The Bull Ring in Brum

[brian daley]

The start of the christmas shopping season begins,Selfridges decorations are a little understated; personally ,I preferred the mannequins in the posh shop window

[Julia Kimber]

Changed a lot since I left there in 1971 to move to Sheffield and then Oz Brian. My dad reckons he gets lost around the city now and he's lived there all his life, 84 years. :eek:

Julia


The start of the christmas shopping season begins,Selfridges decorations are a little understated; personally ,I preferred the mannequins in the posh shop window

[naked lilac]

Love your caption there Brian D.. very funny.. :handclap:

[brian daley]

Went Christmas shopping with sue today,thought you might like to see a bit of Brum, the first picture is of Selfridges ,a weird and wonderful building,it looks like it came from outer space.The second picture show the St of St Martins in the Bukk Ring and it looks like Selfridges is sneaking up on it .the Birmingham market ,now a tree lined esplanade ,is not a characterful as the old one,thats progress,here is a wonderful display of the choicest meats.......continued

[brian daley]

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Another shot of the fresh produce in the market and then out to the Queensway where we can see the chinese pagoda in front of the Radisson hotel.Walk up the hill of Suffolk Street and you come to Birminghams classic Palladian town hall,look to the right and you can see the Council House ,now surrounded by the German christmas market. The distant bell tower is that of the Municipal museum ,and look among those shoppers,did you ever see such wonderfully coloured hair............continued

[brian daley]

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The concrete monstrosity in the background was Birminghams central library,adjacent is the Council House and its Floozey in the Jacuzzi.And we leave the market with the views that the child in us likes ,toys,sweet things and coloured lights...........continued.

[brian daley]

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Old Admiral Nelson has seen some mighty changes in this old town, the mad ranting of this evangelist goes unheeded as the shoppers go hunting for the bargains. Here we see another aspect of the "Thing" and there we can reflections of some other of Brums great buildings.Shoppings done now ,lets go home!

[clancy]

brian im going there today its my mates birthday hes a scouser we go there twice a year on his and mine, start in the jewelry quarter 10-30 first pint and get back to our local at about 5 oclock i carnt remember what happens then:PDT_Aliboronz_24: cheers clancy

[brian daley]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,but this years lot of decorations is something else,Birmingham seems to be keeping everything so low key that it is boring. The middle picture showing the reflection on the glass ceiling is more colourful. how I long for the colourful days of yesteryear when Lord Street was aglow with festive lights and Clayton Square had its huge tree.
get the pictures out folks and give us a re-run,
BrianD