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[Help] Things to do in Birmingham
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Live by the sea
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- Oct 21, 2016
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Find the quickest way out !
East Staffs Gull
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Buy a bus or train ticket to somewhere else
Quips the person from Newhaven.
Correct, every time I have been to Birmingham I have thanked my lucky stars I live in Newhaven
Correct, every time I have been to Birmingham I have thanked my lucky stars I live in Newhaven
Newhaven is underrated. Anyone who’s been to Yale will tell you the same.
studio150
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Hire a car and spend an afternoon enjoying spaghetti junction, then head out to experience the rush hour queues on either the M6 or M5.
I have family and friends in and around Birmingham and spent a lot of time there - I appreciate that it has its less desirable parts but the areas I know around Edgbaston, Harborne, Moseley etc are as nice as you would find in any city in this country. A bit like London, the city grew out of villages, some of which still retain their character although the post war city planners did not exactly leave a legacy to be proud of in some parts of the city. It has many other really leafy suburbs (more trees than Paris) and if you grew up knowing those parts then it’s not exactly the Spaghetti Junction / M6 parts referred to. Edgbaston golf course is, for example, as nice a city golf course as you will find anywhere. Nearby are the Botanical Gardens, Cannon Hill Park, and the University, it’s where tennis was first played (marked by a blue plaque) etc. Head into Aston, Lozells and Newtown and I get your point.
oldboyroy
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Got to be the lovely small heath 
- Jul 7, 2003
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Every time I've been up there for football, I've always thought it's quite underrated. I like the city centre. Lots of lovely old buildings combined with some amazing modern architecture which the city council have evidently been brave enough to sanction. Sure, there's plenty of brutalist concrete about, but it's nonetheless got plenty going for it.
It's one of those places that's nowhere near as bad as you think it's going to be
Got to be the lovely small heath
I’ve sent that on to Tommy and Arthur, expect a knock on the door later ….
Severn Valley Railway from Kidderminster
Went there for work a month ago.
We found this bar:
https://www.albertsschloss.co.uk
Great fun if you like great quality alcohol, dancing on seats, burlesque dancers and a live band. They take requests for songs so I tried to get them to play Voulez Vous by ABBA but to no avail. It should have ruined my night but it didn’t bother me because the place was so awesome!
We found this bar:
https://www.albertsschloss.co.uk
Great fun if you like great quality alcohol, dancing on seats, burlesque dancers and a live band. They take requests for songs so I tried to get them to play Voulez Vous by ABBA but to no avail. It should have ruined my night but it didn’t bother me because the place was so awesome!
Trouble is with that suggestion that you may end up in Queen’s Road, West Street or North Street, and then would need to quickly buy another single ticket out again. Not before marvelling at the national graffiti and street litter collection, of course.
Justice
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Are you sure she’s not a spy?TBF she speaks excellent English but wants to get to understand "regional accents" so probably a tough starting point. She liked Peaky Blinders
GT49er
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The other trouble is that it was the sixth variation of the same joke in less than two pages - and the first five weren't as funny as they thought they were either!
el punal
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Keep roight on ter the end of the rowd, keep roight on ter the end. 
GT49er
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More jokes than recommended places to visit in Birmingham though.
You need to try counting he recommended places on this thread again, then, because you're way off!