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Save The Electric, The Crown and Station Street from demolition. Tell @BhamCityCouncil @andy4wm our cultural history is not for erasure. savestationst @gmail .com

Birmingham, England
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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@Glenbrookprop have announced a drop-in session for their Station Street plans on 16th May between 12-7pm @ Birmingham Open Media, 12 Dudley Street, B'ham, B5 4EA. We encourage everyone concerned about the future of The Electric & Station St to attend!
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Birmingham New Street Station had 30.7m passengers last year. Why is our most famous musical venue and beautiful 149 yr old pub The Crown closed and on the corner of a road used as a rat run by cars when it sits directly outside a venue with 30.7 million passengers annually?
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Going to be giving The Old Rep a bit of love the next couple of days because #SaveStationStreet is about how we treat our three incredible cultural institutions that have changed the world. The Old Rep, The Electric and The Crown. The whole street is so important to our city.
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Save The Electric, The Crown and Station Street from demolition. Tell @BhamCityCouncil @andy4wm our cultural history is not for erasure. Designate Birmingham's Old Station Street a Historic, Cultural and Civic Asset - Sign the Petition! via @UKChange
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Scourge of corporate wrongdoers & a man who's @Channel4 Late Night Lycett trainee scheme gives Brummies an opportunity to gain experience in the TV industry. A hero to the underdog. @joelycett backs our #SaveStationStreet & #SaveTheElectric Campaign
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Thank you @HistoricEngland . This is an amazing step in protecting a humble Birmingham backstreet thats seen, & hugely influenced, all of 20th century popular culture. Next Stop on Station Street: Save The UK's Oldest Working Cinema - The Electric.
@HistoricEngland
Historic England
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The Crown Inn, Birmingham, is now Grade II Listed! 🎉 Regarded as the birthplace of heavy metal music, it's been recognised for the role it played in the development of the genre and for launching the career of famous Birmingham based band @BlackSabbath . 🤘 © Elliott Brown
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Brian Cox, acting legend & patron of The Old Rep, backs calls to #SaveStationStreet - we need security for The Old Rep - not rolling short term leases. We need to guarantee its future for generations of Brummies along with The Electric Cinema & The Crown:
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So proud to be just a small part of the rebel alliance standing up for Birmingham and our incredible creative communities and institutions. As someone who has zero arts skills (but can do a petition) there are SO many incredibly inspiring Brummies
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Birmingham is so full of iconic historic buildings still. Don't let developers demolish The Electric. The UK's oldest cinema opened in 1909. The same period as our wonderful Moseley Rd Baths. Both are vital to Birmingham's rich story of civic pride.
@HistoricEngland
Historic England
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Moseley Road Baths in Birmingham are one of England's most complete examples of an Edwardian Bath House. 🏊‍♂️ They are the only Baths in the country built before 1914 to have continuously hosted swimming since they opened. Have you been for a swim in these iconic baths?
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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I don't understand how this keeps growing. Don't tell anyone but I have literally no idea what I'm doing. I'm just a spreadsheet nerd into running, old buildings and sitting/standing in dark arts venues so I don't have to speak to people for 2-3 hours
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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How Station Street should look...
