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Ten handy facts about Birmingham
During the industrial revolution Birmingham was known as “the city of 1,001 trades” and “the workshop of the world”.
The local dialect name for the city is Brummagem and the nickname for people who come from the city is Brummies.
There has been a settlement in Birmingham dating back more than 1,000 years. The 1086 Doomesday Book recorded the area as a small Anglo-Saxon village.
During the 17th century Birmingham was a centre for weapons production and supplied arms to the Parliamentarian forces during the Civil War.
Birmingham has around 60km of canals, more than Venice, which has only 41km. The canals were built during the early part of the industrial revolution to transport raw materials and finished goods for its booming manufacturing businesses.
Two of the UK’s largest banks were originally founded in Birmingham, Lloyds Bank, which is now Lloyds TSB, was established in 1765 and the Midland Bank, which is now HSBC, started in the city in 1836.
Birmingham was given city status in 1889.
The real name for Birmingham’s “Spaghetti Junction”, the famous motorway junction on the M6, is Gravelly Hill Interchange.
The Old Crown claims to be the oldest pub in the city, dating back to the 14th century.
The first of Birmingham’s countless Indian restaurants was opened in 1945.
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