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August 2006

CLASSIC OR CARBUNCLE; BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL LIBRARY 31-08-2006

TRAIN PAIN AGAIN 31-08-2006

LAST POST FOR JUNK MAIL 31-08-2006

FEAR OF FLYING 31-08-2006

THE HYPOCRISY OF RAINBOW BRITAIN 31-08-2006

THE STIRRER BANNED BY THE BBC 30-08-2006

SELL! SELL! SELL! VILLA SHARES ADVICE 30-08-2006

IVF AND THE UNHEALTHY NHS -30-08-2006

GET OUT MORE ...GIG GUIDE 30-08-2006

TEACHERS SAYS “BLAME US” SHOCKER 30-08-2006

BRUM CENSORS NUDE DESPITE ZERO COMPLAINTS 29-08-2006

DAMNED IF YOU DO... 29-08-2006

THE STIRRER'S GOING TO THE DOGS 29-08-2006

OVER THE LIMIT 29-08-2006

BLIND DAVE SEES CRICKET DREAM COME TRUE - 28-08-2006

LEGALISE IT 28-08-2006

BRITISH WAY OF LIFE TOO TAXING 28-08-2006

CANDID CAMERON GIVES HALF NELSON APOLOGY 28-08-2006

FAILED STUDENTS CAN MAKE THE GRADE 27-08-2006

WEASEL WORDS OF THE WEEK 27-08-2006

THE STIRRER'S RATED AND SLATED 27-08-2006

CO-OP CO-OPERATES TO SEE OFF CORNER SHOP 27-08-2006

LABOUR'S DEFECTIVE MEMBERS GO TO WAR 26-08-2006

US MARINES FEEL THE DRAFT 26-08-2006

FLIGHTY LAPTOPS SPREAD TERROR 26-08-2006

HOW SNAKES ON A PLANE TOOK OFF 26-08-2006

UMPIRE DARRELL'S HAIR RAISING OFFER - 25-08-2006

SHOP!HORROR! THIEVES TO BE KEPTOUT OFPRISON 25-08-2006

NEW STREET GREENHOUSE COMEDY OF ERRORS 25-08-2006

What's the problem with Immigration? 25-08-2006

NEW YORK ...NEW YORK 25-08-2006

POSH NEW LIBRARY FOR HIGHBURY 25-08-2006

RACISM, INTEGRATION, AND RUTH KELLY - 24-08-2006

JEWELLERY QUARTER SAVED - FOR NOW 24-08-2006

GIG REVIEW - YOUNGBLOOD BRASS BAND 24-08-2006

THREE MINUTES TO SAVE THE JEWELLERY QUARTER 24-08-2006

Come On Tell the Truth - Are We AllA Bunch Of Closet Racists Or What? 24-08-2006

VILLA THRILLER OR TRADITION KILLER - 24-08-2006

David Southall investigation 23-08-2006

HP K.O. D-DAY - 23-08-2006

“I'M LOSING MY LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN” - FRED GROVE LATEST 23-08-2006
Mike Drayton's picture gallery of Fred at home - click here