@2wheelsgoodBrum
Tim on two wheels
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Just imagine how many cars you could get parked here instead of all these people enjoying themselves and supporting independent businesses.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Few people articulate the beauty of Brum's history & culture like Steven Knight; creator of @ThePeakyBlinder and love letter to 2-Tone & the region 'This Town'. Steven's proud to support calls to protect Station Street's vibrant & influential arts venues:
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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More than 20,000 of you have now said #SaveTheElectric , #LongLiveTheCrown & #SaveStationStreet I thought I was largely alone in my love of our little Brum backstreet. So on a personal note; thanks for making me feel a little less weird 🐂🎭🎥👑🦇
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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52 days since The Vyse Family & @Glenbrookprop forced The Electric to close. We're meeting them tomorrow at a meeting between various parties on both sides. Fair warning to them... We're expecting answers to these q's on Station Street.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Look. It goes without saying that any plans to sell part of the public path around Edgbaston Reservoir to a private company would be monumentally stupid without in perpetuity access for the public.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Time to get The Crown restored to its former glory & open as a thrilling city centre live music venue then get The Electric listed. Give Birmingham a Station St full of small arts venues on one street that makes it the envy of every other city in the UK
@tonyiommi
Tony Iommi
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Great to hear The Crown pub has been given protected status. It was home to our first gig and many other significant Birmingham bands too. Tony
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An Open Letter to Landholders of The Electric, The Crown & Station Street. We have today directly emailed the landholders of The Electric, The Crown and Station Street asking them to make their plans public so the people of Birmingham can fully understand proposals
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Joe Holyoak has written a super profile on the history of Station Street, it's artistic, architectural & cultural merits and where it sits in the grander Birmingham Council architectural plan. He's really managed to capture the tension felt in the city
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It's worth after a few weeks reiterating the focus of our campaign to #SaveStationStreet - The closure of The Electric was the catalyst but we're looking at the whole street and how it should be treated by the Land Owners and developers... 🧵
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Another one. We need to start taking proper action at removing buildings from the hands of owners who won't or can't take proper care of them.
@CliftonCoHead
Dr Allen
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We are so sad to see our old Clifton building on fire. There are many of us who have happy memories of teaching here or being a pupil. I started teaching here in 1997 and Mrs Hemming in 1995 Share your story with us ❤️😢 @CliftonPrim @BalsallHeathNNO @BalsallHeathCF @WestMidsFire
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Love the passion from @twloat Imagine if we gave that street the love it deserves. Restaurants open all day, outdoor seating, public plaza, Maybe a comedy club, The Crown, The Old Rep. No mime artists though. They haven't spoken out.
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If only we had the location of their first ever gig sitting empty, opposite a major UK train station, with 16,000 Brummies this week asking for it to be restored for @BlackSabbath fans and the city? #SaveTheCrown #SaveStationStreet
@QMagazine
Q Magazine
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Black Sabbath's foundational heavy metal hit 'Paranoid' has been played more than 1 billion times on Spotify.
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A very brave interview from one of Birmingham's finest actors. @DavidHarewood gets all our support as he steps into the leadership at RADA. And an incredibly proud moment for all of us born in Small Heath 👍
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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It's genuinely mental that the landowners of The Electric inherited a load of land from The Smalbroke family in 1805 who in turn had acquired loads of Birmingham after HENRY VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in 1536. And we're having to fight for our Station Street in 2024
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Imagine walking out of New Street Station & instead of a derelict pub you saw a @BlackSabbath related music venue open all day & putting on thrilling live music in the heart of #Birmingham Or we could let it be knocked down I guess? Time for @lucyfrazermp to sign the listing!
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We would like to thank @ShabanaMahmood MP for writing to @BhamCityCouncil leader @CllrJohnCotton about #SaveStationStreet & #SaveTheElectric We would encourage all our local MPs and Cllrs to write to publicly support making Station Street a key city centre asset.
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Might have to actually put my history degree to use and write a book on the history of Station Street. Some of the stuff you find is wild.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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We've sent our petition update to @David4BKH for submitting to @BhamCityCouncil - as we've passed 20,000 signatures this should trigger full debate at City Council. Due to local elections this may not be scheduled before May 2nd election though. Petition:
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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2 screen cinema? 130,000 visitors a year? £500k p/yr boost to economy for 30yr lease? From a £2m investment. Hey Birmingham if only we had the UK's Oldest Cinema sitting empty right next to New Street Station...
