Ruth Follows @RuthFollows

Brum-based comms pro. Often found down a Spotify wormhole somewhere in Kings Heath. Senior PR consultant @tweetsbyLMC Birmingham Joined February 2009

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2 years ago

@EggAlison @LisaTrickett41 Just awful at the moment. Made even worse this week by the closure for roadworks on Springfield Road. Yet little to no signage to direct people away.

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2 years ago

@Mobbster3000 @LisaTrickett41 @David4BKH @thedancingflea I don’t think that’s the case, with respect. Most of the traffic is school related in the video, with some usual passing traffic.

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2 years ago

Another day on Goldsmith Road and Institute Road in #KingsHeath. Time to give the #LTN a whirl I think @LisaTrickett41, @David4BKH, and @thedancingflea?!

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@Mobbster3000 @LisaTrickett41 @David4BKH @thedancingflea There’s no LTN this side of KH. In fact, if it was in, it’d stop the through traffic from either side cutting through, which is most of the problem you’re seeing in this video.

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2 years ago

@nathanc1999 @LisaTrickett41 @David4BKH @thedancingflea Done

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2 years ago

@thedancingflea @LisaTrickett41 @David4BKH First day of term madness 🤞🏼

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2 years ago

@bendotellis @David4BKH @LisaTrickett41 Also wondering this too!

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2 years ago

@thedancingflea The St D’s extension around 2011/2012 really impacted traffic in the area - it increased it from one to two form entry in basic terms. I know we need more education places for children and I’m massively for this, but it must be based on a full impact assessment.

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I Choose Birmingham @ichoosemag

3 years ago

ZEPHANIAH: "Concrete with a heartbeat" I was born where the Beorma people made home, Handsworth, in Brummagem. For many of my early years I thought this town to be a cold suburb Of Kingston, Jamaica. My then girlfriend Jasvinder Basra Thought it to be a cold suburb of Jullunder, India, And we were both right. We, in our puppy love innocence Knew that it was only a matter of time and space, We Dark Matter grew up holding hands Listening to Reggae and Bhangra Eating channa and ackee, And playing doctors and nurses somewhere in the future. Handsworth does that to you, Historic and progressive, It wakes but never sleeps Concrete with a heartbeat. A private space for all its children That is full of stars and it keeps expanding, It is where voices from the past speak to us Every day, lived in voices Of working class heroes reminding Us that we are all Brummies, But me and Jasvinder knew this anyway. I saw riots in Handsworth, I saw revolution loitering on the streets Where money had been thrown down drains In front of people who were needy, But I also saw energy laden creators Bringing hope, And building sites of new galaxies In Brummagem, the centre of it all. This is where I discovered the nature of the universe, This is where I realised That The Theory of Everything leaves a lot to be desired, This is where The postman taught me that everything needs poetry, And that it is not gravity that gives us roots But the things we do to ourselves. But it was me that said relativity needs to relate, Space stops everything happening to you, And in my humble opinion Faith and tradition will live next to progress For as long as it takes. Cosmology? Well that’s all about me and Jasvinder. It all started with us In Handsworth in Brummagem, Where the philosophers of Grove Lane And the great thinkers of Soho Road Now recite Alpha and Omega continually. Astrophysics? That’s about the nature of our celestial bodies The application of our physical policies And the intensity of our cultural intercourse, It’s about the way we greet when we meet And the exploration of possibilities, And it must be known That all scientific studies have shown that Brummies are at home with new horizons And a multi-layered concept of place. Time? Space? Time invented itself to stop everything Happening at once. Space was grateful It had been given room to manoeuvre. They remain good friends.

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Ruth Follows @RuthFollows

3 years ago

A great - but intense - process that demonstrates the rigour required for leadership in PR. Thank you @CIPR_Global and well done to all the assessment attendees! #GetChartered #CIPR #AgencyLife #ConstructionCommunications

Chartered Institute of Public Relations @CIPR_Global

3 years ago

Congratulations to the nine PR Practitioners who were awarded Chartership status earlier today: Chris Batchelor Grace Carruthers Ruth Follows Lucie Holloway @adventuresinic Celia Parker-Vincent Melissa Piercy Helen Ward David Walji #GetChartered

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3 years ago

@lizmale @tweetsbyLMC Thank you @lizmale! An important mission for LMC to illustrate our expertise. I have to say, it’s a lovely feeling waking up knowing I don’t have to revise for a while 😂

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3 years ago

@David4BKH This also explains why the LTN does need to cut off Institute Road further down. It’s a parking offender’s dream

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3 years ago

@David4BKH Absolutely tragic and my heart goes out to the families affected. There are so many near misses on the High Street, Addison Road, Vicarage Road, etc. Little enforcement on dangerous driving and speeding in pedestrian-heavy areas.

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3 years ago

@richpayne88 My partner set up this very thing coming out of lockdown in our area. Called it ‘Jumpers for goal posts’ believe it or not. He got injured and eventually it scared him off playing though 😂

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4 years ago

@seaninsound I had to do this with Fuck Buttons. Was gutted. But as it was I took a three-day trip down tinnitus alley

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4 years ago

@bendotellis Now I get it 😂 and yes it’s utterly awful. No matter how much you tuck them in they always manage to remove it 🤯

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4 years ago

And our own @lizmale is compering the morning session fielding some probing questions from the floor about external vs internal wall insulation, heat pumps and EPC ratings, and improving metrics to make EPCs more accurate…

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4 years ago

In Leicester for the @ElmhurstEnergy 30th Anniversary Conference today with @tweetsbyLMC. Great presentation from @Leeds_LSI’s David Glew on deep vs piecemeal retrofit - getting the cogs whirring ⚙️ #retrofit #energyefficiency

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4 years ago

@LisaTrickett41 @TransportForWM Correction. 150 and 46 🤦🏻‍♀️

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4 years ago

@LisaTrickett41 @TransportForWM It scraped down someone’s car door the other day too. Horrible for residents. Impossible for the drivers. The 169 on Goldsmith is also another catastrophe.