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One of my very good friends is soon to leave for a 3 month trip to argentina and japan...so to prepare he's shot back to brum to prepare, before he goes, i might well pop up there to visit for a final send-off..

soooo...for any of you brum types or who leave nearish...anywhere you'd recommend i visit if i went for a whole week instead?

Mcdonalds in Stourbridge has a collection of Stourbridge glass. Well it use to. There is also a train wich was the first train to do something or the other. This is going back neigh on 8 years or so though.

Apart from that its full of brummies that you cant understand. I once stayed in the Travel inn on the Dudley road if you want to see some magic history.

I'm in Birmingham quite a bit although it's usually for just a few reasons:

The Birmingham REP on Broad Street have two excellent theatres (a main and a studio); I've been seeing performances there for years, as well as having a play of mine performed there, and they always put on a fantastic show - definitely worth a visit.

Then there's the Custard Factory in Digbeth... The Factory Club is always good for a night out, or if you fancy catching a live musical performance you've got the Barfly (nearby in Digbeth), Carling Academy 1 & 2 and the Bar Academy. There are many others but that's where you'll usually find the bigger acts.

The Bullring's got an incredible amount of shops, although I tend to use it mainly for the Apple shop and Borders (they stock MagicSeen). And on the subject of magic Keith Bennett's got his shop in Oldbury. If you fancy about a thirty minute train ride into Stourbridge The House of Magic is also worth a visit.

That's probably not too useful but hopefully it's of some help!

I remember when the Bull ring was a Market..........

Yeah, you've still got the markets in the Bullring. Central Birmingham's actually a very nice place, there's a lot of culture.

I've allways found Birmingham a poor mans Derby.

Can you still get the socialist worker? Odd people with pasting tables looking like the samaritians couldnt help them.

Power to the people!!!!

It's the Beano for students for our transatlantic cousins who may be reading and wondering.

Actually I remember that about Brum when I went there Socialist worker types every where.

Once I got accousted in York if i would like to partake in student rag week. How very dare they.

Let's put it this way, you can tell who was a student in the 80's, by their musical taste and political views.
These days any illiterate chav can get a degree. Thanks Blair!

anyway, as informative as the past few posts have been, i'd rather get back to the question at the top of the thread thanks...

Back to Birmingham, I did go there once but drove straight through and kept the doors locked. I was told to do this. It's a very dangerous place.
They gave us Jasper Carrot and Ozzy Osbourne.

His Lordship dose make valid point.

Peter cook said on Revolver "The town that made lead poisoning famous."

There is actually quite a bit to do there. My favorite thing is the train to euston.

There are some interesting building dotted about. I wouldnt bother with the other towns around that way though, Dudley and Wolverhampton.

Just in case it got lost...

Cardza wrote:I'm in Birmingham quite a bit although it's usually for just a few reasons:

The Birmingham REP on Broad Street have two excellent theatres (a main and a studio); I've been seeing performances there for years, as well as having a play of mine performed there, and they always put on a fantastic show - definitely worth a visit.

Then there's the Custard Factory in Digbeth... The Factory Club is always good for a night out, or if you fancy catching a live musical performance you've got the Barfly (nearby in Digbeth), Carling Academy 1 & 2 and the Bar Academy. There are many others but that's where you'll usually find the bigger acts.

The Bullring's got an incredible amount of shops, although I tend to use it mainly for the Apple shop and Borders (they stock MagicSeen). And on the subject of magic Keith Bennett's got his shop in Oldbury. If you fancy about a thirty minute train ride into Stourbridge The House of Magic is also worth a visit.

That's probably not too useful but hopefully it's of some help!

Magic places definitely worth a visit

Also you can visit britains fattest man.