How the “a” in last was pronounced in the first half of the 20th century in different parts of England.
Chance Brothers made all the glass for the Crystal Palace
#CityOf1000Trades Chance Brothers glassworks were based in Smethwick but members of the family owned factories in Birmingham. This plate for a staircase window is in a 1867 catalogue. Ref – Birmingham trade catalogue collection @LibraryofBham @sandwelllibs @SandwellArchive
ALT A coloured plate - an arts & crafts frame around the plate. Text at the top of the plate reads - staircase window. Text at the bottom reads Chance Brothers, 1867. An ornate design chiefly consisting of images of flora and fauna. A rhombus in the centre of the illustration. Inside the shape is a relief of a female figure, possibly a mythical deity. She is holding a long garland in her left hand and has another in her lap. A large billowy cape is across her shoulders.
It would be much better if we just called
pentagons and hexagons fivecorners and sixcorners like the Germans. Why should maths or science be a Greek lesson in disguise?
This of course has nothing to do with Birmingham’s recent productivity struggles.
The decline of the British car industry came in two Brexit stages.
1. Uncertainty post-referendum weakened the industry
2. Trade arrangements that replaced EU membership did lasting damage.
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I see jackdaw is managing to have no impact on anything while simultaneously contributing hugely to the climate crisis.
I wish people would stop talking so much about growf. What this country needs is a reassertion of the “th” sound.
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Placeless car-dominated sprawl. Fails to adequately address the street or take advantage of the opportunities presented by its canalside location. Not dense enough, too much road and too much parking given that the occupants are the least likely demographic to own them. Object.
My old copy of “music for the jilted generation” was being played last night. The insert is an interesting artefact
Evening
Chris Bell - You and your Sister youtu.be/m-yvdIHOdxw?is=Bodf… via @YouTube
I was just trying to tell my daughters what the nineties were really like. Seeing Suede in their early days supporting Kingmaker at the Birmingham Institute in 1992. Vile homophobic abuse screamed at Brett Anderson for the entire gig. Wasn’t just Brum, happened at every date
Big up the twitten, now a regularly used part of my vocabulary
What do you call an alleyway? Across Britain, there are more than a dozen dialect words for a narrow passageway, with 'ginnel', 'cut' and 'snicket' among the most common
Alley: 84%
Passage: 31%
Ginnel: 14%
Cut: 7%
Snicket: 6%
Entry: 6%
Close: 6%
Gully: 4%
Jitty: 4%
Wynd: 2%
Vennel: 2%
Twitten: 1%
Tenfoot/eightfoot: 1%
Pend: 1%
