Walking around Birmingham | #38 Harborne High Street | England UK 2021

[@sojournertruth2359]

Ahhhh! Harborne, my home town, lived in Harbone from 1974- 1984 & attended Four Dwellings Secondary school. Area still looking great. Smaller compared to north America & We the North canada! Thnx for sharing!

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Hello Sojourner Truth, compared to North America & Canada, Harborne is a Village. A beautiful one! Thanks for watching.

[@thelegaloccupier1982]

I'm a regular visitor to Birmingham, been coming here since 2013 (from Swansea), have always enjoyed a walk and look around Harborne town most times I'm in B'ham. Plus you can't beat a fish n chips meal from Gabriels, they're proper chip shop chips in there! I'm familiar with this area and the likes of Quinton, Woodgate, Bartley Green. Always enjoyed a good Saturday afternoon in the city centre too, but haven't done that this past year. Thanks for the upload 👍

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Thank you for your comment. I do like Harborne too. You probably know more about Quinton, Woodgate & Bartley Green than me. When you decide to come back to Bham, I would suggest you to visit Moseley Village. It has village-like feel just like Harborne and has different historical spots you can visit like St Marys Church, the Dovecote, the Ice house, etc.

[@thelegaloccupier1982]

@@citiesthroughmyeyes ok thanks for the info I'll take a visit there at some point. Haven't been able to do too much this past year whenever I've had a weekend in Bham due to the covid situation and most places of interest or leisure being closed, restricted hours, etc. I was there last month so me and my son took an afternoon in Harborne and we sat on the front there on a bench (outside Gregg's, Post Office, Sainsbury's, that part) with our take away Costa hot chocolates Lol. I'm B'ham bound again in a few weeks so hoping by then the weather will be decent plus these restrictions are lifting. I've sure missed a good Saturday afternoon walk around the city centre and 🐃'ring this past year too!

[@jhvoojh]

@@citiesthroughmyeyes Moseley is my old stomping ground, changing a bit now, not quite got the same vibe although still good, seemed to change when people started to make ££ off Moseleys reputation, rather than just enjoying the moment. Now in Tyneside, gis a shout if you ever come up here, it's fab!!

[@thetruth6684]

I have seen your videos and you do a great job, this is how i see Birmingham before I immigrating back to England 'Birmingham' where i was born. Coming back home Canada BC. Thank you

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Thank you very much for watching my videos🙂

[@jahmah519]

Birmingham is a beautiful city, I visit this marvellous City at every opportunity, love the city centre, Broad St, the Bullring, walking around Edgbaston reservoir, Sutton Park, its got its good & bad but a healthy balance is what I've always experienced, it's not where you live its how you live. I admire you Brummies ❤

[@charliejharry]

A sunny stroll along the best High Street in Birmingham, in my humble opinion. Great vid - thank you! 😎👍

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Thank you for watching charliejharry and happy new year

[@charliejharry]

And a very Happy New Year to you, too, @@citiesthroughmyeyes 😊

[@yeah9377]

Lived here for 7 years, I love this place, wouldn't call anywhere else come - got stuck in Southeast Asia cause of covid and it's been a real struggle to come back. I'm still trying to get back.

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Harborne is a lovely place. Sorry to hear about your struggle. I hope you'll find a way to come back. All the best.

[@notmyles2883]

Harborne is beautiful, and one of the most vibrant places for a night out in Birmingham. I would encourage some Bournville videos, maybe one in and around at the Rowheath Pavillion? Great video.

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Thank you for your comment Notmyles, I will definitely do Bournville. I have several videos - walking tours, postcards, etc - I want to make on this town. I am working on it 🙂

[@thelegaloccupier1982]

I'm a regular visitor to Bham and always enjoy a trip around Harborne. Have had a night out there once or twice too. Started at The Junction then down to a pub on the right (it's now the Slug and Lettuce but can't remember it's name before that) then The Green Man and over to the Plough then finish up in Harborne Stores 🍺🥃🍻

[@KOREA4K]

Thanks for sharing! Great video👍👍👍👍👍👍👍✨✨✨✨✨

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Thank you for stopping by Korea 4K I really appreciate it 🙂

[@sankyeat]

Good videos! I like you're filming around different parts of birmingham. Where's the best place to live in birm in terms of safety, things to do and amneties in your opinion? My family's thinking of moving up from East London and we've never been up north before. We're an Asian family. Thanks!

