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Of course the Piccadilly arcade used to be a cinema, you can still see the "slope" where the seats were as it goes down from New St. This walkway has an amazing ceiling with stunning paintings. One is like you are in an open grave looking up at the people standing round the grave. Many people...

As Ell says, it is Chamberlain House and it is going. In fact I have just seen on the Paradise web site there are weekend road closures planned for the roads that run alongside it (13th/14th January, 20th/21st January and 27th/28th January) so I think they will start demolishing that building...

Some people tried to save the old Birmingham library because they felt is was a fine example of Brutalist architecture (particularly the upside down "ziggurat" - the main library building). Now I was in favour of the old library being demolished, but lets think for a moment. We critisize the...

I wonder if people made the same comments when Chamberlain knocked down all those lovely "tudor" buildings to build Corporation St? The thing people need to remember is that a city like Birmingham needs to compete on the world stage with other major cities to attract businesses and people to...

So it should be. Internet Explorer was written in the early days of the internet and has been updated, adapted, botched, and so on to keep track of the ever changing internet platform. Edge has been written from scratch to handle all the new features the internet provides. The fact that...

Yes that whole "square" of land is called Arena Central and it is where the old ATV studios used to be, and the Register Office (where I got married), and I think also a hospital was there, as well as a car park. It is bordered by Broad St in the North, Bridge St in the West, Holliday St in the...

This Edgar Lustgarden program (Scotland Yard) is being shown on Talking Pictures TV. I watch this channel a lot as they show many old films and TV shows from the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s (and some from 70s and 80s). They rescue old movies and TV shows that have not been on TV for years and make...

I worked in the computer industry all my life (now retired) but do feel Microsoft have made a big mistake with this continual update of Windows 10 when they are basically updating the whole product each time. I think they are trying to "copy" the situation on mobile phones where iOS and Android...

NOTE: This reply was first posted in another topic (hence the off topic comment below) but was moved here by the admin people. As you say off topic, but I think the area around the Digbeth coach station and Digbeth in general will see massive changes over the next decade or so (though being 68...

If you have a "smart" TV you can connect it to your Broadband over wi fi and watch YouTube vidoes on your TV. In fact if you have a 4k TV (super new model) you can watch 4K vidoes from Youtube on to your 4K TV and get super high quality.

The Hall of memory is currently closed at the moment and surrounded by a huge high fence (so you cant get near it) because much of Centenary Square is a building site as it is being redeveloped. The best way to get to Centenary Square / Broad Street is to use this new pathway (it replaces the...

For those who are not aware horsencart is referring to the walkway across the Paradise site replacing the old walkway that went under the old library (past McDonlands and Wetherspoons) between the BMAG and Centenary Square. This new walkway is due to open on 10th or 11th November when the...

As I understand it, if a site is "https" then all the data sent by your browser to the host web site is encrypted. This is important when doing online banking, or buying things over the web. But it is less important when sending non-sensitive information to a website like this one or similar...

The download as a complete replacement of Windows. However the visual side of Windows (the desktop that we all see) is only one small part of Windows. Most of what goes on in Windows is internal (under the covers) so as users we never see it. Windows has to constantly add new function to...

I am afraid you DONT have the Fall Creators Update which is build 1709 - 16299.19 (which is the release I am now on). See this web site here where you will see the latest build is 1709 - 16299.19 https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4043454

I will come via Windows Updates eventually, but Microsoft tend to release it bit by bit to Windows users (usually starting with newer PCs and working their way back to older PCs). This update is called the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and it is a complete replacement of Windows so the file...

Following on from my update above, one of the nice features in Windows 10 Creators Edition is the ability to pause Windows Update for 7 days. So if you have some important work to do and do not want to be disturbed with a major Windows update, or are on a slow broadband speed while working away...

Note the Creaters Update is a complete replacement of Windows, as was the Anniversary Update last year, therefore the download and install could well take a couple of hours (depending on your broadband speed). Note the Creators Update is not officially released yet (though you can get an early...

Sorry but I am going to be very pedantic here. I think the canal boat in the cartoon is shown on the canal in front of (or very near) the ICC. Gas St basin is underneath that bridge in the distance (which goes under Broad St.) The buildings at the top face on to Broad St, and the back of...

I think that is a good idea. An elderly friend of mine died a few months ago, and he had a Facebook account. A couple of days ago I got a message from Facebook saying "Its Fred's Birthday today, wish him a Happy Birthday" A few people who did not know he had died updated his Facebook page...