aqua
made of cheese and gin
We still need to meet up don't we. For gin. Which I can do now I'm not pregnantSo am I. It's a fucking dump.
Birmingham New Street named as Britain’s worst railway station
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farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
But not at New Street.We still need to meet up don't we. For gin. Which I can do now I'm not pregnant
aqua
made of cheese and gin
You know we have to now don't youBut not at New Street.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I'm at New Street again, and it's awful. 
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hiraethified
It's nearly ready. See the video here: Inside Birmingham's revamped New Street train station - BBC News
I'll check it out on Tuesday. It was still a building site last week.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Well. The bit up top is almost there. Down at platform level there is still a hell of a lot to do from what I can tell.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I agree - seems to be only partly complete at platform level at the moment.
Eta - read on the BBC that work at platform level will continue for another year.
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Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
We've heard about the Northern Powerhouse - whatever happened to the Midland one? - BBC News
I can't help but feel this is somewhat pointless, how many shops in the centre won't be the same as the ones already existing in the Bull Ring or the streets around it?
Or is it just me?
I can't help but feel this is somewhat pointless, how many shops in the centre won't be the same as the ones already existing in the Bull Ring or the streets around it?
Or is it just me?
BigTom
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List of shops here: Grand Central
Bearing in mind I don't go shopping in the city centre pretty much ever, I don't think there's much overlap except in the food places, although I haven't set foot in the Mailbox for many years and that did/does house a lot of designer clothing brands and seems like this is mostly designer clothing (or food). Not that that means I like, want or have any interest in the shopping centre, actually even less now I've seen what shops are there.
Bearing in mind I don't go shopping in the city centre pretty much ever, I don't think there's much overlap except in the food places, although I haven't set foot in the Mailbox for many years and that did/does house a lot of designer clothing brands and seems like this is mostly designer clothing (or food). Not that that means I like, want or have any interest in the shopping centre, actually even less now I've seen what shops are there.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I'm travelling through tomorrow, will see what's it's like!
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Bear in mind though, for all the talk of it being open, the work at platform level has another year to go yet.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
It's ok, but actually not terribly exciting. Yes, there's a lot more room, and anything is better than the ever changing rabbit warren of the last couple of years while the building work was going on. But it feels underwhelming to be honest. Bland even.
But much better than the 60s shit hole, granted.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Kinda what I'm expecting tbh. It's the platforms that really needed work and they are somewhat limited in what they can do down there.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
My first thought was that the colour scheme is remarkably similar to the 60s version - it still feels beige. It's like the could have made it looks snazzy with glass and steel, but instead it just feels like acres of beige. But to be fair even stuck in beige world, it's a big improvement.
