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RE: Downgrading of MM premises.

BJM — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:33:34 GMT

I'm afraid not, and I doubt if you will find any, it was over 25 years ago.

I remember it from my previous life as an Insurance Risk Consultant. The effect was fairly localised, within a 300 / 400 metre radius in the area. Like all these effects it stabilised within a few years, but a few commercial sites were affected - from memory I think it included the old HP Sauce factory. Most of the area has now been long redevoped of course.

RE: Downgrading of MM premises.

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:07:00 GMT

Hi Bob

Do you have any links to the water table problems in Aston, did a quick google but nothing.

Thanks

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke :):)

RE: Downgrading of MM premises.

TheEditor — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:34:09 GMT

I even remember the Aston brewery closing. Which is scary, as I was only an infant at the time...

RE: Downgrading of MM premises.

BJM — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:32:40 GMT

Sorry trike - but did you read the site? Read on:

The Aston Brewery closed in 1981, after 100 years of brewing in Birmingham, and production was moved to Allied's Burton plant and thus Birmingham lost one of its most famous landmarks

From early 2002, the brand was produced by Carlsberg Tetley at their Leeds plant

Incidentally, after 100 years of drawing their water from boreholes on site, when the brewery closed the water table rose and various local buildings suffered from "heave" as the soil expanded.

However on the plus side ( ??? ) apparently the Davenports name has been resurrected and the are shortly to re-start their "Beer at Home means Davenports" home deliveries.

RE: Downgrading of MM premises.

trike — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:42:54 GMT

oldphart says [quote][i]Proper bitter? Proper bitter? Geroff. bj, Brum does not do proper bitter.[/i][/quote] I beg your pardon? Brum certainly does do proper bitter...[url]http://www.madeinbirmingham.org/ansells.htm[/url]

RE: Downgrading of MM premises.

TheEditor — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:57:39 GMT

We love our shed.... :P

RE: Downgrading of MM premises.

malc_wright — Sat, 24 May 2008 08:41:33 GMT

I always that they were acronyms:

TOWERS = Terrified Of Writing Electronics Review for Subscribers

SHED = Special Home for Electronically Demented

RE: Downgrading of MM premises.

Mathusalah — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:11:17 GMT

How dare anyone insinuate that moving into a shed is a downgrade...

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-Wiz!- — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:45:09 GMT

Don't call Simon a hamster! :hehe:

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keith — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:37:30 GMT

[quote][b]oldphart (23/05/2008)[/b][hr][quote][b]BJM (22/05/2008)[/b][hr] We will not mention the treadmills...[/quote]Is this the rumour that the treadmills are connected to dynamos which power the office machines.If they don't pedal hard enough the power dies and the work is lost.?This also explains why the forum falls over occasionally , the hamster powering the server is either asleep or dead.;):D

RE: Downgrading of MM premises.

oldphart — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:39:14 GMT

[quote][b]BJM (22/05/2008)[/b][hr]It's simple economics

They moved from Birmingham to London.

Rent of a sumptuous penthouse suite of offices in a Birmingham Tower block = rent of a shed on the roof of similar office block in London.

That, and the cost of the daily courier service delivering pork scratchings, Lamb Balti and proper Bitter in pint glasses to keep Simon from getting homesick during the week.[/quote]

Proper bitter? Proper bitter? Geroff. bj, Brum does not do proper bitter.

As for the shed, I have it on good authority that the shed is in the basement, complete with all modern instruments of torture, as in vending machines that only take tokens, sold by Dennis at a suitable markup. We will not mention the treadmills...

RE: Downgrading of MM premises.

BJM — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:50:35 GMT

It's simple economics

They moved from Birmingham to London.

Rent of a sumptuous penthouse suite of offices in a Birmingham Tower block = rent of a shed on the roof of similar office block in London.

That, and the cost of the daily courier service delivering pork scratchings, Lamb Balti and proper Bitter in pint glasses to keep Simon from getting homesick during the week.

RE: Downgrading of MM premises.

-Wiz!- — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:29:58 GMT

Haven't you heard? MM's folding :( But in a good way to fight illness...:P

Downgrading of MM premises.

John H White — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:26:43 GMT

A few years back, when I stared taking Micromart regularly instead of once or twice a year to check on the availability and prices of equipment, there used to be a News from Micromart Towers column. More recently I was rather disturbed to notice that you have now been confined to a shed:crying:.Couldn't you keep up the payments on the Towers?:hehe: