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picture on the right was taken from about six miles (just under 10km) from the centre of the city at a
place called Frankley Beeches. I'm lucky as I work only five minutes from here
and at lunchtime I can slip out for some fresh air. The city centre is near the middle of the
photograph - you can see the buildings rising up past the horizon. The 'lake' is
actually the reservoir that supplies the city's water.
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The centre of Birmingham is a mixture of the new and the old... this photograph shows part of Victoria Square in the centre of Birmingham. This is the main administrative centre of the city and the building in the background is the Council House, which contains the offices of the Lord Mayor and those of the people who run the city. The rather shamelessly clad female at the top of the water feature is locally known as the 'Floozy in the Jacuzzi', and she is part of a number of items of statuary in this part of the city.
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Click on the picture above and you will be taken to a panorama view of the square.
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The city has, over the last few years, created a new image, with public open space such as Centenary Square and new buildings. The Brindley Place area is now one of the best places for entertainment with clubs and restaurants mixed in with offices and housing. The centre of the city is certainly being recreated as a place to live with apartments being either converted from older buildings or purpose built. There are several such apartment blocks overlooking the square in the picture above.
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The city is also becoming famous for its cultural life - the Birmingham Royal Ballet and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra are both world famous. There are museums, art galleries and theatres around the city, and a redevelopment is taking place to create an educational and cultural centre in the 'Eastside'.
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The city is also famous for its shopping which caters for all pockets - including those which have more money in them than mine do, for which the 'Mailbox' development has been created. The shopping is so good that people come from all over a large area to do their Christmas shopping, including annual flights from Rekjavik in Iceland! Recent research has placed the city in the top ten European shopping destinations. Even commentators in New York have made favourable comments about the shopping in Birmingham.
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| The city has now become a tourist centre in the top league - only London and Edinburgh now get more visitors! Certainly a change from its dirty past. So why not join them? It is easy to get to with an international airport, links to the motorway network and the busiest railway station in the country. You can also arrive by boat as the city is at the heart of the country's canal network. |
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 However,
don't expect to get a cup of tea off me - generous I may be, but I don't have
enough cups!
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Check out these links for more information if you are interested:
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Victoria and Chamberlain Squares
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Over the
years Birmingham has got a bad reputation, and unfortunately as they say 'mud
sticks', so that today people still think the place is a dirty, grimy industrial
city. People from the south of England are usually the worst for some reason,
always putting the place down without having visited. In the past the city was
not the best of places to be. However, today this is not so...
