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Trip Report – From One Side of Birmingham to another

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As some of you know, there has been a bit of chaos in the UK at the moment, so I’d thought I’d take the opertunity to show you some of the caranage that you can find on a 2 mile commute through a city.

For reference points, I live on side of the ring road, and work the other side of it. Therefore catching the bus round the city can be mad (as some of the areas where these looters are coming from are from there) or through the city.

Last night thankfully I got a lift home.

Today, I caught the bus – and was instantly depressed on the journey to work

Passing on the bus from Costcutters near the Holiday Inn/Ralison Blu.

a store front with a sign on it

 

One of the sad images of the night were those who ransacked Richer Sounds for Plasma Screens and Audio/Visual equipment:

 

a building with a broken window

 

a store front with a broken window

 

a storefront with boarded up windows

You’ll note the record shop is fine – the gangs were only after one thing – technology.

Moving up towards New Street Station, SuperFi was also hit too.

cars on the street near a building

 

a building with a sign on the side

 

 

a tree next to a brick wall

 

a building with a fence and signs

Again, you’ll notice the loan store next to SuperFi is undamaged

Even the Bull Ring has partially given up, closing the main car park.

a tunnel with people walking on the street

Moving into the main street (Corporation Street), the carnage is for all to see.

a man walking past a storefront

 

a building with posters on the side

However, there are signs of life goes on.

a sign on a wood surface

Again, featured on the news and slowly recovering.

a store front with boarded up windows

Even the bars got hit.

a store front with a purple sign and a purple sign

However some shops have given up – this branch of Tesco in particular:

a sign on a window

 

a window with a sign and a plexiglass covering it

 

a storefront with a sign and a window

 

a store front with a sign and plywood on the front

Even conference venues got hit….

a man sitting in a chair with a broken window

 

And the thugs of course got to the Sony Centre.

 

a store front with closed doors

 

a man walking on the sidewalk

Even the Post Office

a building with plywood on the side

Even the betting office

a group of people standing outside a store

And to cross the city, and find this not a million miles from the office:

a building with a large smoke billowing from it

Part of me is angry this has happened and the results of it. Another part of me in angry they dare do this to my home and make me a practical prisoner between work and home.

But I am a Brummie (adopted, 10 years).  And I have no intention of budging an inch to these… criminals.

And there’s no other term to describe them.

Thugs: End this now. This is not showing colours, showing pride, it is PURE HOOLIGANISM.

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