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We went to the Rep this week and it was nice to see the statue back in place again, but I'm with Oldbrit as far as the "gold finish" is concerned. It looks much too bright for it's surroundings and it is almost as if a couple of tins of gold paint had turned up, and it was decided that they...

Richard died following a stroke, aged 90. Here he's pictured as Dr Kildaire (1 & 2) and in 1988 as Jason Bourne, in The Bourne Identity (3):

The only thing that surprises me, is that it took them (Adam & Carly Taylor) so long to play the liquidation card. They have form for this sort of thing :( (see below taken from The Times 9/8/23): "It now appears that the couple have a history of apparently ignoring planning permission...Mr...

Sad to see those shops closed so suddenly. Places like The Costermonger, The Cabin and The Oasis market will be replaced by something new, with the city centre becoming increasingly unrecognisable from what it was. I see the 'new neighbourhood' will include more than 1,000 homes and office...

Inside the Council House (1 -The Banqueting Suite & 2 -The Glass Corridor):

I like the programme format, but the so called "celebrities" seem to be becoming increasingly unfamiliar with each series. I would recognise the face of Layton Williams from "Bad Education" from when Jack Whitehall was in it. Fred Sirieix used to be a maître d'hôtel (restaurant - front of house...

I had an e-mail supposedly from Amazon today. It was headed from: "[email protected]" which looked a little dodgy to me, as did the focus on the back of a random card, which was at the head of the e-mail, suggesting what sort of information they might be after from me. I won't be sending them...

I heard on Central News last night, that there are concerns that the new Speedway season may be the Brummies last. The lease on the track expires next year and like at Cradley and Wolverhampton, speedway may cease on the site, the same would be the case for greyhound racing too. Developers want...

A tremendous boxer. He really packed a punch and the blows he landed on Joe Frazier, actually lifted him off the floor. To have three such fantastic fighters (pictured below) slugging it out against each other, really was a golden age for heavyweight boxing. He later showed a real sense of...

This looks like it. It is taken from the "Bull Street" thread and was posted by Vivienne on page 5 #129:

My son told me that he had been able to buy those delicious orange chips outside Villa Park, behind the North Stand.

I think the thing is with Jasper he's a Brummie and we all like him (as we say at Villa Park "he's one of our own". Whether he is a Blues fan (which he doesn't hide :grinning: ) or not, his humour is ours and even those of us of the claret & blue persuasion are very much amused, we had the...

That is positive news. I would be shocked if the council do make Station Street a conservation area, but they do need to earn some Brownie points somewhere. Good news that the Save Station Street campaign intends to appeal the DCMS' decision too. Their decision that the "architectural interest"...

It always was Lyn, nice to hear that it still is.

We used to call in there on the way home on Friday nights after dropping off the greengrocery orders in the 60s & 70s. 2 Cod & Chips, a Roe and Chips, along with a couple of scallops. That was well before the first Uber Eats order was made and the current owners took over. :)

A nice touch from last night's game at Villa Park that was again attended by Prince William and that ended with a 3-0 win and qualification for the Champions League quarter final was the banner below. It was unfurled on the Holte End last night prior to kick-off and it included the Gas Lamp...

The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins and Lawrence of Arabia for me, with my Nan.