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  1. J

    Aston Hall

    I went with the junior school too. I think we went in a double decker bus, I'm sure the school will have booked us in as a group. I haven't a clue on the admission cost, it will have been in old pennies though. :laughing: It was one of several trips to B6 that I made as a boy, great fun and I'm...
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    Aston Hall

    It was a temporary sculpture in Victoria Square. It was outside the Town Hall from July 2021, but was relocated to Colmore Square by December (to make way for the Christmas Market). It then remained in Colmore Square throughout 2022 and was then moved to Aston Hall & Park, and it is now in Lady...
  3. J

    happy birthday anthea

  4. J

    Aston Hall

    Something that looks totally out of place in Aston Hall? This new work probably does merit a place somewhere, but I don't really think this is it.
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    John “Ozzy” Osbourne

    Yes lyn. It's nice that one of us will be there and he can tell me all about it afterwards. I still tell my family of going to stadium concerts 40+ years ago to see the likes of the Stones and Simon & Garfunkel at Wembley, he can hopefully do the same about this one, in the 2060s... ;)
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    happy valentines day

    :grinning:
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    John “Ozzy” Osbourne

    I was one of the lucky ones lyn. :grinning: Villa gave their Season Ticket holders an opportunity to purchase tickets online on Thursday morning and although there were no seats anywhere near the stage, that my wife and I could have used, I was able to buy 2 standing tickets for my son (who is...
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    John “Ozzy” Osbourne

    Hospitality tickets for the Villa Park show from the club's web-site below. I think I will go for the Platinum Box Package (I just need to win the lottery first;)): Platinum Box Package - • Private reserved box for 12 guests located in the Trinity Road Stand. • Post event lounge access for 30...
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    John “Ozzy” Osbourne

    I had feared that it would be a re-run of the Oasis fiasco. So many want to be there and tickets are so limited. I guess people will be travelling from all around the UK, from Europe and from other parts of the world for this one (the ticket touts will also have made certain of their share), so...
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    Not much happened in there on the odd occasions that I popped in, with friends who knew it rather better than I did in the 70s, for a couple of pints. It just seemed to me to be a rather dark bar, which sold drinks after the other pubs had closed for the afternoon and it was largely frequented...
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    John “Ozzy” Osbourne

    For information purposes, tickets for Bruce Springsteen last year at Villa Park, started at £65 standing and the Platinum Box Package was then £325. Given the figure for the package, prices look likely to be from well in excess of three figures for the day. If I was looking at a package, I think...
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    John “Ozzy” Osbourne

    I know the feeling Lyn, I'm not up to the mosh pit myself :grinning: . I'm sure there will be seats available on the sides of the ground, from which there will be a decent view (I'm relying on it).
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    John “Ozzy” Osbourne

    If I can get tickets, then I am definitely going. Brilliant news. Link to Aston Villa site: https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2025/february/05/black-sabbath-announce--back-to-the-beginning--at-villa-park/
  14. J

    RIP brian murphy

    Brian with his wife Linda (1), with his screen wife Yootha Joyce (2), with Kathy Staff (3), with the "Man about the House cast" (4), with Paula Wilcox last year (5) and on "This is Your Life" in 1998 (6). Thanks for all those sit-com laughs & RIP:
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    Perry William aka The Tipton Slasher

    Frank Skinner often mentions the Tipton Slasher (1 below- statue @ Coronation Gardens) and the remains of his pet monkey, which is to be found at The Black Country Living Museum (2 below - "not for the squeamish, sorry" :eek: ) and can be viewed during their store tours.
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    Grove Lane Swimming Baths, Handsworth

    It was used as a First Aid point for the Handsworth area during WW2:
  17. J

    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    Or perhaps it's a case of "What happens in The Dome stays in The Dome" :cool:
  18. J

    Aston Villa history

    Ozzy made an appearance on the Holte End (see below) before Villa's 4-2 win over Celtic on Wednesday evening, which takes the club into the last 16 of the Champions League.
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