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

[bcuster]

The UK's second-biggest city has been plunged into debt and darkness

Birmingham was once a powerhouse industrial metropolis, but now the UK's second city is a shell of its former self as rubbish lines the streets, the lights stay off and children grow up below the poverty line.

www.abc.net.au

"It's like we're living in the Dickens era, where the streets are going to be littered with rubbish(piling up) and the lights are going to be off … it's like this kind of dystopian nightmare," Birmingham 2024...

 

[nottsgirl]

I had a really nice coffee from Faculty Coffee. Thanks for the recommendation Artaxerxes

 

[blossie33]

Open at Water Hall, part of the Museum and Art Gallery in Birmingham from now until 1st September....

Hunting the rave in 1989 with the help of virtual reality

An interactive exhibition evokes the clandestine Acid House scene gripping the West Midlands in 1989.

www.bbc.co.uk

....a bit expensive I see!

In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats | Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery | Birmingham Museums

In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats is a euphoric, interactive VR adventure that transports audiences back to the West Midlands in 1989, during the early days o

www.birminghammuseums.org.uk

 

[RevolutionSound]

Today at The Mac

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

A spaceship lands in Digbeth

Big industries are moving into the ‘creative quarter’. Do they come in peace?

www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk

 

[RevolutionSound]

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Today at The Mac

Well this was embarrassing. My PA system died

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Well this was embarrassing. My PA system died

What happened?

 

[RevolutionSound]

What happened?

Speakers had been playing up, distorting and crackling after about 10 minutes of playing a signal through them. Got them repaired through a mate, but they still appear to have the same problem. Luckily the event has a back up, but I feel absolutely mortified!

 

[blossie33]

A spaceship lands in Digbeth

Big industries are moving into the ‘creative quarter’. Do they come in peace?

www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk

Interesting.
I remember the Custard Factory from the 90s, went to some good music things in a space that was on the ground floor level including one that John Peel compared.
I used to know someone who had a sudio on one of the upper floors so I was able to have a look round there too.

I can imagine it's quite different now, especially with all the developments in Digbeth not surprised though, it's happening everywhere.

Good to read that Friends of the Earth in Allison Street are still hanging on at the moment!

 

[Lorca]

Thought this was midly amusing - The Lonely Planet Guide to Bearwood:

 

[ska invita]

may be nostalgia for someone
radio brum club (1970s bbc)

 

[blossie33]

Another suspicious historic pub fire in Birmingham, the Lad in the Lane in Erdington

First pictures show sad state of Lad in the Lane pub after fire

A blaze broke out at the historic 14th-century pub last night

www.birminghammail.co.uk

Apologies for the dreadful Birmingham Live website!

 

[petee]

if i weren't a new yorker i'd have been a brummie.
did i ever tell that story?

 

[RiderOnTheStorm]

on my cycle home yesterday I saw a pygmy deer in a park I pass through. It was dark and (s)he ran beside me for 2 seconds before going into the trees. Got a good look all the same. I googled it later and I think it was a Muntjac deer . Pics and history match (well, according to wild life trust website they were more centered in the south but spreading north - so welcome to Brumm, dear!)

(going to post this in Chuffed-Things thead also because, y'know, Im chuffed!)