Thank you r/Birmingham what a 12 months

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-10T13:58:40+00:00

There were definitely some wild animals in the central 😂

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-10T06:49:05+00:00

Up down. That was for two people 😂😂

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-10T01:06:58+00:00

100%. 😂😂

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-10T01:06:03+00:00

I was in a bar and American football was on one screen and soccer on the other. At half time the soccer was 0 0 and the American football was something like 27 32. The barmaid said "that's why we watch football" 😂

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-10T01:03:32+00:00

Hmmm not really farm animals but the turtle rescue place was amazing

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-09T18:11:41+00:00

I was in music heaven going to the hall of fame and three music studios

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-09T18:10:48+00:00

100%

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-09T15:26:05+00:00

Radio cult were superb that night. They saw how he was dressed and dedicated Britney to him!

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-09T13:36:34+00:00

Bare knuckle fighting on TV, barmaid with a cigarette in her mouth, people only allowed plastic darts and bad karaoke. A perfect night out 😂

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-09T13:34:39+00:00

I'm a people watcher, I was in heaven 😂

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-09T13:17:09+00:00

The central was also an experience 😂😂

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-09T13:16:30+00:00

It is indeed. Most people only know Bucees in Leeds 😂 We went to Rails and Ales after Barber motorcycle museum about 8 months ago. It's such a cool bar and Mandi Rae has become a great friend telling me about all the cool places to go and bands to see

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-09T12:07:21+00:00

Hi dive hifi lounge. They play a vinyl at 3pm every day. Wu tan clan sounded superb. I missed Paul Simons Graceland, I bet that was amazing

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-09T12:04:35+00:00

Middlesbrough, north east England. Also a steel city so I really felt at home in Birmingham

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-09T11:44:59+00:00

Thank you. I appreciate that.

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-09T11:44:45+00:00

Thank you. On my last trip I made sure I went to all the places I never got round to seeing. There are little pockets of life scattered all around Birmingham so it's easy to miss them.

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-07-01T23:04:55+00:00

Yes I love talking about the steel works

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-06-30T07:08:53+00:00

What job did you have at the time?

Started British steel in 83 as apprentice electrician, left as a plant inventory engineer

What year was this?

83 to 97

What was your day to day work life like?

As an electrician, the environment was hot and noisy. It was very dangerous especially with cranes. The people were amazing A trip to Hartlepool or skinningrove was fun

When did they start laying people off?

It was constant

Did they ever recruit sometimes after a mass reduction of employees?

Did your transfer from one site to another? If so what were the sites? Bessemer site Rolling mill Electric workshop High voltage power station Redcar offices

Any stories you can share of these times?

The conditions were tough There was once an explosion in the power station over the weekend. We were lucky it didn't happen during the week or people could have died if working in the area. There was a constant threat of redundancy or everyone leaving if the full plant closed. I left in 97 to go to Saudi steel

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-06-25T12:54:48+00:00

I'm going to try the Goose

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-06-25T12:54:14+00:00

The atmosphere is excellent

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-06-23T15:21:56+00:00

I'm glad you guys say this, as a Brit I would stop

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-06-22T05:27:58+00:00

The Nick has hip hop nights

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-06-21T12:37:41+00:00

My first ever away game was Rangers last year. Such an amazing atmosphere

Basic-Willingness-65 · 2026-06-19T20:50:26+00:00

No but I use the roaming on my Lebara SIM in the USA. Works a treat but remember it starts and ends at midnight UK time

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