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BASILLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!
Nothing Faulty about charity walking challengeWhile we are on charity giving … a date for your diary.This year’s St Basils Annual Walking Challenge in aid of the excellent Birmingham homeless charity...
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DONATE TO DUCKERS
Tony DaleyDuckers and Griffin’s Aston Villa charity shout-out nearsCome on you lot; desperately need some donations.I refer to the one-off penalty shootout with a difference being held at Villa Park–...
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MOBILE MAYHEM
Not the Apple of Lois’s eyeDo you know this woman?But the spoof on General Kitchener’s famous appeal for recruits is actually quite pertinent.She has ‘lost’ all her mobile phone contacts.“It’s a...
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ALL ABOARD THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Train anoraks rally to the Pitchford causeAll I did was write about trains … and the steam team are out in force.Among them Birmingham businessman John Matthews and retired journalist Paul Raymer –...
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THE HEZZA-BORE SAGA
Where’s the economic evidence gentlemen - RantBetween Sir Michael Heseltine and Sir Albert Bore I have no idea where Birminghamis headed.It seems to be as dysfunctional as ever.Thanks to Sir Albert’s...
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SHOOT-OUT SHOWDOWN
Duckers and James elite athletesBut Acorns is the real winnerNo pressure then.I refer to the penalty shootout with a difference held last night at Villa Park– between myself and Birmingham Mail...
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STILL ROCKING (GENTLY)
Fay goes back to her musical rootsScary woman is Fay Goodman – into martial arts and samurai swords.A feature on the Birminghamcircuit, she has dabbled in lots of things.But she has always been musical...
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MATTHEWS MANIA
Old farts club get-together salutes one of their ownNews of much frivolity in Walsall (twinned with Luton) … if that’s not a non sequitur.I am talking about the 70th birthday bash of Midlands...
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ANYONE FOR TENNIS?
Hindo finds a Croft originalA dreadful blow to the Aegon Classic tennis tournament – Adrian Hindmarsh has got in on the act.And here he is with former tennis star turned television presenter Annabel...
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HOOK, LINE AND SINKER
Come in Maggsie – your time is upA fishy tale from Moseley rugby coach Kevin Maggs.Apparently the keen angler had to be reeled in after an early morning ducking.Lost his footing on the moss-covered...
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BORN OLD
Whitby’s grave political messageI bump into Mike Whitby at a funeral.Remember him?He is in good form even if the occasion has brought on a touch of morbidity.How morbid?Whitbyreveals that he has bought...
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POWER TO PENSIONERS – RANT
Time Government stopped OAP bashingThe closer I get to pensionable age the more I believe that OAPs are the most put upon section of society.Yet this bonkers Government is now trying to wage war on...
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FAREWELL OLD FRIEND
Remembering the good timesIf you were ever unfortunate enough to be called on to fight for your country, and thankfully, unlike my father and grandfather, I have never had to, then you would want Alan...
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ALAN ADAM REST IN PEACE
Shock as Mr Moseley passes awayMoseley rugby club has been rocked by the death of one of its leading lights – Alan Adam, who was instrumental in saving it from extinction.The shareholder and former...
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BEWARE WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO YOUR BODIES
Willie John’s warning to today’s rugby starsI never knew that legendary laid-back rugby player Willie John McBride was highly strung.“I was actually a pole-vaulter – the first athletic thing I did.“I...
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SPITFIRES SCRAMBLE
Sparrow puts a new generation in the pilot’s seatYou’ve seen Penguin Cam on your television; now here’s Spitfire Cam.Birmingham lawyer Andrew Sparrow pretending to be young again in a ‘huddle’ of...
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ALL STEAMED UP AND READY TO GO
New visitor attraction could be coming to BirminghamWord on the street is that Birmingham could shortly be getting a new visitor attraction on Trains, Planes and Automobiles.I am told it is the...
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BANKER IMMORALITY SEES RISING PUBLIC REVULSION
Crisis of confidence affecting capitalism – RantI rarely offer ‘guest rants’ but this analysis in a speech to members of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations by Simon Walker, director general of...
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CRISIS? THIS CRISIS.
Grey men dither while Birminghamburns – RantBirminghambeware … when law firms start going bust you know that your local economy really is in big trouble.This past week Blakemores – one of the city’s...
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SHARK ATTACK
Surfing with the SollomsJust when Jo Sollom had got used to the Birminghamsharks – suddenly, on emigrating to Australia, she is running scared of the real ones.She and husband Chris, back in the UK on...
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