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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6300   
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yep. that'll be the one. |
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5th Sep 2018 9:41am |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5829  
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Caterham, I hear Birmingham Council are looking for a new head of their Leisure and Tourism department. They particularly want someone with a positive and motivated passion for this great multi-cultural city. Watchoofink, sounds right up your street
 Monsieur Le Grenadier
I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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5th Sep 2018 10:32am |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3512  
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For a start, you could tell everyone the little known fact (
) that Birmingham has more canals than Venice.
And then explain that at the moment, they are safer than the canals in Manchester https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-45173888 |
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5th Sep 2018 10:56am |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6300
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erm what can I say. sounds right up my street 
in terms of the Manchester canals and the map with red dots - Birmingham has a similar maps with red dots showing areas that have from time to time been regarded as safe. I used to cycle the canals to work so I should know.... |
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5th Sep 2018 11:12am |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6300
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yeah the tow paths. your story about the body reminds me of the time I was driving down the motorway and this Navara type pick up comes flying past with a mannequin in the back dressed with baseball cap, flying glasses / ray bans, leather jacket and long blond hair blowing in the wind 
a mile or two later it had pulled over  only it was the real deal - not a mannequin! |
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5th Sep 2018 12:16pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3512
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Blackwolf, the Kraft Margarine stunk worse than the dead body?
The Coventry Canal used to be a lot like that between Hawkesbury Junction and the City Basin. Courtalds Chemicals were responsible for that back in the 80's. Never found a body, but we did manage to run over the top of a sofa. Well I think that was what it was. There has been quite a renaissance in the Canals around Manchester. 25 years ago we would start early and push through Manchester in one day without stopping. Paying the Manchester Ship Canal Co for the privilege of passing through possibly the worst maintained wide beam locks on the system, dodging the glue sniffers and druggies at Dulcie Street top lock in a hell hole of the twilight under the buildings and then chancing your luck with the Ashton Canal and the 'yoofs' looking for trouble. Im told it's all a lot different now. The Canal and River Trust (that were British Waterways) have taken over the waterway and I am told it is all a lot more pleasant. As I have said before on here, I have a soft spot for Birmingham and the Black Country - especially their canals. Saying that, I don't have to live there. Caterham, have they still got the beach under spaghetti junction? |
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5th Sep 2018 12:42pm |
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| Swine&Small Member Since: 20 Mar 2017 Location: Norfolk Posts: 1223
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Now Norwich, that is a completely subject! please do not get me started on the safe zone, or lack of it , around Norwich.
 1983 Series 3 Pick up in Marine Blue
1967 Morris Traveller 1966 Morris Convertible 2012 VW T5 Camper Quod Abundat Non Obstat. |
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5th Sep 2018 1:43pm |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6300
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Rashers said - Caterham, have they still got the beach under spaghetti junction?
I'll be honest I'm not sure, I don't think so but the beach thing does ring some bells but I'm not so sure as to why? |
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5th Sep 2018 4:45pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3512
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While googling the beach thing, I found this:
http://www.  .co.uk
We have something similar in East Anglia: https://www.suffolkgazette.com It rips hell out of us Norfolk people, but I still find it amusing. |
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5th Sep 2018 4:55pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3512
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Oh, not surprisingly, it didn't like that.
For those with a bit of imagination www.birminghamitsnots***.co.uk |
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5th Sep 2018 4:56pm |
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| Swine&Small Member Since: 20 Mar 2017 Location: Norfolk Posts: 1223
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^^
Ditto 1983 Series 3 Pick up in Marine Blue 1967 Morris Traveller 1966 Morris Convertible 2012 VW T5 Camper Quod Abundat Non Obstat. |
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5th Sep 2018 4:56pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3512
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As with all good humour, there is just a teeny weeny bit of truth in all of the Suffolk Gazettes posts. I love the cookie warning when you first log on where instead of 'accept' you get the button that says 'Whatever' |
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5th Sep 2018 5:00pm |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5829
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Yup, noticed that. Also the 'share now' advice for Social Media:
"Share now or a kitten dies" What a great little on-line rag. Will enjoy looking through it, thanks for the link Rashers Monsieur Le Grenadier
I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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6th Sep 2018 7:41am |
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| rossy Member Since: 29 Nov 2010 Location: Co. Roscommon Posts: 1296  
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Hmm
I was Born in Birmingham and lived there until I was 13 in Sparkhill (don't laugh). That was 40 years ago. Birmingham in the 1970s, as I remember, was a dump unless you lived in Shirley or Solihull. Looking back I think its greatest architectural improvement is the M6 toll
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