@WolvesCouncil
Wolves Council
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🎞️ Exciting redevelopment of Wolverhampton’s city centre cinema within the historic and award-winning Grade II-listed Chubb Buildings set to start in coming weeks after preferred operator, PDJ Management Ltd, agreed Heads of Terms with council. More 👉
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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This is why we're fighting to save The Electric, The Crown & Station Street. In every other city we're seeing a tragic haemorrhaging of arts venues to be replaced by mediocrity. In Birmingham we have one singular chance to do something incredible or lose Station Street forever
@markdavyd
Mark Davyd
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Very sad to announce that @bathnes have decided that live music does not belong in Bath, and refused to grant an Asset of Community Value status to @MolesBath Extensive plans to bring the venue back are now lost. Their advice to any music lover who lives there: Move to Bristol
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Greater Birmingham has 30,000 hotel rooms. And 75% occupancy. That's £8.2m p/yr at just £1 a night tourist tax. Imagine the cultural projects we could fund with that.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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We need to have a serious discussion about what we want our city to be. At this rate Birmingham will just be bland 2 bed skyscraper flats for rent at prices no Brummies can afford and zero culture Much-loved Birmingham festival 'hanging in the balance'
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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As a former librarian the importance of libraries to some of the most vulnerable cannot be overstated. From keeping people warm, stopping the onset of loneliness, internet access to seeing people get life changing jobs. Not too mention inspiring a love of books in children.
@FriendsOfKHLib
Friends of Kings Heath Library
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We are holding a read-in at Kings Heath Library on Saturday 23 March from 2 to 4pm to protest the council's proposals to close over 2/3 of our community libraries and reduce staffing levels. Come along, read a book and show solidarity!
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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We're pleased to announce that after a world wide tendering process to bring The Birthplace of Heavy Metal back into life as a gig venue... We have instead concluded a deal to make it The World's Biggest Greggs.
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Blimey, you go on one lunch break and your twitter goes wild. Hello to everyone that's joined us today. Your love for Station Street, The Electric and Birmingham is life-affirming. #SaveTheElectric #SaveStationStreet
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Our response to the statement by @Glenbrookprop on 10/4/2023 regarding Station Street & The Electric Cinema, Birmingham. We appreciate warm words, have many outstanding Q's & are underwhelmed by no explicit commitment to keeping The Electric #SaveTheElectric #SaveStationStreet
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Incredible work by @brumdispatch to get answers to a lot of the questions we've been been stonewalled on. We're clear. Station Street needs to be a cultural small hubs offer for the Midlands that plays on it's history but offers future Brummies inspirational arts opportunities.
@brumdispatch
Birmingham Dispatch
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Getting the truth about the future of Station Street out of most of the various players involved is like drawing blood from a stone. And trust us — there are a lot of players involved. A pen and paper might come in handy.
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Look. If you're going to start a campaign on twitter to save a heritage building you can't get a much stronger start than a dog dressed as a lion outside a pub called The Golden Lion.
@Goldenlionbrum
GoldenLionBrum
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A golden lion standing outside of ‘The’ Golden Lion! Beat that 😁🙌 #Birmingham
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Once you've read this ask @Glenbrookprop to ditch the tower & ask @BhamCityCouncil @andy4wm & MPs to publicly support proposals to turn Station St. into a cultural small venue offer w/ @BOMlab & other Brummies who see a future 'By Brum, For Brum, At The Heart of the City".
@flatpack
Flatpack Festival
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Today an 88-year lease on 47 Station Street, Birmingham comes to an end. It’s a chance to reflect on the remarkable life of this resilient little picture house behind New St Station, arguably the oldest cinema in the UK. What might its next chapter might look like? 1/21
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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The Benjamin Zephaniah Library of Handsworth would be a nice tribute considering the power that a love of words gave him. Also, good luck trying to close that one down without city wide pitchforks at dawn.
