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Birmingham Forum Meet - September 22nd 2012

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I will post step by step "how to get there" intructions before the meet Hazel and if necessary meet people at the station.

Though I may not stay late myself as it is the last bowls game of the season that afternoon.
 
I will try to attend, only just down the road from me here, in fact I may even go and book the day off of work (if I can) and go from start to finish. It all depends on Work, as if I'm not able to grt the time off I have to finidh at 1 before trying to get into brum. I will try this year however.
 
Garthion said:
I will try to attend, only just down the road from me here, in fact I may even go and book the day off of work (if I can) and go from start to finish. It all depends on Work, as if I'm not able to grt the time off I have to finidh at 1 before trying to get into brum. I will try this year however.
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It will be great if you can make it Dale! 🙂
 
Will do our bestest to pop in, probably during the afternoon. We come back from Brighton the day before - no idea what time the coach will drop us off and on the morning of the 22nd we need to go and collect Mr Sparkles from the cattery so it will all depend on the timing and how things go. here's hoping.........
 
Flutterby said:
Will do our bestest to pop in, probably during the afternoon. We come back from Brighton the day before - no idea what time the coach will drop us off and on the morning of the 22nd we need to go and collect Mr Sparkles from the cattery so it will all depend on the timing and how things go. here's hoping.........
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Hope Mr Sparkles lets you come along and isn't too miffed with you! 🙂
 
Will not be able to come...really am dissapointed...but funds and kids being summer hols, and family car going in for cam belt this sat just hard month:( i see there is a meet in london so i would love to come.....be really nice to chat and see other peeps on here 🙂
 
jalapino said:
Will not be able to come...really am dissapointed...but funds and kids being summer hols, and family car going in for cam belt this sat just hard month:( i see there is a meet in london so i would love to come.....be really nice to chat and see other peeps on here 🙂
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That's a shame Ant, but of course understandable. If I won the lottery then I would invite everyone all expenses paid! Hope to see you in London 🙂
 
I tried the venue today for lunch, and I can confirm that is does meet our very high standards:D
 
Northerner said:
Did you prepare them for the flood of lancet and needle-toting diabetics? 😱 😉
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Not quite but I did manage to take picture of the route from the train station for people to follow but it is only a couple of hundred yards, 3 hundred tops, so probably isn't necessary.

I only did new street, so if anybody requires moor street or snow hill directions give me a shout.


I will load the new street ones up later.
 
ypauly said:
I only did new street, so if anybody requires moor street or snow hill directions give me a shout.
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Moor Street should be a doddle -- walk down short road opposite station exit (3-4 minutes), find yourself at New Street, follow directions from there. Sorted! 😉

Mind you, last year to my eternal embarrassment I managed to get lost on the way back between New Street and Moor Street. 😱 I'm taking no chances this year -- that, and getting to New Street from London is slightly cheaper anyway. 🙂
 
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Booked the tickets!!!! We'll arrive at New Street at 11.24 🙂
 
LOL - you'll be at the pub by 11.40 tops Monica.

We walked right past the bottom of Bennetts Hill last year - do you recall the open bit, with the Floozy in the jacuzzi, and the steps and the big video-type screen where Carol and her friend were watching themselves? Well - it's about 100 yds or so before that!

I worked at No 10 Bennetts Hill for nearly 20 years, virtually opposite - Sun Buildings, the site of Burne-Jones birth, there's a blue plaque on the wall there to commemorate that fact. (artist, Arts & Crafts movement, mate of Wm Morris .... stained glass windows in B'ham cathedral .... blah blah)
 
Just checked the train times from Tamworth, if I can catch the 14:04 train I can get to New Street for 14:24 (signals permitting) then just a short walk for me >_<
Think I will have to cycle to/from work that morning but the train fare is not too bad at ?7.30 return. Just don't want to go in my work Uniform so...
 
Garthion said:
Just checked the train times from Tamworth, if I can catch the 14:04 train I can get to New Street for 14:24 (signals permitting) then just a short walk for me >_<
Think I will have to cycle to/from work that morning but the train fare is not too bad at ?7.30 return. Just don't want to go in my work Uniform so...
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See you around 14:30 Dale! 🙂
 
T'other forum had a meet on 21st July at Kingsbury Water Park, should have come to that!

We always end with an evening meal, last 3 years we've been to a pub in Sutton. There were about 18 of us this time and the waitress eventually said, she couldn't work us out as a group as we had accents from all over the place, so what was the connection? We all laughed, someone said something about 'Well we met on-line ....' and then Patti's husband said 'That's it in fact, we're all with an on-line dating agency!'

I'm not sure anyone actually corrected that, we were all laughing that much !
 
The bar staff were intrigued when we all turned up for the day in Oxford in January - there were about 30 of us! I wasn't as quick-thinking and told them the truth 🙂
 
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