The BIG ‘N’
BOSTIN’
ABC
Guide to Birmingham
Index of Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgements
A.
Ansells Beer
Apache Indian
Archers, The
Archway of Tears
Armatrading, Joan
Aston Hall
Attwood, Thomas
ATV
Auden, W.H.
Austin, Herbert
B.
Balti
Baskerville, John
Bingley Hall
Blakeseley Hall
Blues
Botanical Gardens
Boulton, Mathew
Brindley, James
Brum the Little Car
Brummie
BSA
Bullring
Burne-Jones, Edward
Butler, Tony
C.
Cadbury
Canals
Cannon Hill Park
Carrot, Jasper
Cartland, Barbara
Chad Valley Toys
Chamberlain,
Neville & Joseph
Chinn, Carl
City of a Thousand Trades
Council, The
Crossroads
Curry, John
D.
Davenports – Beer at Home
Deeley, Cat
Dexys Midnight Runners
Digitalis
Discovery &
Invention
Diversity
Diwali
Doolan, Ed
Doyle, Sir Arthur
Conan
Druckers cafes
Duran Duran
E.
Edgbaston Reservoir
Electric Light Orchestra
Elkington – Newhall Street
Ellis, Doug
Engines
Equality and access
Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Evening Mail
F.
Fellows, Morton and
Clayton
Field, Sid
Five Ways
Floozy in the Jacuzzi
Football League
Fort Dunlop
Forward - Motto and Coat of Arms
Forward – the ill-fated
statue
G.
G8 Summit
Gas Street Basin
Gay Pride Festival
Ghosts
Giants, Gods, Goths
and other public
sculpture
Gibbons, Steve
Gladiators
Gordon, Noele
Great War
Guns
H.
Hamstead Colliery disaster
Hancock, Tony
Handsworth – Carnival
time!
Highgate, Central Mosque
High rise blocks
Hippodrome
HMS Forward
Hollywood, California
and Broadway
Horses
Hospital Saturday
Fund
HP Sauce
I.
Ikon Gallery
Indian Restaurants and
Sweet Shops
International Convention
Centre
IRA bombings & the
Birmingham Six
Irish Pubs
Iron Man
Italian Ice Cream
J.
Jamelia
Jamaican culture
Japanning
Jazz
Jelly,
blancmange and custard
Jewellery Quarter
Jewish life in Birmingham
Johnnesburg, Lyons, Leipzig,
Milan, Frankfurt
& Chicago
Jones, Ann
Judas Priest
K.
Kabaddi
Kaplicky et Levete
Kebabs
King Edwards Schools
King Kong
Kings Norton Mop
Knight, Jill
L.
Lunar Society
M.
Machines
Mansell, Nigel
Midland Red Buses
Mini car
Mint, Birmingham
Molokai and Gulliver
Moody Blues
Moseley Bog
Motor City
Motor racing around Highgate
Murdoch, William
Musical Youth
N.
Nachda Sansaar
NEC
New Street Station
New Year – Chinese style
Nobbs, Nobby
Number Eleven bus route
O.
Oddie, Bill
Odeon cinemas
Old Bill
Old Crown
Oratory
Osbourne, Ozzy
P.
Painting, Norman (Phil
Archer)
Peaky Blinders
Pebble Mill
Pen making
Perrot’s Folly
Phelps, James and
Oliver
Powell, Enoch
Prefab Houses
Pre-Raphaelites
Priestley, Joseph
Public baths
Q.
Quakers
Queen Elizabeth
Hospital
Queensway
Queen Victoria
Quinton Mob
R.
Rackhams & Lewis’s
Railton Mobil Special
Rattle, Simon
Red Robbo
Regeneration
River Rea
Roach, Pat
Romans in Brummagem
Ross, Les
Royal Ballet, Birmingham
S.
Sarehole Mill
Shakespeare Collection
Short, Clare
Spaghetti Junction
Spitfires
Steel Pulse
St Martin’s Church
St Paddy’s Day Parade
Sutton Park
Symphony Hall & CBSO
T.
Thomas the Tank Engine
Tiswas
Tolkien J.R.R.
Town Hall
Toy Shop of Europe
Trams
Trees
Typhoo Tea
Tysley Incinerator
U.
UB40 & The Ian Campbell Folk
Group
Ummagumma
University city
Ural Mountains
Urban Farms & Allotments
Urchins
Urdu
V.
Vaisakhi
VE Day
Victoria Law Courts
Villa
Vinegar making
W.
Walkathon – BRMB
Walters, Julie
Warwickshire
Cricket Ground
Watt, James
Welsh water
Wenches
Wilcox, Toyah
Winson Green Prison
Winterval
Winwood, Steve
Wood, Roy
X.
X-rated
X-Ray
Y.
Yachting
Yards, Courts and
Back-to-Backs
Yardley – The Swan
Z.
Zephaniah, Benjamin
Zeppelins and the tale
of Jacko the Monkey
Zoo
Zulus & Boers
The
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