@AlexanderJBrock
Alexander Brock
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Birmingham City Council has said it will support the family of Benjamin Zephaniah to create a "long-lasting" tribute to celebrate the life of the beloved poet
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Dear Work, I won't be getting much done today. I'll be toasting Jez @ Bham Music Archive and everyone who's worked so hard over the years to get The Crown listed status. #SaveTheElectric #SaveStationStreet BUT #LONGLIVETHECROWN . 🦇👑🦇
@ichoosemag
I Choose Birmingham
2 months
***BREAKING*** Everyone ready for some VERY good news? The Crown Inn — widely regarded as the birthplace of heavy metal music — has been listed at Grade II by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, on the advice of Historic England. It is best known for being the venue…
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12.5k signatures. This petition will be presented as an early indicator of frustration & feeling, to Birmingham's Full Council, on Tuesday this week. Please keep signing though, we're only at the start of a long journey of being noisy! Thanks to all who have reached out so far.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Save The Electric, The Crown and Station Street from demolition. Tell @BhamCityCouncil @andy4wm our cultural history is not for erasure. Designate Birmingham's Old Station Street a Historic, Cultural and Civic Asset - Sign the Petition! via @UKChange
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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@jezc Take a bow. The work the has put in to get The Crown listed is heroic. Hopefully, when people are one day supping pints in The Crown & listening to young Brummie musicians who'll go on to change the world I hope he knows how much his work is valued. Long Live The Crown🦇
@ichoosemag
I Choose Birmingham
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***BREAKING*** Everyone ready for some VERY good news? The Crown Inn — widely regarded as the birthplace of heavy metal music — has been listed at Grade II by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, on the advice of Historic England. It is best known for being the venue…
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We need to have a serious discussion about what we want our city to be. At this rate Birmingham will just be bland 2 bed skyscraper flats for rent at prices no Brummies can afford and zero culture Much-loved Birmingham festival 'hanging in the balance'
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Would there even be an #OlivierAwards without Station Street? Laurence Olivier spending a yr aged 20 learning his craft at The Old Rep. Don't let them destroy our most historic street. Sign the petition:
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Oh Boy. If @BhamCityCouncil @WestMids_CA @Glenbrookprop & the Howard-Vyse Estate (Station Street landowners) felt under pressure from the 20k signatures, mass press coverage & dozens of arts testimonials. Just wait until they see who i've just scheduled to go out on a post soon👀
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Some good Birmingham Arts news...
@WhatsOnBrum
Birmingham What's On
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FANTASTIC NEWS: The @BarberInstitute is set to reopen its galleries in June. The galleries have been closed since last autumn while the first phase of a £10million building improvement project is carried out. Read more here 👉
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This is basically the dream for Station Street, The Electric and The Crown. But with Arts and Music and Theatre and Comedy and Birmingham Chefs and Birmingham Beers. ❤️
@HistoricEngland
Historic England
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Over the last 4 years, we've been busy breathing new life into 67 high streets across the country. To date, 571 historic buildings have been maintained, restored and brought back into use for communities and local businesses, including 255 shop fronts. #HistoricHighStreets
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A global Jazz & Soul superstar @rubyturnersoul is a proud Brummie who knows how important small music venues like The Crown are for our city. They nurture incredible talent & and provide community. Join Ruby & 19,500 other Brummies saying Open The Crown:
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Sometimes I have to pinch myself at how easy it's been to get incredible artists across so many disciplines to speak out to #SaveStationStreet - so many unbelieveably talented people have come through the doors of those 9 slightly forgotten buildings.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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We're all waiting for @Glenbrookprop to make a public statement, openly detail their plans for Station Street and announce a town hall meeting. Birmingham's great and good of the arts world, and more than 20,000 are waiting... Its now been 39 days since The Electric closed.
@OldStationSt
Save Station Street, Birmingham
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One of our greatest playwrights; @DavidBEdgar 's story intertwines with his beloved Station Street. A champion of new writers who's helped shape British theatre for five decades - David knows the vital artistic importance & influence of Station Street:
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Always wearing her Brummie heart on her sleeve @AlisonHammond has been at the forefront of representing the city on TV for 20+ yrs. She knows how important arts venues like The Electric & The Old Rep are in giving Brummies opportunities in the arts:
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#Ozzy and #BlackSabbath are trending so it's a great time to remind you that @ToyokoINN_JP are letting The Crown - birthplace of Black Sabbath & Heavy Metal rot having pulled out of their hotel plans. Tell them it is time to Sell The Crown
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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We're off to speak to BBC Radio WM today outside The Electric today. If press or media want to contact us about our campaign to save the UK's oldest cinema and home of Black Sabbath our DM's are open and our email is savestationst @gmail .com
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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@ichoosemag Step One: Get The Crown Listed...✔️ Step Two: Get The Electric Listed...🕗 Step Three: Get @BhamCityCouncil to make Station Street a Conservation Area...🕗 Step Four: Build a street worthy of the impact Station St. has had; full of small arts venues... 🕗
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So, who's willing to tell Logan Roy we aren't going to treat The Old Rep, The Electric and The Crown with the respect they deserve?
@OldStationSt
Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Brian Cox, acting legend & patron of The Old Rep, backs calls to #SaveStationStreet - we need security for The Old Rep - not rolling short term leases. We need to guarantee its future for generations of Brummies along with The Electric Cinema & The Crown:
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You go out for a run in the rain and this happens... You smash through 17,000 signatures. Thank you. Station Street is the soul of Birmingham. Our cultural history should be our future too. #SaveTheElectric #SaveStationStreet #SaveTheCrown
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15,000+ Brummies are saying #SaveTheElectric and #SaveStationStreet Our History. Our City. Our Future. Thank you to everyone who's continued to share our petition, reach out to friends, family, politicians, councillors and local arts icons. #Birmingham #BirminghamCityCouncil
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Save The Electric, The Crown and Station Street from demolition. Tell @BhamCityCouncil @andy4wm our cultural history is not for erasure. Designate Birmingham's Old Station Street a Historic, Cultural and Civic Asset - Sign the Petition! via @UKChange
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Got a superstar endorsement coming in hot for our #SaveStationStreet campaign at 2pm today. One of the greatest singers ever produced by Birmingham. The soul of the city for 40 years.
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145,000 views on this 21,000 views on @brumdispatch article on @Glenbrookprop shenanigans 19,600 petition signatures Dunno man. If I were the Howard-Vyse family I'd probably sack it off and just flog the street off to the city or a trust to look after the street...
@flatpack
Flatpack Festival
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Today an 88-year lease on 47 Station Street, Birmingham comes to an end. It’s a chance to reflect on the remarkable life of this resilient little picture house behind New St Station, arguably the oldest cinema in the UK. What might its next chapter might look like? 1/21
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19,400 signatures. Feels like a good time to start letting some rather prominent people say they want Station Street, The Electric & The Crown saved and given the long overdue love it deserves doesn't it...
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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19,300 #Birmingham residents and people who love our city have now signed our petition to #SaveStationStreet & #SaveTheElectric - Will you join them? We have the vision. Politicians of Birmingham need to hear your collective voice.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Jez is right. Station St, The Electric & The Crown should be thriving, money making, arts providing spaces right on the doorstep of one of the biggest train stations in the UK. Brum can provide incredible cultural experiences, inspiration in the arts & economic benefits here.
@jezc
jezc
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This has been a collaborative effort working closely with @BOMlab @karen_new_ & others. The support from @andy4wm has been invaluable but we now need to bring a collaborative team together inc @WestMids_CA @BhamCityCouncil developers, investors & cultural orgs to reimagine 1/2
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Hey Birmingham... To celebrate hitting 20,500 petition signatures I've loaded up another great testimonial at 11 am tomorrow. They picked the wrong street to pick on. #SaveTheElectric #SaveStationStreet
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A comedy star & champion for Brum - in '17 Janice Connolly was awarded a British Empire Medal for services to arts. A founder of the amazing @Womenandtheatre she's often found performing as @BarbaraNice Janice says #SaveTheElectric & sign our petition: …
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48 Days since The Electric Cinema closed. We go live to the plans The Vyse Family and Glenbrook have shown to the public of Birmingham...
