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We Are Eastside – arts and culture- Bring Your Own Beamer Birmingham February 8, 2012
- Developing Your Profile Online Saturday 25 February 10–3pm Eastside Projects February 3, 2012
- Thursday Lunch Club 23 February 1–2pm Eastside Projects February 3, 2012
- Why is Painting Still Important? Thursday 16 February 6.30-8pm Eastside Projects February 3, 2012
- Untitled January 31, 2012
Birmingham Post: Digbeth articles- Proestes campaign to save Island House from demolition February 1, 2012
- Birmingham historian Carl Chinn joins fight to save Island House from demolition January 31, 2012
- Jazz Diary December 30, 2011
- Health fears over rise of shisha bars in Birmingham December 29, 2011
- HMV Live sale to include the Institute venue in Digbeth and Global Gathering festival December 21, 2011
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Tag Archives: nyeexpress
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
NYE Express #14: The ticket machines
The ticket machines are not cash machines – the coach station does not have those yet. Unfortunately they look a lot like cash machines, which meant throughout the night revelers would run towards them like they were the holy grail, … Continue reading
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Tagged birmingham coach station, cashpoint, digbeth coach station, national express, nyeexpress
NYE Express #13: Kurt
I got chatting to Kurt shortly before midnight about his book – it’s great to meet another Stephanie Meyer fan. Seventeen year-old Kurt was on a mammoth train journey from Banbury to see his girlfriend in the Isle of Man, … Continue reading
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Tagged birmingham coach station, birmingham new street, bullring, digbeth coach station, national express, nyeexpress
NYE Express #12: Mark
Mark a.k.a @cybrum, popped by the coach station quite early in the evening to keep me company before getting a Chinese takeaway on his way home. Mark lives in Smethwick and is a regular user of National Express its recent … Continue reading
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Tagged bearwood, birmingham coach station, cybrum, digbeth coach station, Fiona Cullinan, katchooo, mark hill, megabus, national express, nyeexpress, smethwick, travel west midlands, twm, york rd
NYE Express #11: Spider
This is Spider. Spider arrived at the coach station shortly after midnight looking to get a coach back to Coventry after dancing the night away at a Ska gig in Birmingham. Unfortunately the coach driver felt he’d had a little … Continue reading
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Tagged birmingham coach station, digbeth coach station, nyeexpress
NYE Express #10: The ten past midnight arrival
Here are some of the passengers who were in transit at the stroke of midnight, and arrived at the coach station ten minutes later to be welcomed by myself and Karen Strunks wishing them a Happy New Year. I think … Continue reading
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Tagged birmingham coach station, digbeth coach station, nyeexpress
Getgood Link: Spending New Year at Birmingham’s shiny new Coach Station in Digbeth « Tourist Vs Traveller
Spending New Year at Birmingham’s shiny new Coach Station in Digbeth « Tourist Vs Traveller – Fiona Cullinan joining the New Year ‘bus crew’ (as she calls it) has resulted in a nice little guide to all the delights Digbeth … Continue reading
Posted in Getgood Links, Local Life
Tagged birminghamcoachstation, digbethcoachstation, fionacullinan, katchooo, links, nyeexpress, toblog
NYE Express #9: Frank the Driver
This is Frank the National Express coach driver. And this is the 9pm coach he drove to Stafford.
Posted in Local Life
Tagged birmingham coach station, digbeth coach station, nyeexpress
NYE Express #8: Tomasz the Polish Breakdancer
Tomasz is a Polish breakdancer originally from Warsaw, who was on his way back home to Richmond, London on the 3am coach. I think he was traveling home after spending the festive season with his mother in Manchester and needed … Continue reading
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Tagged alan colson, birmingham coach station, chimerax, digbeth coach station, nyeexpress
NYE Express #7: Clubbing
A lot of people going through the coach station were on their way to or from a night of clubbing in the New Year. These four had traveled by coach all the way from Essex to go to Gatecrasher. They … Continue reading
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Tagged birmingham coach station, carling academy, digbeth coach station, gatecrasher, irish centre, nyeexpress, TheRainbow