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Hello Sankyeat, I would say: Brindley Place, Edgbaston, Sutton Coldfield, Moseley, Kings Heath, Chinese Quarter, Solihull (not really Birmingham but close enough), Jewellery Quarter, Harborne. I hope that helps. Thank you for watching my videos btw.

[@michealjackson2696]

There are Asians in Birmingham but there is a lot of racism and resentment towards Asians from local brummies hence why there is a lot of segregation in Birmingham in areas .

[@jakeb7912]

Locals whites don't like Asians many are moving away .

[@imranzazai7404]

Nice.

[@victoriaaydin4865]

Nice video! Well done! ❤️😍💙Brum

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

@Victoria Aydin, Thank you very much for watching my video 🙂

[@takumi0502]

@@citiesthroughmyeyes 畷#痰9

[@takumi0502]

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[@JimOverbeckgenius]

You wouldn't believe some of the action that went on near the Junction, including gang warfare & ultra-violence. I heard tell one SOB would let rip on Guy Fawkes' Night with a shot-gun & blow off burglar-alarms on nearby walls, with folk thinking it was merely fireworks. It was Clockwork Orange occasionally but we rescued a sweet old doggie, deserted by her owner, who would feed from bins behind Safeway's. She was adopted by my lady-friend, renamed Daisy from Sadie, and was loved to bits the rest of her days. Cutting Edge was our bookshop & boutique - then Blitzgeist - 12 years of daily servitude and an endless grind, earning the cash to enter the property market. I hear fly-tipping is the latest rage in Britain. Nice vid, kid.

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Are you insinuating that behind her angelic appearance Harborne is actually gangsta?? 😀 I cannot believe this! I need evidence - testimonies, witnesses & cct footages. Lol 😆

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

@@citiesthroughmyeyesI was asked by the local carabinieri to design them a riot shield & so I painted 2 [1 each] but in the background I have a gangsta wielding a brace of revolvers, saying Laugh in the Face of Death. Theirs sits proudly above their capo's desk but none recognise my self-portrait. As we had an upstairs jewelry business in Harborne [silver especially], bad boys would frequently have a go at us: hence, we were heavily tooled up. On one occasion 8 shitheads came in, 5 carrying open cut-throat razors & said, We'll help ourselves, OK!? I said, Of course not - how much do you want for the chivs? I bought them all for £25 & sold 1 of them [German with an engraved blade] for that much, 3 for £5 each & kept one back. Anytime anyone suspicious came in I'd start sharpening a pencil conspicuously with the 1 remaining.

[@user-bl8dy5nr6l]

What did u use to film this vid? Couldn’t thank u more for all these vids!!

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Hello, I used an iPhone 11 Pro (now discontinued) and a DJI Osmo Mobile 3 gimbal. Thanks for watching my videos, I really appreciate that.

[@thelegaloccupier1982]

I see the Gelato ice cream/ dessert parlour is no longer there? Enjoyed a good few treats in there when it was open.

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

One of the many victims of Covid.

[@thelegaloccupier1982]

@@citiesthroughmyeyes shame, it was nice in there too 🍧🍨🧁

[@petefulwell3367]

nice to see my house in your video.

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Lucky you! Harborne is such a beautiful area 🙂

[@Rock-Steady]

Just watched the Lozells road video. It's nice to see a civilised part of Brum with clean streets and no mosques.

[@shoelacetherapper3026]

Yeah anti-islam good for you

[@Rock-Steady]

@@shoelacetherapper3026 No not at all. Looks like you've put 2 & 2 together, got all defensive and come out with .... nonsense. I just don't want a Mosque on every street corner. Guess you do.