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Few people speak more eloquently or passionately about the industrial beauty of Birmingham. Some lovely mentions of The Crown and the power of Digbeth culturally. He best not nick my Station Street series idea though. 😬😂
@bbcwm
BBC Radio WM
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"Digbeth is one of the great areas of Britain in terms of culture." Steven Knight looks ahead to his new show This Town which premieres on BBC iPlayer on Sunday.
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Psst. Tuesday. 10am. You won't believe who we have doing a testimonial for us on the importance of Station St. and one of our venues... Considering we've just had one of our greatest playwrights David Edgar AND Steven Knight...Well, who could be causing such excitement?
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Productive Saturday afternoon. An email has been sent to @BhamCityCouncil requesting they urgently investigate adding Station Street to the city's 29 designated Conservation Areas on the grounds of artistic, cultural & historic importance.
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@andy4wm A new bridge will be a waste of money when we do the inevitable; remove the concrete belt that separates our city from the JQ. It's a sticking plaster on a broken leg. Might as well just do the inevitable now as it only costs more later.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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The Vyse family also own The Old Rep - The UK's oldest Rep Theatre. It was leased to Birmingham Ormiston Academy in 2014. On a 5yr + 5x1yr extensions. The lease is up imminently. We know BOA have been trying to renegotiate. We know they have no shows booked after May 10...
@OldStationSt
Save Station Street, Birmingham
22 days
Going to be giving The Old Rep a bit of love the next couple of days because #SaveStationStreet is about how we treat our three incredible cultural institutions that have changed the world. The Old Rep, The Electric and The Crown. The whole street is so important to our city.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
2 months
10k+ Signatures in less than 48 Hours. Birmingham we ❤️ you. Luxury sky scrapers can be great additions to the city. But our historical, cultural & artistic small venues, filled with Brummies are what gives our city life. #SaveTheElectric #SaveStationStreet
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
2 months
Who would be interested in a story of institutionalised wealth from London taking advantage of #Birmingham 's financial crisis to destroy the UKs oldest cinema The Electric? Settle down kids... 🧵
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
2 months
15,000 Brummie Voices: An update following the first 15k names being handed in to @BhamCityCouncil #SaveTheElectric #SaveStationStreet
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
1 month
I love it when Birmingham does weird stuff.
@alex_ne
Alex Nicholson-Evans
1 month
T H I S W E E K We’ve got ‘Our Beating Heart’ a revolving disco ball heart light installation going into Snow Hill Square 🪩 🗓️ Thursday / Friday / Saturday 🕰️ 6:30 - 10:30pm Come and see it for free & share the love ❤️ @OpusArtsEvents - @ColmoreBID
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
6 days
One day I'm going to be able to finish Cannon Hill parkrun and hang out at The Golden Lion after and it will be glorious.
