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Bradford Street Works

I’m sure none of you would have failed to notice the closure of Bradford Street for 10 nights for ‘planned maintenance’. I say ‘planned maintenance’, as the council might as well be organising a Christening in Uzbekistan for the amount … Continue reading

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Reclaim The Spaces at Park Works and discover Digbeth’s secret garden at the next guerilla picnic!

The weather was not our friend at the last Reclaim The Spaces guerilla picnic on Sunday 17th July but thanks to Carl’s quick-thinking, rain didn’t stop play.  As the drizzle persisted, he suggested we picnic undercover in the empty shell … Continue reading

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Play ping-pong at Birmingham Chinese Community Centre

If you like playing ping-pong head over to the Chinese Community Centre on Bradford Street this week: As part of the run-up to the 2012 Olympics, the English Table Tennis Association, funded by the National Lottery, is placing Ping Pong … Continue reading

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Resurfacing Work Starts Today on Bradford St

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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Digbeth Residents’ Association – notes from December’s meeting and the Digbeth Residents’ Visioning Exercise

Dr Julie Brown’s Digbeth Presentation At the last Digbeth & Highgate Residents’ Association Dr Julie Brown, a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Urban & Regional Studies, came along to present the above three questions, which we … Continue reading

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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

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The robots are rising up

It’s not fireworks you’re hearing, it’s laser guns. Only the strong will survive the impending robot apocalypse.

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Possible bar/restaurant thing at 112 Bradford Street

I know no more about this than what the poster below tells me – that there is an application to provide the ‘retail of alcohol, ‘regulated entertainment’ and ‘late night refreshments’ until 4am daily.

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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

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Papal proceedings of Sunday 19th September

I’ll bet most Digbeth citizens are having a whale of a time tonight, either immersing themselves in the many arts that are launching, punking out at the Wagon and Horses or The Old Wharf or simply enjoying a quiet drink. … Continue reading

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