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Postcard From Birmingham, Part Five

21st September 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

There are two schools of thought, volunteer for everything, never volunteer for anything. I knew a chap sent to the South Atlantic. At Mount Pleasant airfield in what the Guinness Book of Records describes as [more…]

20th Century

Postcard From Birmingham, Part Four

14th September 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Earlier this year, as my wife and I passed Birmingham’s Town Hall during our day trip from the North, we hummed Mendelssohn’s Elijah which debuted in the city’s triennial music festival of 1846. At that [more…]

19th Century

Postcard From Birmingham, Part Three

7th September 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Chamberlain Square Having checked out the Council House and Town Hall during our day trip to Birmingham, myself and Mrs AWS nip around the back and into Chamberlain Square, the centrepiece of which is the [more…]

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Postcard From Birmingham, Part Two

31st August 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

There should be a law against circular railway stations, especially those with exits at each point of the compass. The danger is, once outside, visitors don’t know where they are or in what direction they’re [more…]

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Postcard From Birmingham

24th August 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Myself and my wife fussed over our Kitkats and coffees and peeled off the Standard Premium antimacassars to make it look as though were travelling First Class. Little did we realise our day trip to [more…]

21st Century

Postcard From The Antebellum, Part Two

10th August 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

On Thursday, 25th July, Mrs AWS and myself struck out for Birmingham New Street. One of our Standard Premium day trips, it’s memorable – even without hindsight – by a heightened presence of the transport [more…]

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Postcard From Antebellum Birmingham

9th August 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

“You know there isn’t going to be any war,” said Scarlett, bored. “It’s all just talk. Why, Ashley Wilkes and his father told Pa just last week that our commissioners in Washington would come to–to–an–amicable [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

28th June 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 27th June 2024 The Panel: Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) Yvette Cooper (Labour) Stephen Flynn (SNP) Leyla Moran (LibDem) Venue: Birmingham In recent QT reviews, we’ve spotted an over-representation of the never-had-a-job community in a [more…]

Arts

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Birmingham

8th March 2024 Going Postal 0

Greetings pop pickers and welcome to another Fabulously Flamboyant Friday – our fortnightly puddle-jumping jaunt in the perfumed garden of musical mastication. This week we’ll wipe down the balti bowl of bhangra with the garlic [more…]

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