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Bonfire celebration at the Paragon Hotel Thursday 4th November

The Paragon Hotel on Alcester Street are holding a Bonfire celebration from 6pm on Thursday 4th November.  Email sarahbassett@theparagonhotel.co.uk if you’d like to attend.

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Getgood Link: Community Consultation on Stage Two of the Big City Plan | Highgate, Digbeth & St Andrews

Community Consultation on Stage Two of the Big City Plan | Highgate, Digbeth & St Andrews – An open invite from our very hard-working Neighbourhood Manager Andy Sheppard to attend a Community Consultation Event on the City Centre Masterplan, the … Continue reading

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Inside Out: ‘Look in directions you don’t usually.’

I have a tendency to look downwards whilst I’m walking and wherever I’m going, I always seem to be spotting the things at my feet. So when I got these instructions from the Inside Out festival, I raised my head. … Continue reading

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November Residents’ Association Meeting Minutes

The minutes of the last Digbeth Residents’ Association meeting are below.  Highlights were: We got to watch a bit of telly during the meeting – Inside Out West Midlands discussed the Noise Abatement issues faced by The Rainbow and The … Continue reading

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Digbeth Residents’ Association Sept meeting and a new Neighbourhood Manager for the area

The September Digbeth Residents Association meeting was on Monday.  The minutes are below.  Andy Sheppard, the Neighbourhood Manager for Highgate, Digbeth and St Andrews, was there to say hello.  I’ll let him introduce himself: I have recently been employed by … Continue reading

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June and July Irish Heritage Group

Here’s Birmingham Irish Heritage Group’s Chair Michael Walsh’s write-up on the last event, which was in the Paragon Hotel for a change: In the Steps of Princess Helena The Birmingham Irish Heritage Group treated its followers to an extra special … Continue reading

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Irish Heritage get sporty

Forget tennis or cricket – branch out a bit this summer and take up hurling, Gaelic handball or road bowling instead.  Draw your inspiration from Alan Bairner’s presentation at to the Birmingham Irish Heritage Group Studying Irish Sport tomorrow evening … Continue reading

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Cherish House gardens

UPDATE OF 2ND FEB 2010: I SPOKE TO THE MANAGER OF CHERISH HOUSE YESTERDAY WHO ASSURES ME TRIDENT HOUSING ASSOCIATION HAVE NOT PREVENTED THE RESIDENTS OF CHERISH HOUSE FROM GARDENING.  IT SEEMS THERE WAS A DISPUTE BETWEEN A COUPLE OF … Continue reading

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The week ahead in Digbeth

It seems there’s no rest for the wicked. I’m only just back off holiday and already my week ahead is full to bursting. Here’s me diary: Monday – Time to get angry and shout loudly about street litter and the … Continue reading

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mydigbeth

Today I was emailed the minutes from the last Digbeth Residents’ Association meeting on 4th August and learnt about mydigbeth, a new residents’ website built by Adam Crossley. The site’s in its preliminary stages so is still quite basic, but … Continue reading

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