Making an Urban Splash

Good night

Off to a party in Brum tonight to see the reopening of the legendary Fort Dunlop. I'll be disappointed if they don't have seats made of bald tyres!

[update]

Our friend Hazel of Shed KM is lead architect and worked with a team to bring this old building back to life. I heard that the building itself cost a cool quid which seems like a bit of a bargain now. The insides were filled with cool offices, cool beer and plenty of "cool" people. The Urban Splash mob know how to throw a good party though with wristbands including tokens for booze and food. Nice!

We had a great night so thanks to all involved and big thanks to Hazel who was amazingly still standing at the end of the night!

I tried to find out why it was called Fort Dunlop on the evening but couldn't find anyone sober enough to answer so found out via Express and Star that

"The largest brick-building in the Midlands, it was named Fort Dunlop because it was “the stronghold of the British tyre industry”.

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