Hazelwell Lane Stirchley 1953 and 2012 (by geoff7918)
fuckyeahstirchley
Stirchley. Where Jack Woolley comes from.
Stirchley. The Yin to Bournville's Yang. We have pubs.
Stirchley. It's the new Kings Heath.
Stirchley. A river and a canal. Who could ask for anything more.
Fucking Twitter man!
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2013-03-25
Source: Flickr / geoffsimages
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2012-07-02
A squat got evicted in Stirchley last week.
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2012-05-04
A Promise Kept!
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Dawkins Offline
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2012-03-30
Pershore Road Portas Pilot Bid (by __eYXXUMpHyU__)
Part of a national scheme to enlarge Mary Portas’ ego and sense of importance.
Source: youtube.com
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2012-03-16
To Be Home: Stirchley
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2012-01-03
Nice grassroots map of stuff going on here.
Source: superstirchley.wordpress.com
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2011-12-02
We’re dead observational in Stirchley. No fucker gets nothing past our eagle eyes.
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No idea what the chuff this is all about but it looks very… pink…
Source: twitter.com
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Source: twitgoo.com
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The fucking gentrification continues. We’re getting another artist, this one with an exhibition at the sodding Ikon. Well I fucking never.
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Stirchley has a fucking gang and they do videos with wobbling dogs and shit.
Source: youtube.com
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2011-10-13
New public art on Hazelwell Lane
Building on its reputation as the new cultural quater of South Birmingham, residents of Stirchley can now experience cutting edge modern art on their walk from the park to the Co-op.
Internationally acclaimed artist Derek Semex of Lifford Lane was commissioned by local councillors to create a temporary piece of public art for an area blighted by delayed development.
The seven concrete blocks, positioned provocatively in the gates of the cleared sites bordering Hazelwell Lane, are intended to evoke the paradox of modern Birmingham.
“I wanted to celebrate the city’s motto ‘Forward’ by using crude modern materials without pandering to traditional and restrictive aesthetic notions and of course there’s a reference to Birmingham’s concerete legacy as one of the foremost advocates of the Brutalist movement.”
But Mr Semex said his work was not all celebratory. “The blocks are like rocks in the river. The water can flow around them but the merchant ships cannot. I see the people of Stirchley as the water and the corporate developers as the ships. The paradox of these blocks being places in front of locked gates designed to keep people out of a space soon to be a Tesco’s supermarket is one I hope will resonate with the local populace.”
Councillor Tim Huxtable was reported as saying he liked them but thought they should be painted a dark blue.
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2011-09-10
Yet another industry leaves Stirchley
Our brave affiliates at the Birmingham Mail report that a cannabis factory on Dogpool Lane has been found. For some reason they think it notable that a “gas man” found it, but that’s just their quaint way.
More importantly they claim this occurred in Stirchley when as Eny Fule No Dogpool Lane is in Selly Park, B29-style. In other words, not here. Normally we’d let the slide and take the credit, just as we do when anything interesting happens in our annexed territory of Cotteridge, but in this case the facts must stand.
Cannabis cultivation is a proud Stirchilian industry. Not for nothing is this area known as the Gange Quarter of Birmingham. Our unique combination of neglected industrial units and a burgeoning student market make it a natural pursuit for local entrepreneurs.
But thanks to over-zealous enforcement of The Law by our otherwise exemplary police force over the last year this financial backbone of our economy appears to be moving north. Selly Park may not seem that far to you, but where will these brave horticulturalists go next? Balsall Heath?
One thing’s for certain, it probably won’t be Stirchley.
The three headed cerberus was not available for comment.
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2011-09-08
Dawkins extends War On Travellers!
Seizing the fire while the iron is hot, Councillor Richard “Tim” Dawkins seeks to build on his populist campaign against the community of families recently settled on Hazelwell Lane by extending it to all so-called “travellers”. In his best Comic Sans he wrote today:
“Many of you will have seen the arrival over the last 50 years of the travellers on the side-streets of Stirchley. These are a small group of travellers who have been using various roads in Birmingham as rat-runs. I visited the top of Cartland Road during the school run as their SUVs were bombing down it at speeds in excess of the mandated limits and saw first hand their lawlessness and intimidation.”
It is understood that these “travellers” aren’t from around here and therefore don’t share our Stirchilian values of How Things Should Be.
When asked how these “travellers” might get from A-B where A is on one side of Stirchley and B the other, Dawkins would not be drawn, merely saying:
“We are determined that they should be removed from our streets and expect action to be taken in the next 48 hours.”
Approximately 3,300 people are killed in road traffic accidents in the UK each year. (Source)
