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Birmingham Forum Meet - September 22nd 2012

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Thank you Northener and Trophywench. it would be great to see both of you again as well.
 
I am hoping to come but as I am unemployed I will need to see how the finances go 🙄.
 
Woohoo, I have booked my train journey to join everyone at the Birmingham meet - yey!
 
Northerner said:
Sorry Monica - my dad is coming over from Holland so I wouldn't have been able to go, and I didn't want to end up missing another one. Hope the new date isn't a problem for you.
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Don't know yet. The plans Carol and I had fell through anyway. If I can't make it, I'll try the Manchester one.
 
I would love to come and chat and find out more about everyones own personal journey regards to there diabetes....but this one is soooo far away :(
 
jalapino said:
I would love to come and chat and find out more about everyones own personal journey regards to there diabetes....but this one is soooo far away :(
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Nonsense! I went from Southampton to Glasgow in June, and Hazel's coming down from Glasgow for this one! 🙂 You've only got as far as me to go 😉
 
robert@fm said:
I don't know why that link (which was supposed to be to my search result) didn't work. 🙄

Using online maps can be a bit problematical; I often run into the modern equivalent of "here be dragons" (that is, "we do not have imagery at this zoom level"); and looking on both Google Maps and Yahoo Maps, there appears to be a road which goes straight into Gas Street Canal Basin (where Penny Blacks is) and might thus provide step-free access, at the cost of going around the Mailbox instead of through; but it's difficult to tell (I seem to remember a footbridge, and if that's part of the route it defeats the purpose).

Still, the Mailbox has its own website, so I'm looking at that...
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To be honest, it isn't the easiest part of our city centre to get to. Much of it was run down and derelict till a few years ago and it would seem that despite all the recent developement and spending of money on the area, our public transport system has yet to catch up.

It is nice and was picked by Shiv I believe for being nice, but maybe we could consider an easier to get to nice instead.

Keeping to our usual weatherspoons I quite like this place. Smack bang inbetween our three railway stations.

But if the idea of somewhere else catches on maybe a wander around using googles stree view would be a good idea.
http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/hotels/the-briar-rose
 
ypauly said:
To be honest, it isn't the easiest part of our city centre to get to. Much of it was run down and derelict till a few years ago and it would seem that despite all the recent developement and spending of money on the area, our public transport system has yet to catch up.

It is nice and was picked by Shiv I believe for being nice, but maybe we could consider an easier to get to nice instead.

Keeping to our usual weatherspoons I quite like this place. Smack bang inbetween our three railway stations.

But if the idea of somewhere else catches on maybe a wander around using googles stree view would be a good idea.
http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/hotels/the-briar-rose
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Paul, I'm very open to another venue as I've always worried about the difficulties of finding PB's or access but obviously don't know Brum pubs very well. If you think this is a good alternative I'm happy to change! 🙂
 
I like this one and it is walking distance from New Street Station and if the weather is fair, I might take a wee turn of the water taxi
 
Hazel said:
I like this one and it is walking distance from New Street Station and if the weather is fair, I might take a wee turn of the water taxi
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Fair enough, was just think aloud.:D
 
Northerner said:
Consider it changed! 🙂
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good call
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Northerner said:
Nonsense! I went from Southampton to Glasgow in June, and Hazel's coming down from Glasgow for this one! 🙂 You've only got as far as me to go 😉
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Nonsense?????? do you have kids and a LOVELY wife lol...honestly alan how much this cost on train?...i ask coz i never back down from a bet? he he 😉
 
You will be in good company
 
The new venue looks quite good -- and it's a Wetherspoons, so should be much more affordable than Penny Blacks. 🙂

And it's a Wetherspoons, and that means J?gerbombs! :D
 
robert@fm said:
The new venue looks quite good -- and it's a Wetherspoons, so should be much more affordable than Penny Blacks. 🙂

And it's a Wetherspoons, and that means J?gerbombs! :D
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I've yet to try one of those! 😱 🙂
 
Alan can you please repost, quoting where we are to meet and who is going.

As I'll only have a few hours in Birmingham, if it is not Penny Blacks, I'd like to plan ahead.
 
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