tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post8614740997371875521..comments2024-03-28T09:25:14.379+00:00Comments on Veg Plotting: Celebrating Regionality - BirminghamVPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-56956785402889668252008-01-22T13:47:00.000+00:002008-01-22T13:47:00.000+00:00Hi Deb - thanks for stopping by! Yes, the Bull Rin...Hi Deb - thanks for stopping by! Yes, the Bull Ring's still awful isn't it! I went there for the first time in a couple of decades last year - I kept on thinking to myself - 'I'll just pop along to such and such a shop', only to find it wasn't there. There was only BHS, M&S and the Odeon left from my original city centre. And the Rotunda's changing too!<BR/><BR/>Anna - thanks for your memories of New Street Station. I used to sit there as a student waiting for my train back to Newcastle, thinking it must be one of the most depressing stations in the world. I believe it was designed to link in with an underground network that never happened, hence why it's all below stairs and gloomy.<BR/><BR/>Julia - thanks for finding me a new Brummie author! I can also recommend 'That Was Lost' by Catherine O'Flynn - Booker long listed last year (don't let that put you off) AND she went to my old school. Also 'The Rotters' Club' by Jonathan Coe - it's set at the same time as when I grew up in Brum in the 70s and some of the characters live in the same suburb as I did. It's quite wierd to have the high street you went to for 18 years described in a novel!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-84602093838488179552008-01-21T04:20:00.000+00:002008-01-21T04:20:00.000+00:00Have you ever read Agatha Raisin by M.C. Beaton? I...Have you ever read Agatha Raisin by M.C. Beaton? I am asking because she (Agatha Raisin) is from Birmingham and always trying to hide the fact. A very funny British Cozy Detective series. I am absolutely addicted to it...Lilibethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853356799275870741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-25617318514272884532008-01-20T14:26:00.000+00:002008-01-20T14:26:00.000+00:00A fascinating read especially about the origins of...A fascinating read especially about the origins of the words 'Brum' etc. As a non driver originally from Peterborough and now living in the north west, I have passed through or changed trains at Birmingham New Street Station many a time. When my parents were more mobile we used to meet up in Birmingham so I got to know a bit of the city centre. I loved the main museum and art gallery.<BR/><BR/>My snowdrops are out now so I am off to have a close look at them. You must have a lot of patience and good concentration to count all of yours !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-81943064047192789832008-01-19T20:06:00.000+00:002008-01-19T20:06:00.000+00:00Fab post! I left Brum in '94 and moved back ten y...Fab post! I left Brum in '94 and moved back ten years later. It had changed so much I had to buy a map!! And don't get me started on the Bull Ring...Deb @ Beholder's Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08910161561885214133noreply@blogger.com