Re: TPA MEETING. OCT 2ND 2010. BIRMINGHAM.

[Guest guest]

Where is anyone staying? Coming on my own but would like to be in accommodation

with others. Keri

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> > > The meeting takes place at: Chung Ying Gardens

> > > 17 Thorp Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 4AT

> > > 12.00 noon until 5.00pm.

> > >

> > > Further details are available on the newsletter

> > > http://www.tpa-uk.org.uk/newsletters/newsletter_june10.pdf

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Chung Ying Garden is one of the

largest and most popular Chinese Restaurant in the Midlands. Established since

1987, the restaurant was formed on the back of the success of it’s

sister restaurant, the Chung Ying.

Situated at the heart of

Birmingham’s “China Town”, we are conveniently located;

We are within walking distances to:

·

" New

Street” Railway station & City Centre

·

Hippodrome,

andra and the Old Rep theatres

·

BullRing

& MailBox, iconic shopping of the Midlands

·

Radisson

Blu Hotel/Beetham Tower, one of the tallest buildings in Birmingham

·

Arcadian

Centre, where a host of bars and nightclubs are situated

·

Circus

Casino & Oceana Nightclub

We are also minutes by car from the

National Indoor Arena (NIA) and International Convention Centre (ICC)

Does this

help - there should be a good coffee house near by. and I went to

one which was very popular and would highly recommend it, but cannot remember

the name of it. We parked in the Bull Ring Centre Car park and enjoyed the

Saturday morning market. See also http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?hl=en & um=1 & ie=UTF-8 & q=chung+ying+gardens+restaurant+birmingham & fb=1 & gl=uk & hq=chung+ying+gardens+restaurant & hnear=Birmingham & cid=14612832867279508440

Hi

everyone,

This meeting is now only a few weeks away and I've been asked a question I

can't answer because I've never been to Birmingham.

I gather the restaurant is near the train station, but if your train arrives

early, where is a good place for people to meet up and have a cup of coffee

beforehand? Does anyone know the area?

Where do you suggest? Has anyone worked out where they are staying?

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> This thread is for anything to do with the October TPA meeting.

>

> The meeting takes place at: Chung Ying Gardens

> 17 Thorp Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 4AT

> 12.00 noon until 5.00pm.

>

> Further details are available on the newsletter

> http://www.tpa-uk.org.uk/newsletters/newsletter_june10.pdf

>

> If you intend to come along to the meeting or have any questions, please

post on this thread by selecting reply. Please don't start any new threads

about the meeting, with different titles, lets keep it all together.

>

> Thank you.

>

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18:43:00

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I will be coming and expect to arrive shortly after 11am, so I was hoping to

join up with a few of you - I looked up cafes in the vicinity and there's a

place called

The Little Tea Shop

1 Theatre Approach

Birmingham

B54EJ

Tel: 0121-643 3380

It seems to be on the junction of Smallbrook and Queensway on a direct walking

path from New Street Station to Ying's so I shall be in there hopefully from

about 11.15 with a thyroid book in evidence.

If any of you wish to join me you are welcome

cheers

n

[Guest guest]

The restaurant is quite a walk from New Street station!! About 10 - 15 minutes

depending on ability.

There are several coffee shops on Corporation street, come out of New st.

station down the ramp on to New st. and walk up Corporation st. Cafe Nero is

the most convenient I think, opposite House of Fraser. There is a taxi rank

outside HoF.

Glynis

>

> I gather the restaurant is near the train station, but if your train arrives

early, where is a good place for people to meet up and have a cup of coffee

beforehand? Does anyone know the area?

>

> Where do you suggest? Has anyone worked out where they are staying?

>

>

[Guest guest]

If you want a really nice cup of tea or coffee I recommend ....

Hudsons ............ do you remember the tv series Upstairs Downstairs

Hudsons Coffee House

122-124, Colmore Row,

Birmingham,

B3 3BD

Tel: 0121 236 9009

where is a good place for people to meet up and have a cup of coffee beforehand?

[Guest guest]

Hudsons is quite pleasant - it is 'old fashioned' (1900-1920s maybe??) with

waiter service. it's about 5 minutes out the back of new st station but you do

have to walk up a fairly steep hill to it but there is a less steep way! and

when i say steep i don't mean that steep but if someone is very unwell it may

take a little bit longer that's all.

there is or was until very very recently a place where you can have coffee in

new street station with seats

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/sjp/BHM/plan.html (i saw Clare Short

there once having a coffee, but that's an aside!)

there are also lots of neros, starbucks etc available. eg if you get into new

street and go up the escalators into the pallasades there is a starbucks at the

top of the stairs howe3ver it's an open air one (not a confined shop) so might

be a bit noisy.

you are very close to [the] Bullring too, where there are more coffee shops but

you are not too far from any kind of coffee shop really wherever you go, and

none of them really take you that much further from chung ying gardens, in fact

the bullring is very close to it if you know which way to go. 7 minutes walk,

according google maps

i may still attend, but still wrestling with bad memories of birmingham (used

to live in city centre) so we'll see, though i know the deadline for booking is

probalby close or over. we'll see.

