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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11362) • United Kingdom 30 Jul

So, today was the funeral of the Prince of Darkness, Birminghams very own Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy, lead singer with the group Black Sabbath, died last week aged 76. His body was driven past his childhood home and through the city of...

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Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy oi oi oi

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11362) • United Kingdom 26 Jun

Yesturday a new exhibition opened in Birmingham. It is to honour Brums favourite son .....John ' Ozzy ' Osbourne. The main man was not there himself ....he only makes rare appearances these days. So, wife Sharon was the one who...

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That Was Different!

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 25 Sep 23

We had a surprise trip to the theatre yesterday. Two friends of ours had double booked themselves and couldn't exchange or refund their tickets so they offered them to us rather than see them unused. The tickets were for a...

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black sabbath the ballet

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Woohoo Birmingham!

Jim Bauer @porwest (112876) • United States 30 Jul 22

Not sure why the exclamation point. I am actually not a huge of fan of Alabama. Hey, no lottery. Boo! But anyway, it is our halfway point to beautiful St. George Island in the panhandle of Florida where we will be tomorrow. Of...

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Dissapointed

Laura @Laurakemunto (13787) • Kenya 29 Jul 22

Was watching common wealth games free style relay swimming only to see kenya loose. Now am preparing to go to bed it's almost midnight here. Everyone who made it to Birmingham: the competitors are winners it took them time,...

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Discovering A New Word Gongoozler

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 23 May 19

In studying pub signs, I hear of some that I haven't directly seen, so for once I don't have a photo of this one, The Gongoozler, in Dudley, near Birmingham in the Midlands. The word is one used by canal boat users (in cargo...

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Eastercon Diary Easter Monday 17th And 18th April 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 9 May 17

Eastercon Diary Easter Monday 17th April 2017 The final day of the Innominate Eastercon Convention, and the busiest for me. Having already performed in two poetry events, I now had my solo pub signs in science fiction...

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Eastercon Diary Easter Saturday 15th April 2017 Punk

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 2 May 17

A fascinating science fiction panel item discussing the various SF sub-genres carrying the suffix ‘punk’. Participants included Ren Warren, David Wake, Theresa Derwin, Dr Anna McFarlane (who was moderating) and Penny Reeve of...

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Eastercon Diary Easter Saturday 15th April 2017 Serious Performance, Deeply Meaningful Poetry

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 2 May 17

Easter Saturday is confusing. It’s an ordinary non-bank holiday sandwiched between the special Good Friday and Easter Sunday bank holidays. If Christian doctrine is to believed (though not by me), Jesus died on the Friday and got...

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Convention Diary Good Friday 14th April 2017 Writing Publishing And Literary Agents

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 25 Apr 17

The first official day of the Birmingham based 68th Eastercon Science Fiction Convention. I had a choice of two buses to travel in by from near the hotel, so I took the first of the two to arrive. Services seemed unaffected by...

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Eastercon Diary Thursday 13th April 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 25 Apr 17

It seems odd writing up my convention reports over a week after returning home but things have been very busy. This was my first full day in Birmingham, a city I have not visited since my Guru following adventures ended in 1985....

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Diary Wednesday 12th April 2017 - Birmingham pre-Eastercon 1

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 12 Apr 17

Able to write this and reply to a few posts due to the wonders of free pub wi-fi. I was quite leisurely and relaxed about the final stages of getting ready for my trip to Birmingham. On route I stopped at the library to print the...

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Diary 29th And 30th March 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 30 Mar 17

Diary Wednesday 29th March 2017 Some good positive news after the depressing day yesterday. The interview for the call centre role I now unlikely to occur until after Easter so now there I only my welfare officer likely to block...

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Diary Friday 29th April 2016

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 30 Apr 16

I remain a prisoner of the elements as it is snowing again four days after I got my camcorder, ruining all my plans for its use. I booked my place at the 2017 Eastercon science fiction convention, taking place in Birmingham next...

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Police Raid Homes of Rioters

2wicelot @2wicelot (2945) 11 Aug 11

Police in the UK have started raiding homes of people suspected to have taken part in looting shops during riots of previous days. They have recovered designer clothes worth thousands of pounds. I guess it is payback time. Get it;...

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London is Relatively Quiet Tonight; the Riots have Moved to Cities in North

2wicelot @2wicelot (2945) 9 Aug 11

The police presence has been increased some 3 fold from 6000 to 16000 following days of rioting, looting and destruction in London. Tonight London is relatively quiet with only a few incidences. However, some cities in the north...

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What is going on with this whole Birmingham, UK, thing?

wigima5 @wigima5 (904) • United States 8 Aug 11

If you've been hearing stuff recently, there's a riot in Birmingham in the UK, there's rioters in the street and such. Supposedly its protesting some sort of taxation? Is this true? What is actually going on? And why is everyone...

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Carling Cup Final

stevieboi19 @stevieboi19 (1419) 28 Feb 11

Did you see it you? Congratulations to Birmingham they deserved their success over Arsenal but yet again Arsenal proved how they struggle when it comes to beating the so called smaller clubs but this was in game of...

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Blues to face Gunners in Carling Cup Final

keeperdream @keeperdream (381) • United States 26 Jan 11

Birmingham defeated West Ham 3-1 in the second leg of their Carling Cup sem-final and will now face Arsenal, who defeated Ipswich to make it to the final. Arsenal will by far be the favorites for this game, but there have been...

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Vuvuzela banned in some stadium.

sjlskl @sjlskl (3382) • Singapore 20 Jul 10

Just read that Arsenal and Birmingham are the latest clubs to ban the vuvuzela from the stadium. Tottenham is the first club to do so. While the sound can be irritating, I thinking it can be spice up the atmosphere. Do you think...

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