Monthly Archives: December 2015

This is the 130th. Year of BMAG which was opened by the Prince of Wales as a ” “modern and as good if not better museum than any in Europe”. It now has to operate at a profit, or at … Continue reading →

Two gentlemen from the FSA, to whom I have the greatest respect. They work tirelessly to deal with the more unsavoury part of the abbattoir industry. This case in Lombard street is one of the worst I have had to … Continue reading →

Shot of fat Father Christmas, but also looking quite sad, as Mrs. Christmas said this year that he had no need to wear a pillow underneath the suit. So much for marital feeling!!

Amongst the judges, but not in front of them! Luckily my invitation to St. Chad’s was an opportunity to talk to his grace, and other members of the congregation I have not seen for a while. Our city armorist Adrian … Continue reading →

Here we have a shot of the planning committee’s missing member (of course he was caught up in more important matters) and a visiting dignitary from a galaxy far far away. We will have James McKay as John’s replacement who … Continue reading →

Very interesting gentleman Mr. HANIF QADIR here who came to talk to delegates at the Academies show. He is an ex al Quaida operative who has come back to warn youngsters of the attractions of extreme organisations. He is CEO … Continue reading →

Here is the latest route planning for our cycling pathways for the city. I have come to the conclusion that as the cycle routes have been commandeered by Parkers on the A38, then perhaps our cyclists would be safer on … Continue reading →

Great advertising for our allotments in Birmingham, where PEA is the banner erected by our Quaker contributors. The relevance of PEAS to the tram system is obvious.

Here we have Her Majesty naming this tram after a local councillor whose Christian name was Angus which will be in operation from this Sunday. Even HM had an umbrella, and we all got soaked even though there had been … Continue reading →

Members of the Conservation and Heritage panel go to the Close, a most beautiful Arts and Crafts group of buildings under the ownership of Birmingham University. As the other side of the Griffins Brook area contains the Cadbury’s home – … Continue reading →