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Week of Breakfasts #5: Sbragia’s on Fazeley St

Here’s Richard Trengrouse’s account of the last day of our Week of Breakfasts on Friday: Day Five: Sbragia’s Cafe and Sandwich Bar: Fazeley Street As I had to wear a suit today, came in by train. If I get it … Continue reading

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Week of Breakfasts #4: Barn Street Diner

On the fourth day of our Week of Breakfasts we were in Barn Street Diner.  Or were we?  On stepping inside we seemed to be in Pauline’s Diner. Wherever we were, Richard Trengrouse liked it: Day 4: Barn Street Diner … Continue reading

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Week of Breakfasts #2: Eastside Cafe

Here’s Richard Trengrouse’s pleased as punch take on Eastside Cafe, Coventry Street – the second on our Week of Breakfasts Day 2 Eastside Café: Junction of Coventry Street and Meriden Street Repaired the puncture last night, cycled in from Hall … Continue reading

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Week of Breakfasts #1: Salters

Here’s Richard Trengrouse’s writings on the first of our Week of Breakfasts: Beautiful morning, cold with a hint of frost, set out to cycle from home to our first breakfast cafe, Salters on Bradford Street. Bottom of the road got … Continue reading

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Week of Breakfasts

Bugger Lent and stuff yourself silly with Richard Trengrouse’s Week of Breakfasts.  We will commence a whole week of munching Full English Breakfasts, Digbeth-style, on Monday.  The itinerary is: Monday 2nd March: Salters Cafe at the top of Bradford Street … Continue reading

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Dickensian Digbeth

After finishing the Digbeth Type and Architecture Tour it was back to the Googlemap drawing board with another set of film clips, this time from the Richard Trengrouse Tour of historical Digbeth, which was far from a Christmas card image. … Continue reading

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Links for December 21st

nikki pugh » signage – Coming accross the above ‘Ouch’ on today’s Digbeth tour by Ben Waddington reminds Nikki Pugh of other strange signage she’s found on her travels. You’ll have to bear with me for the footage of Ben … Continue reading

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Digbeth Tours

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 … Continue reading

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