Posts labled: press
A circuit that’ll take 365 days
20 October 2009 – 9:36 pm
11-11-11 in the Birmingham Mail
31 October 2008 – 3:54 pm
Lovely page 5 piece about 11-11-11 in the Birmingham Mail today. See it online here.
Photos from Acock’s Green Bus Garage
30 October 2008 – 11:13 pm
I said I wouldn’t see these, and I’ve only looked at them briefly. But if you should so desire, here are a couple of pics from me in the bus garage. These aren’t the ones the pro-photographer took (who was from the Birmingham Mail), but I doubt I look any better in them. Click on them to download in super-huge size:
First me hanging, Summer Holiday stylee out of the door of a bus:
And then, me and the route manager (on left, sorry name escapes me) and another dude in front of an 11C:
Thanks again to the guys at the garage (and the NXWM press office, Carly from where took these). And to TWM_Driver who gave me some bus display tips.
Into the belly of the beast
29 October 2008 – 8:19 pm
Today I got the chance to hang out of the door of an eleven, point to one while grinning inanely and even do the “jazz-hands/camp jesus ta-da” motion of posing in front of something that every local paper requires for it’s photos. TWM had let me borrow a bus for some publicity photos and we (well I say we it was a proper bus driver) parked it just outside Acock’s Green Bus Garage.
I’m not on this one, I haven’t seen the photos yet — probably won’t until they hit the papers (despite my exhibitionist tendencies I don’t really like looking at photos of myself).
It got to meet some of the people that look after the 11 — the bus is based at Acock’s Green — including Mark the area manager and found out that they have 40 11s on the road on any one day.
Most importantly they really like the idea of people spending 11 hours on the bus and even invited passing 11-11-11ers in for a cup of tea on the day.
Don’t forget to sign-up if you’re coming, and even if you’re not you can help with writing the History of the 11.
11-11-11 is one of the 100 Best Things about the Midlands
3 October 2008 – 1:42 pm
Well, almost. The eleven bus route was considered to be one of the hundred best things about Birmingham in a supplement put together by the Birmingham Post.
While eulogising the famous circle they mention our 11-11-11 project:
