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Prince of Wales to unveil Birmingham statue

The Prince of Wales is set for a festive trip to Birmingham next week when he will visit the Frankfurt Christmas Market and unveil the newly restored Edward VII statue in Centenary Square. His Royal Highness visits the city on Wednesday December 22 to formally unveil Birmingham sculptor Albert Toft's statue of King Edward VII, […]

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Your latest Frankfurt Christmas Market pics

You’ve uploaded more great photographs to our Frankfurt Christmas Market flickr group: https://www.flickr.com/groups/birminghamfcm/pool/ Thanks Mitesh Thanki - https://www.flickr.com/photos/miteshthanki/ Thanks S’naps - https://www.flickr.com/photos/29440231@N06/ Please upload your Frankfurt Christmas Market pics to https://www.flickr.com/groups/birminghamfcm/pool/

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Weekend events in Birmingham (Dec 11/12)

Looking for somehing to do in Birmingham this weekend? Try one of the suggestions below. Visit the Frankfurt Christmas Market and Christmas Craft Fayre http://bit.ly/i5A5M2 Keep fit at your nearest leisure centre http://bit.ly/9DCY1h Meet Santa in his festive Grotto (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery) December 11/12 http://bit.ly/gQm4KA The Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Birmingham […]

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Latest Frankfurt Christmas Market pics

You’ve uploaded more great photographs to our Frankfurt Christmas Market flickr group: https://www.flickr.com/groups/birminghamfcm/pool/ Thanks S’naps - https://www.flickr.com/photos/29440231@N06/   Thanks ell brown - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/   Thanks DominicSt - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dominicst/ Please upload your Frankfurt Christmas Market pics to https://www.flickr.com/groups/birminghamfcm/pool/

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Enjoy the Frankfurt Christmas Market Family Fun Day

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Enjoy the magic of the festive season at Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas Market on Saturday (December 4) with the second of our ever popular Family Days. Organisers have lined up the following special activities for today’s visitors to the market (11am - 4pm) Victorian Street Hustler & Sugar Plum Fairy (Charlie Farley and Rags) Two Christmas […]

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Weekend events in Birmingham (Dec 4/5)

Looking for somehing to do in Birmingham this weekend? Try one of the suggestions below. Visit the Frankfurt Christmas Market and Christmas Craft Fayre http://bit.ly/i5A5M2 Keep fit at your nearest leisure centre http://bit.ly/9DCY1h Meet Santa in his festive Grotto (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery) December 4/5 http://bit.ly/gQm4KA The Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Birmingham […]

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Three million to attend Birmingham birthday bash

Around three million visitors are expected to attend a birthday party with a difference as Birmingham's world famous Frankfurt Christmas Market celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Instead of birthday cake and pass the parcel, visitors to the annual festive extravaganza can look forward to German mulled wine (Glühwein), grilled sausages and pretzels. And organisers […]

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£90m boost - Birmingham's late Christmas present

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An independent report estimates Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas Market 2009 boosted the city's economy by a staggering £89.6million over the festive period. With visitor numbers up to a record breaking three million, figures released by Vector Research show the UK's biggest German market once again helped the city's traders defy the recession. In its ninth year, […]

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Another record year for Frankfurt Christmas Market

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Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas Market continues to grow from strength to strength with estimates of almost three million visitors to the UK's biggest German Market this year. The ninth annual festive market draws to a close later today (Dec 23) with the traditional handover of food, sweets and money to children's homes and homeless charities. And […]

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Media opportunity: Generous gesture as market closes

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Date: Wednesday 23 December 2009 Time: 3pm Location: Frankfurt Market, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B1 1BB (Meet at Council House main reception a 2.50pm - please ask for Geoff Coleman on arrival) Details: Council Leader Mike Whitby will be joined by traders from the ever-popular Frankfurt Christmas Market in Birmingham to hand over leftover goods to […]

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