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I thought that might happen as soon as it was announced tbh. People have no sense. We have stuff for the tip as well, but we can keep it for when things are a bit less crazy. I bet 99% of these people have sheds or cellars they can use to store stuff, they just want a trip out of the house.
 
Only skim read it but "gentrification bullshit" was my first thought.

Well yes - I'm in London so I guess it will be the same as what's happened in many places here :D
It will all be so different in Digbeth when the area where the Wholesale Fruit and Veg market has been built on anyway.
 
I just walked past the big cordon along Livery Street, wondered what was going on. Looks like a serious incident. Some suggestion a fight started on Constitution hill, then the attacker for some reason moved towards the city centre. Very sad that someone has died.
 
This just popped up in my FB feed - I don't live in Brum now so I'm not sure how I would feel....any thoughts?


Makes me a bit sad. Are many of the venue's still going on around there? I know Rainbow Venues shut didn't it? Had many great nights in and around there over the years.
 
It all sounds very odd - Constitution Hill to Hurst St is a fair distance, what on earth was going on?

As far as I can make out from the reports this was one guy walking round the city and randomly stabbing people who were out and about.

I’ve just come back through town and there are a lot of armed cops about, loads of areas cordoned off and a weird atmosphere. I’m struggling to understand what’s gone off here. The initial rumour was that there was a rolling gang confrontation but the police have ruled that out.

Absolutely awful. Tragic for those caught up in it and a blow for the bars and restaurants already struggling due to the pandemic. The gay quarter has just gone car free to get people into the area and then this happens. Horrible
 
Makes me a bit sad. Are many of the venue's still going on around there? I know Rainbow Venues shut didn't it? Had many great nights in and around there over the years.

I don't really know I'm afraid as I don't live in Brum now - sure someone else can answer better than me.
Of course the Covid thing won't have helped :(
 
Makes me a bit sad. Are many of the venue's still going on around there? I know Rainbow Venues shut didn't it? Had many great nights in and around there over the years.
I don't necessarily think people would be against offices, but residential developments have not traditionally been great for the area. Plus there's a small but significant cluster of arts venues in what I think of as 'round the back' of digbeth, you have to wonder how long they will last once the area has been gussied up and the bar and restaurant brands move in. The development of the wholesale market area is part of all this too. Once that happens there will be a whole swathe of new buildings from Hurst St all the way to digbeth.

There's still a good number of venues, for now. But god knows what covid will have done to their viability. I know one or two have received arts council funding.
 
Makes me a bit sad. Are many of the venue's still going on around there? I know Rainbow Venues shut didn't it? Had many great nights in and around there over the years.


We talked about this up thread when it was announced that the Irish Centre was being moved which sort of confirmed that the Irish Quarter was to be no more, instead replaced by shiny offices, flats and overpriced Craft Bars.
Ain't been that way for a while but agree it was a lively night out back in the days.
 
Kind of sad this got buried in the Birmingham thread, anywhere down south and it would have been it's own topic.

Agreed. It was a horrific and really troubling event. Watching the BBC coverage today you could sense they felt like they had to cover it but didn't really have much invested in it or care very much about it. Almost like it was reporting on an incident in another country.

The Guardian ran this, which seems like a cut and paste vox pop job, rather than a serious investigation into the spate of knife crime across the region:

 
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