Tag Archives: Bradford St

Cherish House, Bradford Street

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Pamela | Leave a comment

With the strong Irish presence in Digbeth, it is sometimes easy to forget that Digbeth has an important Chinese community too. Cherish House, run by the Trident Reach the People Charity, opened in 1999 and is the country’s only Chinese … Continue reading →

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Burns Festival @ the Anchor Inn

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Pamela | Leave a comment

When: Wednesday 25th – Tuesday 31st January 2012 Where: The Anchor Inn, Bradford Street, Digbeth The Anchor are celebrating all things Scottish from this Wednesday until the end of the month. There will be appearances of at least 18 Scottish … Continue reading →

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New Shisha Garden in Digbeth

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Pamela | Leave a comment

After recently blogging that Digbeth seems to be becoming the shisha capital of Birmingham, the Birmingham Mail has added fuel to the fire (apologies for the pun) by reporting on plans to open a new shisha garden on Bradford Street. … Continue reading →

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Good With Wood?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Carl | Leave a comment

Over a year ago now an abandoned factory that was previously known as Good With Wood was stripped and cleared out. Located on Bradford Street and quite a prominent building many of us were excited to see it possibly gaining … Continue reading →

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Resurfacing Work Starts Today on Bradford St

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Pamela | Leave a comment

Following on from Nicky’s earlier post, Digbeth Residents Association (DRA) has been very active in ensuring that Birmingham City Council make full use of the Section 106 funds from the Abacus development to improve the surrounding area. After months of … Continue reading →

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New Year – New Digbeth?

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Pamela | Leave a comment

To bring in a new year, I thought I’d start off 2012 with a post on different perspectives of our dear Digbeth. First up is a video mainly concentrated on Bradford Street (along with brief appearances of Barford Street and … Continue reading →

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Planning applications in Digbeth

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

You may have noticed a some blue Birmingham City Council planning permission letters tied to lamposts in the area.  Here are some details about a few of them: The controversial proposal to change the use of residential apartments on Cheapside … Continue reading →

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Old warehouse becomes new car park

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | 7 Comments

Mystery solved!  As a Lee Friction kindly commented, that boarded-up old warehouse on Bradford Street I was wondering about, that suddenly opened its doors, has become a private car park.  They can’t all become artists’ studios, I suppose.

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Open doors at Bradford Street disused warehouse

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | 6 Comments

This warehouse at the bottom of Bradford Street, near the Rea Street junction, has been empty and locked up for years.  But in the last couple of weeks the boards have been opened up so people can freely enter. It … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday To You

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | 3 Comments

Proof, if any be needed, that Digbeth does these things in style.  None of your crap bits of cardboard with ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY’ scrawled over it in poster paint, oh no.  We get top quality, beautifully intricate artwork by Beat 13′s … Continue reading →

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