In A Gasmask, Golden Boy, Speaker With Snaggletooth or the Stop And Search Zone Ghost? My money’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that, Faces of Digbeth, Local Life
Tagged alcester street, as one, as1, bradford street, Street Art
Halted paint job on Cherish House
You may have noticed that the paint job on Trident Housing owned Cherish House on Bradford St/Alcester St that started a couple of months ago has halted at about man-height. I’m unsure why.
Posted in Local Life
Tagged alcester street, bradford street, cherish house, trident housing
Faces of Digbeth #1: Truck thing with a face
I found this at the Wheel Alignment Centre opposite The Fountain pub on Alcester Street. It made me smile.
Posted in Faces of Digbeth, Local Life
Tagged alcester street, faces of digbeth, the fountain, Wheel Alignment Centre