in. despite reservations and it being too close for comfort to brum.
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Smokeandsteam
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It’s a hard one. Industrially and historically it’s the Black Country, but it definitely feels like being in Brum to me.
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I've popped in because I am coming to Brum for the day this week and want to check out the RBSA and the Brum Museum.
There is no mention of the Coffin Works on this thread
There is no mention of the Coffin Works on this thread
RiderOnTheStorm
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that looks very interesting. might arrange a visit with my son. a real piece of brumm history.... thx HTI've popped in because I am coming to Brum for the day this week and want to check out the RBSA and the Brum Museum.
There is no mention of the Coffin Works on this thread
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It is limited opening, as is the pen museum which I found earlier. What with things like this and Black Sabbath Bridge, what a joy.
blossie33
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I've not been to the Coffin Works but the Pen Museum is interesting.
The main Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is closed for maintenance work but the separate Gas Hall is open and has an exhibition of the pre Raphaelite and Arts & Crafts usually in the main gallery if you're into that.
www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
You could go to the Think Tank which replaced the old Science Museum but it's not cheap!
The main Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is closed for maintenance work but the separate Gas Hall is open and has an exhibition of the pre Raphaelite and Arts & Crafts usually in the main gallery if you're into that.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery | Birmingham Museums
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You could go to the Think Tank which replaced the old Science Museum but it's not cheap!
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gawkrodger
Well-Known Member
well the cuts to BCC announced yesterday are utterly dire
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Yep, horrendous.
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Despite the fact we got a soaking while wandering around and the Sabbath Bridge was gone, we quite liked Brum. It seemed relatively free of cars with lots
of open pedestrian areas and lots of canals. Not overly developed yet and not overly expensive. I suspect the coffin works was by guided tour only. It was more about
the fixtures and fittings that went on coffins and lots of reminders not to touch anything. In comparison to London's termini or Clapham Junction the layout and size
of New Street was mad.
All in all a good day out. Really liked the Phil Loach photography in the RBSA. The Pre Raphs in the Birmingham gallery was much bigger but not really my thing.
of open pedestrian areas and lots of canals. Not overly developed yet and not overly expensive. I suspect the coffin works was by guided tour only. It was more about
the fixtures and fittings that went on coffins and lots of reminders not to touch anything. In comparison to London's termini or Clapham Junction the layout and size
of New Street was mad.
All in all a good day out. Really liked the Phil Loach photography in the RBSA. The Pre Raphs in the Birmingham gallery was much bigger but not really my thing.
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Very sad news for Birmingham but it's not unique to Birmingham
www.theguardian.com
Lycett, Acosta and Duran Duran condemn Birmingham’s 100% arts budget cut
Napalm Death, visual artist Pogus Caesar and Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight also among city’s cultural figures warning over ‘horrifying’ move
RevolutionSound
Active Member
Really good article about the crisis in Birmingham City Council. The Birmingham Dispatch is a great new local news outlet.
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
The ‘pincer manoeuvre’: How secretive leadership and warring staff led Birmingham to the abyss
A narrative has emerged about how this city went bankrupt. Is it true? For months, we have been speaking to senior figures across the city, and today, two of them speak out on the record
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
looks like the owners have been told they gotta rebuild the crooked house, Crooked House: Owners told to rebuild pub
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Well, this is shit news. Have gone to the Electric for years. Always loved the settees and just the history of the place. Birmingham really does feel clapped out and destroyed by cuts and shit politicians at present:
www.birminghammail.co.uk
The Electric cinema to close
The historic cinema - said to be the oldest in the country - is 'closed' for the foreseeable future
blossie33
trailer trash
I must admit I've never been inside but I was really gutted to hear that, it's a real piece of cinema history being the oldest continually running cinema which makes Brummies proud to have (along with the first Odeon cinema in Perry Barr).Well, this is shit news. Have gone to the Electric for years. Always loved the settees and just the history of the place. Birmingham really does feel clapped out and destroyed by cuts and shit politicians at present:
The Electric cinema to close
The historic cinema - said to be the oldest in the country - is 'closed' for the foreseeable future
I wonder if it can possibly be saved?
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
I understand a developer wants the land (and the land where The Crown was - where Black Sabbath and Led Zepplin both started) to build flats.
The owner of the Electric hasn’t renewed the lease either, indicating they don’t want to fight.
Depressing.
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
No point moving into the city centre if there is nothing to do or go to.
The city looks and feels particularly grim at present: and that’s before the next round of cuts
kazza007
Bunned
Sign the Petition
Designate Birmingham's Old Station Street a Historic, Cultural and Civic Asset
www.change.org
blossie33
trailer trash
Interesting article by an architect about the old buildings and the planned development of Station Street. ..
www.bdonline.co.uk
Another irreplaceable slice of Birmingham’s architecture and history is at risk
The city's disregard for its own heritage threatens one of the country's oldest cinemas, a theatre once graced by Olivier, and the pub that hosted the first Black Sabbath gig, writes Joe Holyoak
www.bdonline.co.uk
kazza007
Bunned
Anyone notice how grubby the city is looking already, moreso than usual? There's been a huge litter problem for years because of all the takeaways & fast food outlets, and a substantial number of the population who don't give a shit throwing rubbish and flytipping where possible, litter on most streets, roads, pavements, parks, hedges, roundabouts, wherever, the norm (moreso than any UK city I've visited), but recent weeks it's really looked a shithole, I guess the cuts been felt.
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Yes, as I walked to get the bus last week (it was just going dark and raining tbf) it suddenly struck me that the city centre looks like an absolute shithole. Worst its been since the early 90's.
Grubby, litter strewn, graffiti tags everywhere, boarded up shops, a seeming explosion of the monged out staggering about and to top it off a council crew washing what looked to be human shit off the floor in the St Martin's underpass…and remember, town is allegedly where the council have been focussing their efforts and where the regeneration magic is happening.
By the way, this is before the cuts package voted in last week has even begun to kick in.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
It’s tragic how quickly things seem to have nosedived. I remember during the summer of 2022 feeling an atmosphere/optimism around the city that had been long lacking. Just two years later it feels a very different place.
some hope towards preserving the electric and that area of town !
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
That appears to be the case. And well done to whoever pushed this through.
Bit, it's abundantly clear that, unlike everywhere else in Britain, there has been no work done here list and protect important buildings - the crooked house, the electric, the crown: all should have been listed years ago but weren't.
The long run fetish of the local political class for cultural vandalism and tearing down beautiful buildings to replace them with monstrosities clearly casts a long shadow.
RevolutionSound
Active Member
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Last time I was passing through this place did pretty good coffee - just outside new street
Faculty Coffee
www.facultycoffee.com
