Monday, July 31, 2006

Gutted

Thanks to Alison for letting me know that one of the venues visited as part of January's rough pub jaunt around Birmingham city centre, the Dubliner, was wrecked by a massive fire in the early hours of Wednesday last week, with police suspecting foul play. No wonder I was getting search engine hits for "dubliner digbeth explosion" etc.

Regular patrons and local historians are - like the pub itself - gutted. OK so it was hardly the most classy of joints, but it had character and that's much more than can be said of many of the drinking establishments in the city centre.

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