Birmingham Word Cloud | As part of ‘plug in’ - the opening exhibition at the new mac gallery space in Birmingham - we are generating a city word cloud, entirely constructed from words submitted by the general public and associates. You can contribute your keywords (up to 5 please) by emailing Neil.Holland@macarts.co.uk or via twitter using the hashtag #brumwords
Brum as it was (via co-ophistorian)
“From Wednesday 17 March some viewers with analogue TV sets living in the Harborne area will need to retune them. It is expected around 200 households will be affected by technical changes being made to the signals for BBC One and ITV1 from the Harborne relay station.” — BBC - Press Office - Analogue TV viewers in Harborne may need to retune TV sets and videos
Cadbury’s Dairy Milk advert, issued c1955 (via mikeyashworth)
Please see the below attachement regarding a forthcoming heritage event withing the city: the Friends of Birmingham Archives and Heritage are pleased to welcome historian Professor Sir David Cannadine back to his home city to talk about “Joseph Gillott: pens, pictures and property” on Satruday 22nd March in the Central Library Theatre at 2pm. Please see the flier attached for details. Rachel MacGregor Senior Archivist (Public Services) Birmingham Archives & Heritage Central Library Chamberlain Square Birmingham B3 3HQ Tel: 0121 303 4549 Fax: 0121 464 1176 (via Spaghetti Gazetti: Friends of Birmingham Archives & Heritage - EVENT
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Birmingham’s Wheel of Fortune
Comic book photographic manipulation experiment.
Night in the City (via Blondie’s Highlights)
Love you chops!, Pershore Road (via new folder)
Crosswords set by a Brummie — can you spot references?
YouTube - Demolition of Calder Tower In Birchfield handsworth Soho Area of Birmingham