[Help] Things to do in Birmingham

maltaseagull

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Zabbar- Malta

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An Italian friend of ours is going to be in Birmingham for a couple of weeks to improve her English.
I have never been there but I am sure someone on NSC can recommend some things to do /places to visit at the weekends while she is there.

Over to you
And thanks in advance.

 

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NooBHA

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maltaseagull said:

An Italian friend of ours is going to be in Birmingham for a couple of weeks to improve her English.
I have never been there but I am sure someone on NSC can recommend some things to do /places to visit at the weekends while she is there.

Over to you
And thanks in advance.

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Improve her English in Birmingham

Good Luck with that one. Don't get me wrong. I love the accent. However, I am not even sure she will understand the English, never mind get better at it

 

PILTDOWN MAN

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Go to a Commonwealth games event

 

hart's shirt

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Here's a decent starting point: https://visitbirmingham.com/

Food-wise, she should definitely have a Balti which is authentically Brummie. https://balti-birmingham.co.uk/

 

GT49er

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The jewellery quarter (plus there is a pen-knib museum - a bit niche, maybe!)
Winterbourne House and Gardens.
Plenty of parks and open spaces.
Lovely walks just out of town - the Lickey Hills and the Clent Hills (beware of the car park - they lock it (with cars still inside) at a ridiculously early hour!)
The Black Country Museum (excellent local guides, with local accents - great for improving the variety of her English!)
More canals than Venice, with towpaths to walk along.
Rag market and open air market.
Sea life centre.
The Balti Triangle.

 

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East Staffs Gull

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Cadbury World
Birmingham Back to Backs
Victoria Square, Centenary Square, St Philip’s Square and Brindleyplace
The Mailbox
Black Country Museum
Marco’s rooftop bar at The Cube

The Balti scene is now minute compared with its heyday.

 

maltaseagull

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NooBHA said:

Improve her English in Birmingham

Good Luck with that one. Don't get me wrong. I love the accent. However, I am not even sure she will understand the English, never mind get better at it

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TBF she speaks excellent English but wants to get to understand "regional accents" so probably a tough starting point. She liked Peaky Blinders

 

Boys 9d

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Aston House?

 

KZNSeagull

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Get on a bus to Warwick and stay there instead?

 

B-right-on

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Leave. On the first bus/ coach / train/ flight.

Or just walk.

 

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maltaseagull said:

TBF she speaks excellent English but wants to get to understand "regional accents" so probably a tough starting point. She liked Peaky Blinders

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In that case;

https://bclm.com/peaky-blinders-nights/

 

Russconha

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visit Wales?

 

kevo

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maltaseagull said:

TBF she speaks excellent English but wants to get to understand "regional accents" so probably a tough starting point. She liked Peaky Blinders

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She will love the aforementioned Black Country Museum, in that case. An open air museum of life in the midlands at the time of PB. Even has a pub of the era.

 

HHGull

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Mr Bridger

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Pop round my sisters for a cup of tea.

 

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Things to do in Birmingham

I always remember Jasper Carrott's reply when asked that very question by Parkinson many moons ago: "We've got a folk club on Thursday nights"

 

PeterT

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Sarehole Mill, a hangout of Tolkien’s in his youth, and Moseley Bog nearby where many of the stories were set

Bournville model village

Gas Street Basin is the place for picking up canal trips

Soho house, important in the history of the industrial revolution

The Olde Crown pub, not in a great area but built 1368 and where the Peaky Blinders tours start.

Birmingham University is also very nice to wander round, the clock tower is a copy of the one in Siena.

The Jewellery quarter

 

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Black Country Living museum and Severn Valley Railway.

 

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Horsham

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Perry barr greyhound racing.

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HHGull said:

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He sounds like a Scouser who has spent too long in Norfolk.