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Talking of Mike Sarne. There is an interesting TV channel on Sky called Talking Pictures (ch 343). I believe it may also be available on Freeview ch 81. It shows old movies, many of which have not been shown on TV for years. They work with the BFI to rescue old films and reshow them. The...

They have a tour next year if you want to see them live. https://www.nme.com/news/electric-light-orchestra/90218 .

If your smartphone is an Android phone then you can set it to run in "Easy Mode" This reduces the number of options, increases the size of the icons, and makes it easier to use for a first time smartphone users. My son is disabled and we have his phone set as Easy Mode and he is fine with it...

I worked for IBM for 30 years but had never heard of this film. Just looked it up and it was called Desk Set. https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/ibm-sponsored-a-major-hollywood-movie-about-computers-i-1525437260 Of course computers had been going for a few years before 1957, though most of them...

Someone I know who used to live in Sparkhill (and knows the baths well) said they drove past this Sunday and the baths had been demolished.

Back in August Norfolk Brummie mentioned drummer Andy White who stood in for Ringo Starr in the first recording the Beatles did as George Martin was not sure how good Ringo was. Well I am not sure if you are aware but Andy White passed away on 9th November 2015, just a few weeks ago...

Great to see some of the old Windows desktops from over the years. One not on the list that I used a lot at work was "Windows NT" (1993 onwards). All versions of Windows before then (Windows 1 up to Windows ME) were really just a pretty desktop laid on top of DOS. Windows NT was Microsoft's...

Sadly there are fine buildings all over Birmingham that are bordered up and gradually decaying, but the council cant look after them all. Even the fine Methodist Hall opposite the Victoria Law Courts has trees and shrubs growing out of parts of the tower (and other parts of the building). I go...

I am not really a "pub" person but I am not aware of a pub called "The Station" in the area, or do you mean "The Railway" on Hill St? Have you tried to Post Office Vaults pub nearby, in Pinfold Street? They do a whole range of quality beers and ciders. Note sure why the address on the web...

Sadly there is quite a lot of competition for "ugliest building" in the city centre (though they are gradually being demolished). I am also amazed the Nat West Tower ever got built. Colmore Row is one of the nicest roads in Birmingham, with a "flow" all along from the Grand Hotel up to the...

Yes I went up Thursday when Grand Central opened, plus went up again yesterday (Sunday) with my wife to see New St station, Grand Central, John Lewis etc. John Lewis is huge, on 4 floors, with a massive range of stuff to buy. Well laid out, lots to see and do, and you could spend ages in there...

Does everyone know NEXT weekend (25th - 27th September) is a special "Birmingham Weekender" event ? All sorts of things going on all over the city, far too many to list here. See this web site here for more details, and you can also download a 48 page document from the web site to read more...

Note the library is closed on Sunday. Also make sure you go up to the balconies / gardens on the 3rd AND 7th floors (different views) and the Shakespeare room at the top.

BBC program Canals: The making of a nation. Episode 1 is on the BBC iPlayer and has lots of shots of Birmingham https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0689qmh

If anyone want to keep up to date on what is going on in the Paradise site then I have posted a whole group of photos on the Skyscraper City web site. This latest posting explains all the road works that are taking place in the area, why they are needed, and how things are getting on...

I was up there today. There will ALWAYS be a walking route from Chamberlain Square to Centenary Square, though it may move around a bit as the demolition of the library takes place over the next year or so. At some point they will redirect the path so it goes near the Sir Adrian Boult Hall...

I used to work in Software development for a large IT company. I used to love the saying "software is never ready, it just ships every now and again". ALL software ships with bugs, but in the last few months before a product ships companies don't like to fix the bugs (unless they a major bugs)...

Of course Ringo replaced Pete Best in the band, and I always consider him one of the unluckiest people in the world. He had slogged around as a member of the Beatles for years, his mother owned a café and had allowed the early band to rehearse and play there. Yet just months before the Beatles...

While we should not discuss the rights and wrongs of this, I believe the library was actually planned during the time the Conservatives/Liberals were in power in the council. But it is now being run when the Labour party are in power in Birmingham council.

Windows usually keeps track of photos you have already downloaded from your camera and only downloads the "new" ones. Because you have installed a new version of Windows (10) it has no record of what you have already downloaded so it downloaded everything again. A quite reasonable thing to do.