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It's a hard life being a brummie... nationally ridiculed, we're a generally misunderstood breed (I suppose the accent doesn't help), but with such lavish claims as "Birmingham has more miles of canal than Venice" and the penchant our City Council seems to have to try and make Birmingham something it isn't, is it any surprise? That said, you ask anyone in the UK about Birmingham and the chances are they will tell you tales of some horribly industrial city with little or nothing to offer. That's where they're wrong!
I have to say that I've learnt a lot about Birmingham from the world trip that Georgie and I did. Part through reading and prt through meeting people. Firstly, I found out that my favourite travel writer was brought up in Birmingham (Bruce Chatwin - quite specifically, I used to hang around with a cousin of his without knowing it!) and secondly, Birmingham seems to be quite famous for a children's show called "Brum"... the amount of people who didn't realise that "Brum" was set in Birmingham is just not funny. |
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gourmet1978 Fri Mar 23, 2007 19:31 UTC Great to see someone else enjoys this restaurant as its one of my favourites. I also go and make sure I use my Gourmet Society card as I get 25% off the entire bill - http://www.thegourmetsociety.co.uk | Galahad Wed Jan 21, 2004 23:42 UTC Your http://www.birminghamplus.com tip looks really great and useful. It is very upto date! You are leaving me behind!!! We seem to be both enjoying the same type of restaurants. One of these days we should meet up. | Tami_G Fri Dec 5, 2003 16:53 UTC Wicked Birmingham page!! I studied at the University of Birmingham during my year abroad and loved it there. Reading your tips just brought back great memories! | maykal Tue Dec 2, 2003 20:53 UTC Reading this, I realise how little I know about my own city! I had no idea the custard Factory ever existed...will investigate soon though ;@P Ta very much... |
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