Birmingham Forum Meet - September 22nd 2012

[ukjohn]

Sorry, bad news for you all, its 99.9% certain that I shall be at the Birmingham meet.😎

John

 

[Northerner]

Sorry, bad news for you all, its 99.9% certain that I shall be at the Birmingham meet.😎

John

Oh no! 😉

Brilliant news John!

 

[ukjohn]

Oh no! 😉

Brilliant news John!

lol cheeky..

 

[ukjohn]

Anyone got any instructions on how to get to the new venue from New Street Station please.

Thinks!!!! I wonder if Paul is doing a circular tour of the country to pick us all up this year. 🙄


John.

 

[Northerner]

Anyone got any instructions on how to get to the new venue from New Street Station please.

Thinks!!!! I wonder if Paul is doing a circular tour of the country to pick us all up this year. 🙄


John.

What time do you arrive at the station John? Apparently it's quite close and I'm sure we could arrange to meet up at the station with a 'local guide' 🙂

 

[ukjohn]

What time do you arrive at the station John? Apparently it's quite close and I'm sure we could arrange to meet up at the station with a 'local guide' 🙂

My train arrives at Birmingham New Street at 10.45

John.

 

[Monica]

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)

Oh yes, I remember the floozy in the jacuzzi!!

 

[ypauly]

Directions from new street.

As you come up to the top of the station from the paltforms you come through these barriers.

Straight ahead you will see a set of escalators with a sign above that says "welcome to the pallasades"

Ride the escalatort to the top.
I think it's time to introduce my trusty assistant, the not so very tipsy jeanette.

At the top of the escalator turn left, just follow jeanettes instructions

 

[AJLang]

Now I'm completely confused

 

[ypauly]

You will then see the shop footlocker a few yards ahead, where again you will follow my tipsy assistants instructions and turn left.

Footlocker being the corner store you are actually walking around it so an immediate right turn will be necessary.

you should see this view. with footlocker on your right hand side.

 

[Hazel]

just brilliant - jeanette, you make a great model - you should ask for a raise

 

[ypauly]

Walk into the daylight and you will see new street from the top of a ramp that has macdonalds and HSBC on your right. Go down the ramp and turn left.

You are heading past the phone box's going towards the wonky building.

You will then have a view up new street that looks like this.

about fifty yards up on your left you will see this tram.

The tram has NOTHING to do with the directions I just wanted a picture

 

[AJLang]

Im very impressed with the pictures and the directions, thank you

 

[ypauly]

Anyway when at the tram you are more than half way and your view up new street will look like this. You are heading to where the car is turning.

Yes my assistant was distracted, and yes it probably was the wine.

When you get to where the car turned you also go that way

A closer view with a proper hand signal from my tipsy assistant

 

[ypauly]

You are then on Benetts hill and just a few yards away from the Briar rose. Where my trusty assistant is demonstrating the effects of alcahol.

 

[Northerner]

Haha! Brilliant Paul and your lovely tipsy assistant! 🙂

 

[robofski]

Best directions ever! LOL 🙂

 

[ypauly]

Haha! Brilliant Paul and your lovely tipsy assistant! 🙂

Best directions ever! LOL 🙂

Thank you thank you and once again I thank you.

 

[robert@fm]

Looks like Brum has some interesting architecture! 🙂 Though none (that I've seen) quite as bizarre as the Selfridges Building opposite Moor Street Station... 😉

 

[ukjohn]

My 99.9% status has now moved to 100%.
My train tickets arrived today all 6 of them all singles total ?28.10

One return ticket for same trip on same trains total ?48.00


Took me about an hour online to work out the fares at different stations, but well worth it for a saving of almost ?20.

John.