Archive for the tag 'Birmingham'

… with a reluctant adventurer

8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 20th 2022

Later this year, in August my brother is getting married and my mum has been struggling to get just the right outfit. Mr C had offered a trip to Birmingham several times but she had resisted taking him up on the offer.  After struggling in the local towns and with internet shopping mum eventually accepted [...]

Comments Off CherryPie on May 28th 2016

This afternoon we nipped into Birmingham to obtain a few essentials prior to the next episode of ‘Cherry on her Travels’.  We had a surprisingly successful afternoon, our purchase list was all ticked off apart from a Birthday Card. I normally make birthday cards rather than buy them and on looking at the selection available [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 6th 2014

More ‘Neon Colour’ can be found here.

10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 28th 2013

It ain’t no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.
Alice Caldwell Rice

12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 3rd 2010

After my Trade Union business on Thursday I decided to stay in the city for an evening meal to save the bother of cooking when I got home.  I ended up in The Old Joint Stock, a Fuller’s Ale and Pie House.
The grade two listed building, built in 1864 was originally a library before it [...]

24 Comments CherryPie on Jan 23rd 2010

Maybe it is stretching the point, but I can see lots of balance in this photograph. It was taken yesterday after my regional (trade union) committee meeting. I had hoped to take quite a few photographs in the city, but as you can see from this photo the light was failing and it [...]

46 Comments CherryPie on Jan 23rd 2010

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