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> where is a good place for people to meet up and have a cup of coffee

beforehand?

>

[Guest guest]

Is this anywhere near to Chung Ying Gardens Restaurant please?

We need to remember that people are travelling from all four corners of the UK

and they might be tired, so don't want to have to walk far to the coffee/tea

shop. Best if it is on the road to the Restaurant.

The Post code of Chung Ying Gardens is B5 4AT and The Little Tea

Shop is B5 4EJ. Hudson's Coffee Shop is B3 3BD so that sounds to

be a little too far away. We have to take into the account the possibility of

wheelchairs and people unable to walk very far.

Luv - Sheila

If you want a really nice cup of tea or coffee I recommend ....

Hudsons ............ do you remember the tv series Upstairs Downstairs

Hudsons Coffee House

122-124, Colmore Row,

Birmingham,

B3 3BD

Tel: 0121 236 9009

[Guest guest]

I'm staying in a holiday cottage down near Evesham, so will be driving in

from there to Birmingham in the morning. Are you on my route? If you are, I

could give you a lift perhaps? And you could give me some moral support about

parking in a strange city!! Is that a fair exchange?

in Kent (who obviously won't be in Kent on 2nd October)

>> i may still attend, but still wrestling with bad memories of birmingham

(used to live in city centre) so we'll see, though i know the deadline for

booking is probalby close or over. we'll see.

>

> >

[Guest guest]

will soon be letting you all know where it has been

decided to meet up for coffee before we meet at 12.00noon at the restaurant

.

Luv - Sheila

I would like to meet up somewhere beforehand

too if we can find a place,coming by train but hope to get there before the

meeting. I don't know Birmingham at all though as only been once before years

ago briefly and can't remember a thing about it,

x

--- In

[Guest guest]

Great, I'm looking forward to it and to meeting you all :-)

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> will soon be letting you all know where it has been decided to meet

> up for coffee before we meet at 12.00noon at the restaurant .

>

> Luv - Sheila

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>

>

> I would like to meet up somewhere beforehand too if we can find a

> place,coming by train but hope to get there before the meeting. I don't know

> Birmingham at all though as only been once before years ago briefly and

> can't remember a thing about it,

>

> x

>

> --- In

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[Guest guest]

Sheila I have now had to cancel my reservation to stay at Westbourne Lodge, and

this is to let anybody else know that there is a vacancy of a single room there

for the TPA Meeting.

Should I be in less pain than I am at the moment I will make it for the day,but

I am not so sure about things improving by then.

I am also concerned that now my GP is going to refer me to Chelsea and

Westminster that I may not be in a good state to make that journey either.

I am also struggling to stay on my feet as I have a chap putting in shower for

me instead of having to struggle into it a bath, but that has not gone right

either as on delivery the doors were smashed, so this will not get finished

until Tuesday. All I can say here that it has to be an OMEN that my luck is out.

Kathleen

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> will soon be letting you all know where it has been decided to meet

> up for coffee before we meet at 12.00noon at the restaurant .

>

> Luv - Sheila

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi

Thanks for the offer, I'm south of birmingham, probably not too far from evesham

but not sure if i'm on your way or not.

do you have a sat nav? it'd help in b'ham

i will let you know if i go! thanks again

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> I'm staying in a holiday cottage down near Evesham, so will be driving

in from there to Birmingham in the morning. Are you on my route? If you are, I

could give you a lift perhaps? And you could give me some moral support about

parking in a strange city!! Is that a fair exchange?

>

> in Kent (who obviously won't be in Kent on 2nd October)

[Guest guest]

Hi Chris

I'm staying at the cottage from Wednesday 29 September, so I'll email you

shortly with my mobile number, in case you decide to come to the meet at the

last minute and would like a lift.

Yes I do have a sat nag - she's an irritating bint at times, but absolutely

essential when I'm driving on my own!

Best wishes

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> >

> >

> > I'm staying in a holiday cottage down near Evesham, so will be

driving in from there to Birmingham in the morning. Are you on my route? If

you are, I could give you a lift perhaps? And you could give me some moral

support about parking in a strange city!! Is that a fair exchange?

> >

> > in Kent (who obviously won't be in Kent on 2nd October)

>

[Guest guest]

Nobody ever runs out of luck forever Kathleen, tomorrow is

another day completely and who knows what might happen overnight. Keep your

options open, but thanks for letting us know that a room is available at

Westbourne Lodge if anybody is still looking for accommodation. It is the Conservative,

Lib.Dem. Conference in Birmingham on the 2nd October, so overnight

accommodation might prove difficult.

Luv - Sheila

Sheila I have now had to cancel my reservation

to stay at Westbourne Lodge, and this is to let anybody else know that there is

a vacancy of a single room there for the TPA Meeting.

Should I be in less pain than I am at the moment I will make it for the day,but

I am not so sure about things improving by then.