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An A-Z of creativity in Digbeth by BCU students

I’ve been sent this image by Dave Harte, who tells me it’s a result of Birmingham City University’s task on their ‘Creativity in the Media’ module (which is taught by Dr Paul Long and Oliver Carter). The task asked students to go to Digbeth … Continue reading

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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

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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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Inside the Alan’s Cafe/Fazeley Boxing Club building on Fazeley Street

The other day myself and William Perrin noticed the front door of the above building on Fazeley Street was wide open, so we walked in. I got up one flight of stairs before finding one of the builders working in … Continue reading

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Dave Harte’s suggestion for Future Digbeth Allotments

View future digbeth allotments in a larger map Very intriguing idea from Dave Harte to do something lovely with the unused viaducts in Digbeth, shown on the above map: we should have allotments on top of the abandoned Victorian rail … Continue reading

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Parade route map

Dave Harte pointed out the St Patrick’s parade map to me.  Here it is.

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First Digbeth cashpoint update: we’ll be waiting a while longer

Back in December, Carl contacted National Express to see if a much-needed cashpoint would be installed in the new Birmingham Coach Station.  They answered that ‘there are plans for a cash machine to go in early 2010′, which made Digbeth … Continue reading

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Rare Games moving to Digbeth – are we ready for our new guests?

So all of Birmingham’s buzzing with the news that Microsoft subsidiary Rare Games are set to move into the remaining vacant Fazeley Studios. Martin Mullaney thinks it’s ‘awesome’. The Birmingham Post have visually interpreted the big news in an interesting … Continue reading

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Digbeth: Past, Present & Future at Ikon Eastside

Digbeth: Past, Present & Future :: Ikon Gallery – I know I’ve mentioned this before but I’m mentioning it again in a shameless act of self-promotion, as it seems I’m chairing the panel discussion due to take place after the … Continue reading

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Links for September 28th

Ard TV – Germany’s version of the BBC will be in the Spotted Dog tomorrow evening filming Digbeth life for a documentary about British canal cities and towns. Ever wanted to hear yourself dubbed by a German voiceover? Well this … Continue reading

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