How to make a suicide bomber 23-08-2006

HEALTH AND SAFETY - The Stirrer's Brummie blog for Tuesday 22-08-2006

GET OUT MORE - GIG NEWS 22-08-2006

EXCLUSIVE ALBION'S NEAR MISS - HOW THE BAGGIES MIGHT HAVE HAD A NEW OWNER 22-08-2006

THE MEMORY MAN 22-08-2006

A Letter For The Postal Service 22-08-2006

"BRUM RUNS OUT OF GLASS - NOW HAS TO BUY IT FROM AUSTRIA" - IT'S OFFICIAL 21-08-2006

CRICKET UGLY CRICKET AND ROONEY UGLY ROONEY… THE STIRRER'S BLOG FOR MONDAY 21-08-2006

CLAP FOR SEXUAL HEALTH BREAKTHROUGH 21-08-2006

MUM'S THE WORD - BUT WHAT'S THE IDEAL AGE? 21-08-2006

SPORTING SPIRIT HIT FOR SIX BY PAKISTAN 20-08-2006

WHAT'S THE GREATEST MOVIE SOUNDTRACK EVER? TRAINSPOTTING 19-08-2006

I google, we google, you google 19-08-2006

PRINCE OF WAILS... 18-08-2006

TV CRIMES 18-08-2006

DON'T MENTION THE PENSION 18-08-2006

ENGLISH HERITAGE TARNISHES JEWELLERY QUARTER 17-08-2006

McLAREN AND MANCHESTER DISUNITED …THE STIRRER'S BRUMMIE BLOG FOR THURSDAY 17-08-2006

LEAST WELCOMING TOURIST OFFICE IN BRITAIN - VICTORY FOR THE STIRRER! 17-08-2006

SOLDIERS FAMILIES WIN BATTLE FOR JUSTICE 17-08-2006

We're all going on a summer HELLIDAY... 17-08-2006

GOVERNMENT SNUB TO BIRMINGHAM MUSLIMS 16-08-2006

MORE POWERS FOR THE COPS - THE STIRRER'S BRUMMIE BLOG FOR WEDNESDAY 16-08-2006

WELCOME TO BIRMINGHAM - GREENHOUSE SAGA CONTINUES 16-08-2006

Cold call 16-08-2006

E-Bay, Pay-Pal and the Rip-Off Principle 16-08-2006

GET OUT MORE - GIG NEWS 16-08-2006

ENGLISH HERITAGE HAPPY TO BULLDOZE BRUMMIE HERITAGE IN THE JEWELLERY QUARTER 15-08-2006

DRUG RUNNERS IN ATHLETICS AND ROCK N' ROLL EXCESS AT BURNTWOOD WAKES 15-08-2006

PANIC ON THE STREETS OF BIRMINGHAM15-08-2006

Black Country poet Brendan Hawthorne has agreed to write a weekly poem here on The Stirrer 15-08-2006

EXCLUSIVE - ANOTHER BLUE DAY FOR BLUE BADGE HOLDERS 14-08-2006

“Islamic Terror Threats” - The Stirrer's Blog for Monday14-08-2006

GET OUT MORE - GIG NEWS14-08-2006

THE QUEEN'S INGERLISH14-08-2006

THE STIRRER'S RATED AND SLATED - WHAT'S BEEN PUSHING OUR BELL THIS WEEK 13-08-2006

WEASEL WORDS OF THE WEEK; GINA FORD 12-08-2006

SOMETHINGFOR THE WEEKEND? 12-08-2006

Striking Distance 12-08-2006

FEELIN' ALRIGHT WITH THE CRUE …THE BEST ROCK BOOK EVER? 12-08-2006

BANK RESTAURANT…FRED GROVE… THESTIRRER'S BRUMMIE BLOG ON FRIDAY 11-08-2006

SOME PEOPLE NEVER GET IT! 11-08-2006

“I PREDICT A RIOT” …BY MUSIC BIZ LEGEND RON WATTS 11-08-2006

WEST MIDLANDS ALL TIME TOP 20 MUSIC CHARTS 11-08-2006

AIRCRAFT TERROR THREATS AND THE WAR ON ERROR 10-08-2006

REID ALL ABOUT IT - UK TERROR THREAT LATEST 10-08-2006

KIDS…DAMN KIDS…AND STATISTICS 10-08-2006

INTO THE VALLEY OF DEATH 10-08-2006

OLD JOBS, NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THE SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT 10-08-2006

The Stirrer's Brummie Blog …Wednesday 09-08-2006

"THE DAY I TURNED DOWN MARK KNOPFLER" by Ron Watts 09-08-2006

PRAYING FOR AN END TO DISCRIMINATION? 09-08-2006

Roll up! Roll up!! For the Schools' Sale of the Century! 09-08-2006

The Stirrer's Brummie Blog …Tuesday 08-08-2006

“JETHRO TULL AND ME” by legendary music promoter Ron Watts 08-08-2006

IS THIS BRITAIN'S LEAST WELCOMING TOURIST OFFICE? 08-08-2006

VILLA FANS BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR… 08-08-2006

The Stirrer's Brummie Blog …Monday 07-08-2006

BIRMINGHAM FOR THE PEOPLE 07-08-2006

A VICIOUS HOOLIGAN - LEGENDARY MUSIC PROMOTER RON WATTS VERDICT 07-08-2006

ISRAEL ANDTHE LEBANON - THE TRUTH? 07-08-2006

"LEAVE HIM ALONE" - RENEWED PLEA FROM FRED GROVE's FAMILY 07-08-2006

THE STIRRER'S “RATED AND SLATED”…WHAT'S PUSHING OUR BELL THIS WEEK 06-08-2006

EDUCATION 2: UNIVERSITY SHUTS DOOR ON OLDER STUDENTS 05-08-2006

WEASEL WORDS OF THE WEEK: 1 05-08-2006

"WRONG SAID FRED" - CAMPAIGN LATEST 05-08-2006

EDUCATION SPECIAL 1: STUDENTS SHOW A DEGREE OF INGRATITUDE 05-08-2006

THAT'S ASDA - NICE! 04-08-2006

AMERICA BURNS WHILE CASTRO FIDELS 04-08-2006

PUNK'S MOST UNDER-RATED; GENERATION X ???????? 04-08-2006

NO ONE ARRESTED FOR PLAYING MARBLES IN HALESOWEN TODAY - YET! 03-08-2006

LOCALISM vs THE BOTTOM LINE 03-08-2006

MOM NEEDLED OVER TB JAB WITHDRAWAL 02-08-2006

An Arc of Extremists…. and a Hypotenuse Triangle of War Mongers? 02-08-2006

PAYING FOR SEX THE HEALTH SERVICE WAY 02-08-2006

FRED GROVES - MY STORY 01-08-2006

LETTERS FROM A PSYCHOPATH - THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER'S PENFRIENDS 01-08-2006

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