A Birmingham and Black Country thread for all things Brummie and Yam-Yam

[purenarcotic]

Well Digbeth, where the custard factory is, was once a very poor inner city area, slum housing etc. So they probably think it sounds cool and 'edgy'

Yes I know, was more a rhetorical question really.

 

[BCBlues]

www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/sandwell/rowley-regis/2018/01/03/bell-tolls-for-road-name-change-



This comes up every now and then

 

[baldrick]

I’d be more excited about winning the games if anywhere else actually wanted it. Seemed they didn’t when push came to shove. It almost feels like charity.

On a side note. Ghetto golf is great fun in the custard factory. Booze, dirty burgers, booze, loud music, cocktails.

What could go wrong. NOTHING!!!!

Have you been to the axe throwing place? That looks fun.

I'm pretty pleased about the commonwealths actually. I don't really care that no one else wanted it I think the facilities could be great for the area.

 

[cybershot]

Have you been to the axe throwing place? That looks fun.

I'm pretty pleased about the commonwealths actually. I don't really care that no one else wanted it I think the facilities could be great for the area.

Nope not seen that, this place did come up thou when discussing where to hold our dept Christmas party, and working in IT and all, it certainly appealed.

grangelivegaming

 

[cybershot]

Wooden plate restaurant fined £50,000

 

[BCBlues]

Peaky Blinders founder: Why Channel 4 MUST come to Birmingham

Peaky Blinders founder: Why Channel 4 MUST come to Birmingham

A succint history of Brum in there. I like the bit at the end about the football

 

[blossie33]

Grrrrrrrr I hate the Mail website - full of pop ups and ads you can't turn off!

Oddly enough I work about 10 minutes walk from Channel 4 in London, I do hope Brum gets it though!

 

[Lorca]

did anyone else read about this school in Wednesbury where they created 'rich' and 'poor' kid zones by charging parents £6 a week to let their kids play with the new sports equipment in a separate area of the playground . Unsurprisingly, the head is getting pelters and the scheme has been dropped, but wtf was she thinking in the first place!

School creates 'poor zone' for kids whose parents didn't pay for new sport kit

 

[cybershot]

did anyone else read about this school in Wednesbury where they created 'rich' and 'poor' kid zones by charging parents £6 a week to let their kids play with the new sports equipment in a separate area of the playground . Unsurprisingly, the head is getting pelters and the scheme has been dropped, but wtf was she thinking in the first place!

School creates 'poor zone' for kids whose parents didn't pay for new sport kit

That's dreadful.

 

[cybershot]

Might be a useful twitter account to keep an eye on, especially for those of us budgeting in Jan/Feb but already getting twitchy about staring at the 4 walls at the weekend.

BudgetBrum (@BudgetBrum) on Twitter

 

[BCBlues]

That's dreadful.

Yeah I saw this. I think one of the comments picked up on what little they bought with the amount raised, not that it was right in the first place.

 

[baldrick]

Completely unsurprised that it's an Ofsted 'outstanding' school. Lip service to inclusion but actually no real idea what it means.

 

[BCBlues]

BBC WM legend Ed Doolan dies aged 76

BBC WM legend Ed Doolan dies aged 76

Remember his shows well. R.I.P Ed.

 

[mr steev]

This was in Wolverhampton, which not in Birmingham or the Black Country.

Parts are. And surely wolves would be covered by 'yam yam'?

 

[blossie33]

BBC WM legend Ed Doolan dies aged 76

BBC WM legend Ed Doolan dies aged 76

Remember his shows well. R.I.P Ed.

Sorry to hear that - my mother was a big fan and used to listen to his shows.
RIP Ed.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Parts are. And surely wolves would be covered by 'yam yam'?

Wolverhamption is in Staffordshire. I will accept that some part of the wider 'city' - like Bilston - 'am yam yam'. Although of course Wolverhampton never has been and never will be a city. Hope that clears it up

 

[mr steev]

Wolverhamption is in Staffordshire. I will accept that some part of the wider 'city' - like Bilston - 'am yam yam'. Although of course Wolverhampton never has been and never will be a city. Hope that clears it up

Heath Town is on the edge of the coal seam... That's only about a mile from the center so it's a bit closer than the wider 'city' (I agree with your city views). A lot of wolves isn't in the Black Country, but it's yam yam. Bilston, Darlaston and Wednesbury all are in Staffordshire too.
Wolves certainly shouldn't be in the Northern forum and has far more affinity to The Black Country than Brum

 

[cybershot]

As OP and having had enough topic title changes already. I declare wolverhampton talk: on topic.

 

[kebabking]

As OP and having had enough topic title changes already. I declare wolverhampton talk: on topic.

Speaking from a Worcestershire perspective, they all sound the same to me...

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Heath Town is on the edge of the coal seam... That's only about a mile from the center so it's a bit closer than the wider 'city' (I agree with your city views). A lot of wolves isn't in the Black Country, but it's yam yam. Bilston, Darlaston and Wednesbury all are in Staffordshire too.
Wolves certainly shouldn't be in the Northern forum and has far more affinity to The Black Country than Brum

Wednesbury is in Sandwell, not Wolverhampton. I would argue Bilston and Darlo are in the Black Country but that north and west of there isn’t.

Finally your are correct that there is no affinity between us and Wulfurians!!

 

[wtfftw]

Wednesfield. Black Country & Wolverhampton.

 

[Dovydaitis]

Bilston is Wolves. Granted once you reach the Lunt then that can go to the Black Country but I've grown up thinking of Bilston as being part of Wolves as we went there swimming with the school

 

[mr steev]

Wednesbury is in Sandwell, not Wolverhampton.

I know. I never said it was. I said it was in Staffordshire.

Finally your are correct that there is no affinity between us and Wulfurians!!

There's little between you lot and most of the black country either tbh

 

[mr steev]

Bilston is Wolves. Granted once you reach the Lunt then that can go to the Black Country but I've grown up thinking of Bilston as being part of Wolves as we went there swimming with the school

It's both

 

[discokermit]

no use arguing over what is and isn't black country. no two people in the black country would agree on its borders.

 

[discokermit]

and bilston wasn't part of wolverhampton until 1966.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

There's little between you lot and most of the black country either tbh

That’s true!

 

[BCBlues]

Bilston is very Black Country. They still sell orange chips down there. It all ends at Priestfield though.That's why the Tram always breaks down there

 

[mr steev]

Bilston is very Black Country. They still sell orange chips down there. It all ends at Priestfield though.That's why the Tram always breaks down there

Plenty of places sell orange chips in Wolves too (thankfully )

 

[cybershot]

Anywho. Anyway from Geography.

The Rainbow Venues have started their 'educate' initiative while they battle the councils and also try to raise money in order to keep landlords happy while they await for appeal dates etc. This is a massive loss to the Birmingham night life scene.

Our Statement – #educatenotrevocate

Hopefully they'll be able to do a 'fabric' and get it overturned.