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Disappointing day out

10:15am Friday 27th January 2012 in Letters

ONE of my children offered to take me by train to Birmingham on January 24 and I jumped at the chance.

On arrival, I wanted to see the Bullring, which turned out to be across from the station. First object was to have a nice lunch, but I was soon told the place lacked an English restaurant except for a café on the fourth flour of Debenhams.

I asked if there was a nice eating place nearby and was told if I went right through the centre and outside on the right a new place called Browns was within walking distance.

After lunch and a short shop in the centre, the train was due, so went back to the station and asked for the toilets. Not here, I was told, but through the barriers. Very good, but when I asked if there was a lift to the platform I was told to go back through the barrier where a lift to the platform could be found.

I was disappointed with my day out as I was told Birmingham Station had been modernised and the Bullring was famous.

I found neither to be the case, perhaps I was misinformed.

Dennis Barton, Woodthorpe, York.

Comments(6)

alfie says...
2:00pm Fri 27 Jan 12

Ha ha try Scunthorpe next Dennis.

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Discopantaloons says...
3:20pm Fri 27 Jan 12

What a riveting story you tell there about your big day out in Birmingham, thank you so much for taking the effort to write in and share it with us, I bet the excitement never stops in your house!

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Whipmawhopmagate says...
4:52pm Fri 27 Jan 12

Birmingham is an easy target even though people forget that it has the UK's National Exhibition Centre with its 11,000 seat concert Arena, the separate National Indoor Arena and a world-class concert hall.
Good grief it even has kept its major stores in the city centre, no need to drive to out-of-town Macarthurs or Monks Crosses.
I suspect the letter was included by Julian Cole just to see if he got a response.
If so, Julian, you win.
I fell for it.
Whip

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magicadey says...
7:07pm Fri 27 Jan 12

well what a beautiful story. I have myself just been to the supermarket.. On arrival i parked the car in a space and got out. After a short shop i went back to the car and drove home.

The End

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Hicarrumba says...
7:14pm Fri 27 Jan 12

magicadey wrote:
well what a beautiful story. I have myself just been to the supermarket.. On arrival i parked the car in a space and got out. After a short shop i went back to the car and drove home.

The End
I actually just walked to the car. Birmingham is too far
The supermarket was closer
But that left me with a poser
Should I go home where it's warm,
I dunno, I'm a little torn.

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Whipmawhopmagate says...
9:56pm Fri 27 Jan 12

Spot on Hicarrumba,
Birmingham is so close to Shakespeare's birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon that even shopping there is poetry.
Whip

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