Tag Archives: digbeth

Getgood Link: bethdig

bethdig – A tumblr site created by Pete Ashton, here he ‘tracks the Digbeth tag on Flickr for the good stuff so you don’t have to’. So basically a site of lovely pics of Digbeth.

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4am Project in Digbeth

4am Project in Digbeth – I inevitably did Karen Strunks’ amazingly successful 4am Project in Digbeth and found it a strange experience. First I went past St Anne’s Church and down Cheapside, which was very quiet and quite peaceful. But … Continue reading

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Sky High Burgage

As Digbeth tries to clear it’s collective head after possibly the best St Patrick’s Day ever it is time to look forward once again. Perhaps not only forward but upwards, up 27 stories in fact. I’ve spent some time reading … Continue reading

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Capsule’s advice to Birmingham…for what it’s worth

It’s worth a hell of a lot.  Capsule, organisers of the fantastic Supersonic Festival rather tellingly say their ‘success has happened in spite of the city rather than because of it’. Their suggestions to make Digbeth blossom as a cultural … Continue reading

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Digbeth is a Duck Bath

It certainly feels like one at the moment. Whilst in The Spotted Dog last night a guy told me his take on the origins of the name Digbeth. According to him, Digbeth used to be wet marshland ducks loved to … Continue reading

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