@HayesSarah17
Sarah Hayes
6 days
First site visit to @Goldenlionbrum of the day done 🙂 I feel like I spot something new every time I visit 🤩 #Birmingham
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
1 month
If you want to knock any part of Station Street down I would happily support a sensitive modern rebuilding of the WH Smith building damaged by a bomb/fire in 1940 Birmingham Blitz on the site of New Tasty/Majestic. It was a 10/10 frontage.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
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Rob Halford is one of the greatest rock frontmen of all time. A Metal God. Lead singer of @judaspriest - a band who found their sound in Brum at The Home of Metal: The Crown on Station Street Join Rob Halford & scream #LongLiveTheCrown & #SaveStationStreet
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
10 days
2008 Financial Crisis Brexit COVID Politicians Partying While Gran Died Liz Truss PPE Corruption Landlords screwing you for 1/2 yr wage Rip off trains 11% inflation Broken NHS Sex Pest MPs Shit in our sea Disgusting Rwanda stunt Miss anything? Amazing were not all a utter wreck
@BestForBritain
Best for Britain
10 days
I imagine "get better or we cut your support" will work brilliantly for people suffering from debilitating anxiety. Then again, if you're happy to victimise refugees, why wouldn't you attack sick people, in a quest for - WHAT? Losing 150 seats instead of 170? Really vile. ~AA
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
22 days
Said we wouldn't endorse any candidate for West Mids mayor because we want them all to commit to saving Station Street... But Sebastian Dorstop comes close. If he has a BMX with a cobra on it we're sold... (Because that's obviously a sign of a total badass)
@BearwoodCouncil
Bearwood Parish Council
23 days
The West Midlands Mayoral Elections are coming up on the 2nd May. Obviously we can't tell you how to vote, but we thought we would share some information on one of the candidates:
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
21 days
Imagine if Birmingham's citizens saved Station Street, The Electric, The Crown AND @Goldenlionbrum in @cannonhillpark in 2024... Plug that Brummie civic pride straight into my veins.
@cannonhillpark
Cannon Hill Park
22 days
Looking forwards to @Goldenlionbrum restoration work 1524 - 2024 start in May and @BirminghamCivic Blue Plaque with @BrumLordMayor 1911 back in @BhamCityCouncil CannonHill @HistoricEngland Park and Gardens @CoftonNursery @BirminghamCT
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
1 month
A Brummie TV star; Laura Rollins' ( @ianmalcolmswife ) dreams started on Station Street visiting @TheOldRep & @ElectricBham so she knows the value of inspirational venues to young artists. Thats why she's backs our #SaveStationStreet campaign & petition:
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
19 days
@toyahofficial has thrilled crowds for more than 40 yrs & it all started on Station Street. A star who's performed in the greatest venues, Toyah knows it would be tragic to lose somewhere with the magic of The Electric, thats why she says #SaveTheElectric :
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
2 months
The @BhamCityCouncil budget today is going to be a really tough day for the city. We love having caught yr imagination as we pass 15k signatures. Today though, as you support us, please take a moment to support #Birmingham & it's other wonderful people, campaigns & campaigners
@OldStationSt
Save Station Street, Birmingham
2 months
Save The Electric, The Crown and Station Street from demolition. Tell @BhamCityCouncil @andy4wm our cultural history is not for erasure. Designate Birmingham's Old Station Street a Historic, Cultural and Civic Asset - Sign the Petition! via @UKChange
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
28 days
No April Fools from us today. Because let's face it. If we lose The Electric and The Crown the joke will firmly be on us Brummies.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
2 months
A very, very important thread. If you've signed our petition and want to do more to help @flatpack are here to point you in the right direction. Remember: Be passionate. Be polite. Be pests. Be Brummies. Email your local MPs / Cllrs - We've got a long walk ahead of us.
@flatpack
Flatpack Festival
2 months
It has been extremely moving to see the response to the news of the Electric's closure on Thursday. The main thing to say is: this is not a done deal. Working together, we can save this place. A few questions have been recurring, so here are some answers... (1/5)
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
19 days
Racism has no place here. Racism has no place anywhere. For all our bipartisanship we'd never accept working with someone willing to say or countenance the things that councillor has. Abhorrant. Love Birmingham. Hate Racism.
@JaneRockHouse
Jane Haynes
19 days
Rick Payne has resigned as a councillor @bhamcitycouncil - inevitable from the moment we secured unquestionable proof that he was behind the account and its racist tweets. Questions now for Conservatives about due diligence before candidate selection.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
2 months
Great to hear @HistoricEngland talking about the importance of architectural & cultural preservation&the listing process on @bbcwm to Mollie Green who's done a sterling job with the discussion around saving Station Street Sorry we caused @HistoricEngland so much work this week😆
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
18 days
James Debney was the man who identified The Electric as the oldest cinema in the UK. Manager of The Electric in 1980; for James a life long love of our cinema means that #SaveTheElectric is deeply personal for him in his position as its Historian Laureate.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
1 month
@theAliceRoberts @BBCRosAtkins Pah you can prove anything with facts... *We're going to look back on this time in history books and feel deep, deep shame about the way the most vulnerable have been portrayed.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
2 months
This is what can be achieved if you save heritage assets like Agatha Christie's favourite cinema from the clutches of demolition experts and property developers. @BhamCityCouncil - one for you to pin on the planning wall.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
20 days
Them: What's your business plan for Station Street? Me: Make it look nice. Then lure in some of those 30.7million passengers at New St Station.
