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Birmingham City Season inquest at the Anchor Inn this Thursday

Football fans might be interested in this, which I picked up from BBC Radio WM’s Facebook page: This Thursday from 7pm BBC WM hosts a Birmingham City Season inquest at the Anchor Inn in Digbeth. For your free tickets call … Continue reading

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Getgood Link: West Midlands Police – Appeal following shooting incident in Digbeth

West Midlands Police – Appeal following shooting incident in Digbeth – Here’s some thoroughly depressing news to start the weekend with: Police were called to outside The Dubliner, High Street, Digbeth at just after 1am this morning, Saturday 20 November, … Continue reading

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Two dead in fire in disused care home on Moseley Road – statement from West Midlands Police

As has been well documented in local and national media, there was an ‘incredibly severe fire’ in a disused care home on Moseley Road yesterday morning, in which two people died and another two were injured.  Below is an unedited … Continue reading

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A notice for fans of Irish film, literature and that

Those of you who missed the special screening of the Philip Donnellan piece on BBC1′s Inside Out on 8th March, which featured interviews with Filum fans at the Spotted Dog who’d just watched his documentary film The Irishmen, you can … Continue reading

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Getgood Link: BBC One Programmes – Inside Out West Midlands, 08/03/2010

BBC One Programmes – Inside Out West Midlands, 08/03/2010 – The episode of Inside Out that features a report on film-maker Philip Donnellan, who bought real life to screen with films such as The Irishmen, which we held a special … Continue reading

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Getgood Link: BBC News – Does peace and quiet always take priority over loud music?

BBC News – Does peace and quiet always take priority over loud music? – Problems encountered by the Ministry of Sound nightclub make the BBC look at the bigger British picture, which of course leads them to Digbeth’s The Rainbow … Continue reading

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D&P Textiles fire: the morning after

I took a stroll down Cheapside today to take a look at what was left of the D&P Textiles warehouse after the massive fire yesterday.  As you can see from the photos, quite a bit of damage has been done … Continue reading

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Screening of The Irishmen in The Spotted Dog

Last night was the special screening of the documentary film The Irishmen for BBC current affairs programme Inside Out, who are doing a documentary about film-maker Philip Donnellan, based in Birmingham in the 60’s and 70’s. Keeper of the Philip … Continue reading

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Screening of ‘The Irishmen’ for BBC’s Inside Out

On Monday 25th January at 8pm in the Spotted Dog there will be an extra special screening of the documentary film The Irishmen for the BBC current affairs programme Inside Out.   The Irishmen is a film about Irish railway … Continue reading

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Getgood Link: BBC – Digbeth’s ‘forgotten’ past saved

BBC – Digbeth’s ‘forgotten’ past saved – A good write-up on the Rescue Gegraphy project undertaken in 2007-2008, the results of which were exhibited October 2008: “Essentially we’re trying to ‘rescue’ local people’s understandings of an area before it is … Continue reading

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