moonsi til
worked it out now!
Oasis is def on my list though I don't how much it will be their thing.
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cybershot
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What are they into?
Take into account brum has every single store you’ll find in every other shopping centre in the country. Unless your coming for particular independents or a particular event or restaurant I’m not really sure what under 18s will get out of it that they wouldn’t in any other ‘shopping mall’ unless they’ve discovered their own thing already. If still following the masses and wearing the same trainers and jackets as everyone else at that age then I dunno!
Selfridges has pretty discs on the outside.
BCBlues
Lend us a Twenner
Yeah it's pretty much the same for "alternative" stuff, if not you got the gigantic new Primani and to be honest 2 x 11 year olds will love the Bull Ring Shopping Centre. Make sure they get the customary photo next to the Bull too
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
Bull ring is probably still adequately exciting at that age - get a milkshake from Ed’s Diner.
moonsi til
worked it out now!
Ah they are no strangers to Brum city centre just haven’t had a trip with just me & them before.
moonsi til
worked it out now!
I’m sure H&M, Lush , Forever21, Tiger Tiger , Hema etc will suffice.
mr steev
magic thought wizard
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
You've not been to Wolverhampton recently have you?
I have. I was there yesterday.
It was empty.
Literally whole streets with not a soul on them. It was really sad, as I remember it as a bustling (if slightly throwbackish) town. Bar the students the place seems dead now.
blossie33
trailer trash
I spent 10 days there in June, it was on family business, my sister and I had to sort things out at our late aunt's flat. It's a funny old place can be a bit depressing.
I do think the art gallery is good - they have some very interesting exhibitions.
Also, really well worth a visit is Wightwick Manor - brilliant Arts and Crafts house and just a bus ride out of the centre.
can be a bit depressing.I do think the art gallery is good - they have some very interesting exhibitions.
Also, really well worth a visit is Wightwick Manor - brilliant Arts and Crafts house and just a bus ride out of the centre.
mr steev
magic thought wizard
Aye
Even the students are less prominent. Probably not helped by building big new halls of residence right next to the train station and a 20 minute journey to go out in brum.
I actually went out in town for the first time in ages this weekend... 8:45 on a Friday night and we saw about a dozen people, and half of them had sleeping bags with them.
gawkrodger
Well-Known Member
all that, but also, if you're going out for a night in Wolves (instead of just heading to Brum), you're likely to be going to places outside the city centre
mr steev
magic thought wizard
True.
Saying all that though, I do think wolves is picking up a bit, but still a hell of a long way to get back to how it was in the past. I went out in town on Saturday too (Friday was a friends party at the light house, so I just walked through town). I went to places I wouldnt normally go on Saturday (bohemia and the grain store) and they were quite busy and a good atmosphere (and the Posada, which hasn't changed in decades), so there is still a bit of life... But every other pub or bar we passed was dead.
gawkrodger
Well-Known Member
ha. I was at the same event.
mr steev
magic thought wizard
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Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
The lighthouse is closure threatened isn’t it?
If the city can’t support such an iconic building, which is doing something different to everything else in Wolverhampton, then the place really is in trouble.
When you come out of the station all of the advertising surrounding the tram extension is about Brum and HS2 links to London. Is that the strategy?
I had exactly the same experience as mr steev. Went to a few bars which were totally empty. Saw large numbers of homeless people. Noted the absence of anyone else (bar a few students). It was both strange and very melancholic
If the city can’t support such an iconic building, which is doing something different to everything else in Wolverhampton, then the place really is in trouble.
When you come out of the station all of the advertising surrounding the tram extension is about Brum and HS2 links to London. Is that the strategy?
I had exactly the same experience as mr steev. Went to a few bars which were totally empty. Saw large numbers of homeless people. Noted the absence of anyone else (bar a few students). It was both strange and very melancholic
mr steev
magic thought wizard
I worked at light house for years and it has been struggling for a long time, but never this bad. Funding is scarce these days and most of that goes to brum.
I don't want to sound like the express and star (depress & stir), but the council have played a big part. Even now, as the light house really struggles, they are talking about building a new cinema as part of their west side development. A while ago it seemed that they were making it hard for any music venue other than council owned ones, so all that was left was the slade rooms, little civic and civic/wulfrun hall... Now the civic is closed there's nowhere for big bands to play (and the loss of people coming into town to go to the gigs)... So now all we will have us the chance of stadium acts lining the molinuex's pockets
It's all very sad and short sighted
I don't want to sound like the express and star (depress & stir), but the council have played a big part. Even now, as the light house really struggles, they are talking about building a new cinema as part of their west side development. A while ago it seemed that they were making it hard for any music venue other than council owned ones, so all that was left was the slade rooms, little civic and civic/wulfrun hall... Now the civic is closed there's nowhere for big bands to play (and the loss of people coming into town to go to the gigs)... So now all we will have us the chance of stadium acts lining the molinuex's pockets
It's all very sad and short sighted
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
What happened to the Civic then? I thought it was just closed for a refit...
blossie33
trailer trash
I worked at light house for years and it has been struggling for a long time, but never this bad. Funding is scarce these days and most of that goes to brum.
I don't want to sound like the express and star (depress & stir), but the council have played a big part. Even now, as the light house really struggles, they are talking about building a new cinema as part of their west side development. A while ago it seemed that they were making it hard for any music venue other than council owned ones, so all that was left was the slade rooms, little civic and civic/wulfrun hall... Now the civic is closed there's nowhere for big bands to play (and the loss of people coming into town to go to the gigs)... So now all we will have us the chance of stadium acts lining the molinuex's pockets
It's all very sad and short sighted
Such a shame
mr steev
magic thought wizard
They found loads of issues (structural, electrics etc) whilst they were doing the refit, so its gone massively over budget and will be closed until atleast Autumn 2020
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Blimey
moonsi til
worked it out now!
We went yesterday & had a fab time. Started in Kiko, Hema & Tiger then to a shop with funky dresses with bees etc on them. Then they had a bubble waffle & then we hit Topshop, River Island, H&M, Disney Store, Claire’s, Urban Outfitters, a manga type shop,Lush then back to H&M & Kiko then Smiggle.
Sadly Oasis is closed on a Sunday but they would have loved it. One had a long blue wig on her list & the other bought 8 hairbands with ears on them!
cybershot
Well-Known Member
editor
hiraethified
I hope they get this piece of shit
Pensioner begs attacker 'please, I'm too old' as he's thrown to ground | Metro News
Pensioner begs attacker 'please, I'm too old' as he's thrown to ground | Metro News
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Nail hit on head here:
https://counteract.co/features/blac...n-the-war-on-birminghams-independent-culture/
Given the toxic mix of Blairities, fake/pious religious bigots and fuckwits who 'lead' Birmingham the strangling of the things that make this city worth living in, and its replacement with a botched facsimile of post industrial city regeneration is inevitable.
And as usual our side is scattered and opposition sporadic and badly focused.
https://counteract.co/features/blac...n-the-war-on-birminghams-independent-culture/
Given the toxic mix of Blairities, fake/pious religious bigots and fuckwits who 'lead' Birmingham the strangling of the things that make this city worth living in, and its replacement with a botched facsimile of post industrial city regeneration is inevitable.
And as usual our side is scattered and opposition sporadic and badly focused.
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
This?
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is protecting nightclubs with new soundproofing measures
What I always wonder is why people buy a flat in somewhere like Digbeth and then try to empty it of the reasons why they presumably want to live there in the first place.
blossie33
trailer trash
Yes, that was it, thanks
