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: snowblind
Digbeth Fun Day – Thanks!
The first ever Digbeth Fun Day occured yesterday, the 14th August 2011, and by all accounts was a great success! The crowd were entertained by live acoustic music, were hydrated with refreshing pigeon ale and cider and fed with delicious … Continue reading
All change
You may notice things are looking a bit different here on Digbeth is Good. Many thanks to Pete Ashton for the great theme tweaking and Midge for the new header design. I hope you like the new place. Find your … Continue reading
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Tagged Aimee, bcu, Birmingham City University., carl, Digbeth Residents Association, HMV Institute, irish heritage, midge, moseleyrd, Nav, Newswaves, pamela, Pete Ashton, snowblind, the rainbow
4am in Digbeth
Last Sunday 17th October myself and Carl headed to Birmingham Coach Station at the ungodly hour of 3.45am, where we were very pleased to be met with a group of eager photographers counting down the minutes to the 4am project, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that, Local Life
Tagged 4amproject, bridpop, doddyod, Kebablog, prem moti, Scphoto, snowblind, steve nicholls
Cult Club @ HMV Institute, Washout.
9 areas of rock & alternative entertainment, every Friday at the new HMV Institute. Cult Club should have been great… As fan’s of “The Darker Side of Goth” and “Metal, Grunge and Classic Rock” me and my friend decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that, Local Life
Tagged alternative, cultclub, hmvinstitute, rant, review, snowblind
The Cashpoint Saga Part II
As you’ll have seen, Carl has posted some exciting news about a new convenience store with a free-to-use cashpoint near the Birmingham Coach Station on Digbeth High Street. The Shopkeeper himself has commented, saying the store will open 22 April, … Continue reading
Posted in Local Life
Tagged carl, cashpoint, michael the shopkeeper, snowblind, theanchor
Getgood Link: Consultation is dead, big plans are deader | Pete Ashton
Consultation is dead, big plans are deader | Pete Ashton – It seems the sad, neglected Curzon Street Station is to get a new lease of life as a high-speed rail link to London. No-one really knew about this until … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings, regeneration and that, Getgood Links
Tagged bcu, birminghamcitycouncil, carl, connaughtsquare, gordonbrown, links, Pete Ashton, skyscrapercity, snowblind, toblog
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
Getgood Link: Is yours one of the most expensive car insurance postcodes? | moneysupermarket.com
Is yours one of the most expensive car insurance postcodes? | moneysupermarket.com – Our very own Investigative Journalist Carl does it again and discovers that Digbeth dwellers who fall into the B12 postcode may be paying through the nose for … Continue reading
Posted in Getgood Links, Local Life
Tagged carinsurance, carl, links, moneysupermarket, snowblind, snowcrash, toblog
NYE Express #1: Recovery and Retrospective
After having a very long, marathon sleeping session I think I’ve just about recovered from my 12-hour New Year sit-in in the new Birmingham Coach Station. It was a great night and surprisingly good fun – I cannot recommend enough … Continue reading
Posted in Local Life
Tagged alan colson, bbc radio wm, birmingham mail, brett birks, chimerax, cybrum, daz hale, Fiona Cullinan, karen canard, karenstrunks, katchooo, midgediabolik, national express, nyeexpress, Pete Ashton, snowblind, snowshot
Big Ballhead Sticker Hunt
Okay, after all that serious Big City Plan bus stuff it’s time for a spot of fun. You may remember a little while ago I linked to the above photo by Snow Blind, commenting that hunting the rest down could … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture and that
Tagged ballhead, grafittiart, snowblind, snowshot