#birmingham

After an extensive interview he arranged for my weaknesses in foreign languages to be over-looked and so I started a Biology degree at Birmingham in 1967. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#arranged #biology #birmingham #degree #extensive

This time at Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological approach to any research project that I have undertaken. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#any #approach #biological #biologist #birmingham

This kind of music was just hitting England, so we were getting this following in clubs in Birmingham just cause we were trying to do something different. ↗

— Jim Capaldi

#cause #clubs #different #england #following

When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it. ↗

— Willie Mays

#called #clock #enjoy #field #game

I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days. ↗

— Willie Mays

#black #days #i #lot #making