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1. The slightly bitter hipster
Flickr: Elliott Brown
A year or so ago, they were in their element. The trendy conversions of the area’s pubs were at their height. They could sup on coffee made from hand-ground coffee beans at Cafephilia. They could sample street food in the rear garden of the Prince of Wales, while pointing out the quirky Cuban cigar hut.
Today, though, they have the slightly nagging sense that King’s Heath may be stealing their crown, with its regular street food markets and awesome live music scene. Find them in the Prince of Wales, downing slightly sad pints. (Of craft IPA, of course).
2. The hippy
Flickr: Salim Virji
Are they homeless? Or do they just think that’s a cool way to dress? Hard to say. Their love of Moseley, though? Much less tricky to detect.
Accidentally wander into a six-foot radius of them in the pub, though, and they’ll very happily tell you about the gigs they played here in the ‘60s, the time that they had a top-20 single in the ‘70s and how they’ve been attending incognito Robert Plant jam sessions in Moseley pubs throughout the ‘80s, ‘90s or ‘00s. All of which may or may not be true.
3. Bench enthusiasts
Flickr: Jeffrey Zeldman
Boy, some people in Moseley love a good bench. There they sit every day, testing out the benches on that little triangle of land outside the Bull’s Head, working up such a thirst that they have to refresh themselves with cans of Diamond White from the off licence.
Hopped up on their love of a good bench, they laugh, they joke, they roar incomprehensibly at passers by in the hope of spare change. Actually, wait. Maybe they’re not there for the benches after all…
4. Kebab shop owners
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Moseley might be way hipper than it was fifteen years ago, but there’s one thing that hasn’t changed: its dedication to serving drunks a carton of greasy, late-night meat.
The dudes who’ve been kebabbing the area’s pissheads for the last couple of decades are surprisingly chirpy for peeps whose whole customer base can barely remember their pin number. Well, unless they’re laughing at, rather than with, everyone that is. Hmm…
5. The culture vulture
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Forget your craft beers and artisanal coffee, dahling. This luvvy’s drug of choice is the theatre. To be found haunting Cannon Hill Park in search of the latest piece of challenging contemporary dance or live screening of a National Theatre show that the mac has to offer.
Their politics are liberal, their clothes are flowing and their accents are clipped. Talk to them and they’ll tell you that the mac is their idea of heaven. Or at least it would be if it had opera glasses…
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