[@shoelacetherapper3026]

@@Rock-Steady lol i dont, seeing a mosque or a church in a every corner is not really the best but your comments still breads hate against Muslims am sure you wouldn’t mind if churches were around

[@Rock-Steady]

@@shoelacetherapper3026 of course I don't mind seeing churches in Britain. Why wouldn't I?

[@shoelacetherapper3026]

@@Rock-Steady yes but you mind seeing mosques cos of your hate towards Muslims well people like you.... not shocked

[@dale29head]

I'm thinking of moving to Birmingham. From the video I did not see any parks, green spaces,pedestrian areas or cycle tracks, just lots of traffic. I don't know anyone in Birmingham having lived abroad for a long time. Are they friendly towards strangers? Thanks.

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

I filmed along the High St of Harborne, a Bham suburb. It has 2 parks not that far from the High St. I think the roads are too tight to a cycle track. But you'll find in Bham City Centre. Bham is a very friendly city. I am a foreigner myself and I find the people to be open to others regardless of where they come from.

[@dale29head]

@@citiesthroughmyeyes okay thanks

[@mark747captain]

They sometimes film BBC's Doctors around here.

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

I know they filmed in the Grove Park.

[@mark747captain]

@@citiesthroughmyeyes Yeah, that's the only reason I watch it, to see where they are! I'm a Northfield lad and it was interesting to watch your Northfield video, I even asked my wife if she could see herself in the queue at Aldi. You're brave, I never go to Norhfield haha.

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Northfield is alright. But there are definitely areas in Bham I would rather leave alone Lol 😀

[@mark747captain]

@@citiesthroughmyeyes I know, I just don't like going there these days and I totally agree, stay away from those places, at least you do your videos in daylight lol.

[@yeah9377]

Yeah, they used my old house to film something, it was a small scene of someone just walking out the house.

[@recall2880]

So what would people say the roughest area of Birmingham is?

[@yeah9377]

The only places I know that are dangerous are Handsworth and Balsall Heath, there's other dangerous areas but idk about them. Handsworth Wood is near Handsworth and is a great area, I went there every week

[@whotusay750]

Harborne has a lot of house burglary’s compared to surrounding areas because of more expensive houses and cars, this is more appealing to robbers thieves Also muggings of old well to do old people carrying lots of cash

[@michealjackson2696]

Northfield, kingstanding ,druids heath ,kings Norton are very rough areas .

[@recall2880]

@@michealjackson2696 what makes it rough?

[@michealjackson2696]

@@recall2880 racist areas and full of chavs and trouble makers in Birmingham areas

[@hassancasanova7121]

Lovely video, harbornes a lovely area.. maybe do hagley road next time or 💯❤️

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Thank you for the suggestion Hassan, I will definitely do a walking tour on Hagley Rd 😉

[@sb981]

Do straford road

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Thanks for the suggestion, I will definitely do Stratford Rd as soon as I can.

[@thelegaloccupier1982]

If I'm correct then just past the Harborne swimming pool/leisure centre (going in the direction as if heading to Queens Park, Court Oak, etc,) there's this massive building, looks like a headquarters of some sort! I was told it's owned by the Mormons?

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Are you talking of Dore House, if yes the building is now a retirement house and was the house of Thomas Millington the owner of the mill factory on Harborne Lane.

[@thelegaloccupier1982]

@@citiesthroughmyeyes it could be, it's the same side as the pool but going the other way. It actually looks like a retirement house/care home/home of some sort, that sort of thing now you mention it. I remember being told it was owned by the Mormons and they prob used it when they were over from the US on their tours, visits.

[@Rainberryday]

Yep, next door to the leisure centre is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon). It's used as a chapel every Sunday and activities in the week.

[@thelegaloccupier1982]

@@Rainberryday oh right ok, I wasnt sure if the building was still being used but was told it was oened by the LDS/Mormons. Massive place it looks too whenever I've gone past there.

[@markknight1011]

I couldn’t forget there was social distancing back then. Thats why people where waiting to go into boots and M&S.

[@jakeb7912]

Like it or not Birmingham has a segregation areas reflect.

[@BoneyFingersParker]

I relly like your gang, do you need really good guitarist, not thaht kind. Really good guitarists?