Recent content by A Sparks

Not fully yet by what's said here... The pop-up event is a ‘significant milestone’, with a phased reopening to follow.

It's a Lebanese Restaurant now...

I'm not sure, I got the photo from the Midlands Memories FB page without a date, however I would guess 60s or 70s. I used to pass it on the bus route I took to work in Town, I think it was an Indian Restaurant afterwards.

The Museum will be open for the Jewellery Quarter Festival... The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter will be opening its doors to the public for The Jewellery Quarter Festival on Saturday 26 July 2025...

Ahhh....very sorry, I meant the Penthouse Club :confounded: which was in Constitution Hill!! The Rum Runner was in Broad Street wasn't it - never actually went to either. Amended my post!

This was the Surfside Stop, it was on the ground floor of the same building in Constitution Hill where the Penthouse was located upstairs...

I would guess the night was put on by/as the Bent Boot. I don't remember seeing that one though. I do remember some nights being advertised as Gotham City, probably because the TV Batman series of the 60s was so popular! Edit..well, maybe because the side of the Crown and Cushion was in...

Happy Birthday!

My friend and I also went to that Led Zeppelin concert at the Town Hall in June 1969. We had seen them previously earlier in that year, not very long after they had formed, at Mothers in Erdington.

I've met a few well known people through retail work but those in passing... Cleo Laine and her husband Johnny Dankworth I saw browsing in the Bargain Bookshop in New Street, near the Odeon. I think they were on at Ronnie Scott's that night. Another Roy Wood one - he and his then girlfriend...

A hammer. Usually used on delicate devices when a real screwdriver would be better. Refers to the habit of a Birmingham inhabitant (i.e. simpleton to take a rather simplitic view of maintenance.) If it don't work - hit it. If it still don't work, use a bigger hammer. I learnt about the joke...

Brummie screwdriver = a hammer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gk4wg4g49o

Yes, me too, to be honest!

Definitely one of Antony Gormley's figures! I do like his work.