@OldStationSt
Save Station Street, Birmingham
20 days
Birmingham New Street Station had 30.7m passengers last year. Why is our most famous musical venue and beautiful 149 yr old pub The Crown closed and on the corner of a road used as a rat run by cars when it sits directly outside a venue with 30.7 million passengers annually?
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
2 months
We encourage politicians to value all the arts. Even if all you care about is the £ then they're low investment for high return. Our vision for Station Street in Birmingham is a creative small venue cultural offer that can help Brummies follow in the footsteps of Black Sabbaths
@BestForBritain
Best for Britain
2 months
💥Starmer: "Tories think working people don't need culture... That's why the Tory 'culture wars' always end up as a war on culture. The arts shouldn't tell working class kids to know their place. They should help them find their place in the world, find truth and meaning." ~AA
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
2 months
Welcome to Birmingham @VisitBritain and @VisitEngland & @patriciayatesVB Sorry you can't visit the UKs oldest Cinema or home of Black Sabbath/ Heavy Metal. They're both on the verge of being turned to rubble by developers. Unless we can protect them...
@WMGrowth
West Midlands Growth Company
2 months
@VisitBritain / @VisitEngland has announced its move to a new hub in Birmingham. Victoria Square House will become the national tourism agency’s hub from April. The venue is in the civic heart of Birmingham, close to New Street station.
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
2 months
Over 18,500 Brummies & people who love our city say they want Station Street to be saved from demolition & celebrate our incredible contribution to culture @ the UKs oldest cinema & home of @BlackSabbath #SaveStationStreet #SaveTheCrown #SaveTheElectric
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
20 days
If we let Brum's Jazz & Blues Festival die, let neglect destroy The Crown & give up The Electric Cinema for landed gentry pocket money then we deserve everything we get Knighthead have shown a vision of the future for Birmingham - These festivals & venues must be a part it.
@AlexanderJBrock
Alexander Brock
20 days
On @bbcmtd today - organisers of a music festival have issued a plea for help after Birmingham City Council said it could no longer provide financial support
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
1 month
If only we could build an arts focused small venue cultural tour de force outside B'ham New St. Station providing world-class Theatre, Music, Comedy, Film with an ethical vision at its heart that makes a profit but doesn't rip people off... Anyone know of a suitable street?
@KeeleyMP
Barbara Keeley 💙 🇺🇦
1 month
‘Sneaky’ fees add up to 25% to UK music ticket prices, says Which?
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
10 days
Good job Birmingham isn't risking, to some degree or other, seeing The Old Rep, The Electric Cinema and The Crown all lost right now... Wait... Oh.
@martyn_evans
Martyn Evans
10 days
UK’s creative industries bring in more revenue than cars, oil and gas – so why is arts education facing cuts?
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
25 days
Professor Rob Stone of @BFilm__ says that losing The Electric Cinema damages the city of Birmingham by removing an important cultural landmark and community venue. Don't say "Hasta la vista, baby" to our favourite cinema. Sign the petition:
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Save Station Street, Birmingham
1 month
Iconic.
@shitbritishpics
Great British Getty Images
1 month
Rea Street in Digbeth has its street sign regularly defaced in an amusing way spelling out the word breast in Birmingham, United Kingdom. To much amusement, this is a good example of the 'Brummie' sense of humour. (2021)
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