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Digbeth Tours

Written by Nicky Getgood on Thursday, December 4th, 2008 ( One response )
Tags: BenWaddington, eastsidecafe, flip, richardtrengrouse, theoldcrown

Now I’ve got my new Flip I’ve been looking for things to film on it.  Local historians Richard Trengrouse and Ben Waddington have been true gents and come to the rescue – both offering me their extra special tours of the area.

I’m meeting Richard Trengrouse at the Eastside Cafe at 8.30am this Saturday, from where we’ll set off after a hearty breakfast.

Ben Waddington’s tour starts from The Old Cown Pub at midday on Sunday 21 December – a great escape from the pre-Christmas madness!

Both tours should take no more than 1-2 hours.  Please feel free to come and join us.  If you can’t make it, watch this space for the Flip filmage instead!

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First Flip Film: John Tighe’s head-shaving

Written by Nicky Getgood on Monday, November 24th, 2008 ( 5 responses )
Tags: Birmingham It's Not Shit, brummie of the year, flip, fullrange films, John Tighe, jon bounds, Spotted Dog

John Tighe’s Head Shaving from Nicky Getgood on Vimeo.

As promised, here’s the first video taken by my brand new Flip, kindly donated to me by Fullrange Films.  Spotted Dog landlord John Tighe gets his head shaved for charidee by a rather un-PC barmaid.  Funilly enough, no-one wants the lock of hair I harvested that evening.  Thankfully Jon Bounds has come to the rescue with talk of somehow locking it inside the trophy for Brummie of the Year 2008.  I hope this will start a tradition of the previous years’ winner passing on discarded body bits to their successors, complete with ceremony, like when Miss World passes on her crown but a bit grosser.

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