#balsallheath

[talesofthesecondcity]

Things are hotting up in the middle of Lidl. Gay Tales from the UK’s second city.

[miodesblog]

Sat Nav images of Balsall Heath in Birmingham, where I lived as an art student. The first picture is of the student house I lived in on Willows Crescent, right near the Edgbaston Cricket Grounds. The next three images are of Cheddar Road - at that time a notorious red-light area, adjacent to the Muslim community. The closed up corner shop was a business abandoned by the owner - who slowly used up his stock over the three years I was there. Gradually his window shelves became empty. There were streets with industrial buildings and pubs, whose businesses were also in decline since the 1970’s. The last picture is of the local mosque that I passed each day, as I walked to college on Margaret Street.

[dessertkinguk-blog]

Come and watch the fight live at Dessert King £15 entry including a VIP milkshake! #amirkhan #boxing #dessertking #balsallheath #fightnight #birmingham (at The Dessert King) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwdLttmnyVv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ag1sp72vci49

[grillzsteakhouse-blog]

Eat, drink, relax, repeat. Delicious food to fit your lifestyle, pay us a visit and see we if can get your pallets perking!!!!! 😉😉😉😉😉😉 #grillzsteakhouse #Ladypoolroad #steaknight #steakhouse #Birmingham #balsallheath #b12 #qualityfood #bestinbrum #instagood #instafood #instadaily #picoftheday #foodporn #backtoschool #qualityfood #periperichicken (at Grillz Steakhouse Ladypool Road)

[jordceblake]

0121 doing things S/O to the brothers @brumbikepolo . . . #BHMFXD #bikepolo #brumbikepolo #wednesdaypolo #cycling #birmingham #balsallheath #velobirmingham #birminghambikelife #Brakeless #AllFixedGear #NNR #LFGSS #FixieApp #StayAlive #hizokucycles

[lovefrombridget]

Captured on a real life antique camera by @some_cities outside @oldprintworksbrum last summer. Fascinating 🎞🎞🎞 #missbridgetwalsh #somecitiesbrum #somecities #danburwood #singer #frontwoman #vegan #ravenclaw #INDHE #bossbabe #chiefexecutiveartist #oldprintworks #moseley #balsallheath #photography #makersgonnamake #bighairdontcare #independentbirmingham #artistsofbirmingham #PMA #gratitude #temperance #yogaeverydamnday #vegansuperpowers #electroswing #antiquephotography #keepsmiling #keepgoing #YASQUEEN 📽📽📽 (at The Old Print Works)

[themourningsuns]

Awesome rehearsal today! Can't wait for recording to begin Monday! #newmusic #Birmingham #balsallheath #studio #drummer #viola #singer 🎻🎸🎤🎶🎵👏

[c-o-r]

Nuts n Bolts... #MoseleyRoadBaths #igb_meet_mendelsohn #igersbirmingham #Instameet #ikongallery #2016wmwatch #HiddenBrum #MyBalsallHeath #BalsallHeath (at Moseley Road Swimming Pool)

[dessertkinguk-blog]

Start Sharing! #0121DESSERT #balsallheath #birminghamdesserts #dessertkinguk (at The Dessert King) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqbDyhMFhy_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qfwe83c9t0uy

[grillzsteakhouse-blog]

Eat, drink, relax, repeat. Delicious food to fit your lifestyle, pay us a visit and see we if can get your pallets perking!!!!! 😉😉😉😉😉😉 #grillzsteakhouse #Ladypoolroad #steaknight #steakhouse #Birmingham #balsallheath #b12 #qualityfood #bestinbrum #instagood #instafood #instadaily #picoftheday #foodporn #backtoschool #qualityfood #periperichicken (at Grillz Steakhouse Ladypool Road)

[c-o-r]

Still some lovely old baths hanging around the place... #igb_meet_mendelsohn #igersbirmingham #ikongallery #Instameet #BalsallHeath #MyBalsallHeath #HiddenBrum #2016wmwatch #MoseleyRoadBaths (at Moseley Road Swimming Pool)

[somecities]

Coming soon:

"Our relations with cities are like our relations with people. We love them, hate them, or are indifferent toward them. On our first day in a city that is new to us, we go looking for the city. We go down this street, around that corner. We are aware of the faces of passers-by. But the city eludes us, and we become uncertain whether we are looking for a city, or for a person." Victor Burgin

Some Cities, by photographers Andrew Jackson and Dan Burwood, is an innovative new way to look at the city around us.

Some Cities will help share the stories from the city of Birmingham, told through photographs, made by the people who live and work there.

During the autumn of 2013 we'll train residents in Balsall Heath, Birmingham to use photography to tell their stories in their own voice.

There will also be a series of talks by 4 acclaimed photographers.

Do you want to get involved? 

The training is free to the unemployed and unwaged - get in touch for more details.

Your photographs will form part of a photographic exhibition and be viewable online via the Peoples Archive of Birmingham.

All are welcome.

[c-o-r]

Thanks to @igersbirmingham and @ikongallery for organising today's #Instameet... Definitely one of the best yet. #igb_meet_mendelsohn #igersbirmingham #ikongallery #MoseleyRoadBaths #2016wmwatch #HiddenBrum #MyBalsallHeath #BalsallHeath @moseleyrdbaths @hiddenbrum (at Moseley Road Swimming Baths)