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Birminghams secret

Advantages: Diamonds Diamonds everywhere
Disadvantages: But they are expensive!

...you can also have your jewellery insured and valuated, repaired or alerted by local craftsman. I was amazed when I first went here at the amount of shops that sold Jewellery. They are all together along the a few of the streets in the Quarter. There are many bargains to be had if your after a unique piece of jewellery. Most shops usually have a sale on and if you are looking to buy Diamonds then you must visit here as they have a wide selection and ...
...which does all Silver modern jewellery at reasonable prices. I buy most of my jewellery from here as it's unique and different from shop brought jewellery. ---------------------------- PRECIOUS METALS ---------------------------- Before you go shopping for your jewellery and the Quarter it's nice to know about the metal and the gems that you are buying so you know what you are buying and whether or not it's a good price. Gold ****** This of ...

redballoon 10.06.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Jewellery Quarter

A New Street of 2 halves.

Advantages: Access to anywhere
Disadvantages: People giving out leaflets

New Street is kind of in 2 halves, split with the only road open to traffic and the pallasades entrance (but there is a pelican crossing!) The first half by the retunda contains the Odeon cinema, Primark (which sells cheap and cheerful clothes and accesories) and various show shops. Outside the Odeon is usually where there will be entertainment, such as a musician or dance performers. There is also a man selling unusual socks etc and a newspaper ...
...a very busy ramp with McDonalds and HSBC bank on the sides. Over the road are slightly 'posher' shops. Jane Norman, Muji (modern art shop) and various coffee shops and cafes line the paved strreets up to the lage post office opposite the jacuzzi at the end. There is also a boots, superdrug, H & M and newsagents along here. Both streets are nicely paved with benches and kept reasonably tidy. ...

chezemz24 04.08.2004 · Read full review
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Review of New Street

GOING TO THE CIAO MEET IN BIRMINGHAM...READ THIS

Advantages: Variety, choice, close proximity.
Disadvantages: None.

...have placed this opinion under New Street. All of the shops I mention are very close to New Street anyway. Hope you find this useful). Birmingham has an abundance of shops, shopping centres and retail parks, so if you like shopping you are in for a treat. If you like designer clothes and have dosh to splash, a Harvey Nicks store opened last year in the new Mailbox complex which you can find behind New Street Station. Also try the Burlington arcade ...
...down and a brand spanking new one (due for completion in a few years ) is being built right now. This makes parts of the city centre look like a giant building site, but I am sure it will be worth it in the end..I miss the bull ring actually, I used to always go there when I skived off school. Most of the shops that were located in the Bull Ring walkway (the one that goes over the road next to the train station) have relocated temporarily to somewhere ...

MissDirect 02.04.2002 · Read full review
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Review of New Street

Diamonds and pearls.

Advantages: great place to shop for jewlery
Disadvantages: busy roads, not that easy to gt to, lots of pavement pounding.

Birminghams' Jewllery Quarter is advertised as being something of a tourist attraction, and is certainly a good place to shop for sparkly shiny things. This area of the town is some distance from the centre, there are buses out to it, or else you can walk, but beware of following the signs directing the traffic as they are less than direct and you can take better routes on foot - check the street maps. Having never been into the area by car, I can ...
...is even heavier now that they are re building bits of it so I would recomend using public transport as it's much easier to get about. The Jewllery quarter is spread out over quite a few streets - it's no a single coherrent place, it isn't like a mall, so expect to have to walk around a lot and to have to cross failry busy roads - well worth bearing in mind if you are thinking of taking small children or other less mobile persons. The bulk of the ...

Bryn_Pearson 21.08.2001 · Read full review
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New Street

Advantages: Shops, pubs, cinema
Disadvantages: Packed

New Street is the core of Birmmingham. It is B1 on the postcode. The street is quite a long one, starting at the town hall and stretching to The Rotunda, a big cylinder shaped building. Half of it is paved. This part is mostly trendy eateries cafes and coffee bars, with the odd designer clothes and jewelery shop. It is always busy, but the part that has traffic is busiest with all sorts of shops like sport and banks and it even has a cinema. The ...

zef 08.02.2001 · Read full review
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