albert bore http://www.createdinbirmingham.com Fri, 17 Aug 2018 17:05:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CiB-Google-copy-32x32.jpg albert bore http://www.createdinbirmingham.com 32 32 No more Gun Quarter http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2011/07/29/no-more-gun-quarter/ Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:48:15 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=10214 [Read more...]]]> The Birmingham Post have reported on the plans to rename the ‘Gun Quarter‘. I’m with Sir Albert Bore on this one (except on the political correctness bit – not sure I get that):

Like it or not, and I am not into the arms trade myself, the Gun Quarter has a historical connection with this city. This is just political correctness.

We haven’t got a big vision for this area, we haven’t got it right and we are not going to get it right if we call it St George and St Chad because it doesn’t mean anything, it doesn’t convey anything.

Which seems fair enough, but on the other hand there is precedent for seemingly arbitrary renaming of areas around the city. What do you reckon?

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