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Richard Franks

@richardpfranks

Award-winning freelance travel writer and journalist: NatGeo, BBC, Telegraph, Independent, Rough Guides & others. Brummie. Aston Villa season ticket holder.

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Ozzy Osbourne's music has been heard thundering out across Birmingham as fans pulled up to the Black Sabbath mural with a truck-mounted video screen and speakers. Birmingham paying their respects to one of their own 🖤

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We hold our hands up guys; a sleep deprived staffer accidentally subbed in the name of another huge metal band while doing a 12am update on the shock news of Ozzy Osborne's passing. We're sorry; please accept this brill Richard Franks read in apology. birminghamdispatch.co.uk/how-1960s-indu…

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Did you know #BlackSabbath started out at the same music night that happens at Snobs every Tuesday?! Henry's Blueshouse, by Sabbath's original manager Jim Simpson, began at The Crown pub in 1968 and still showcases live music today! 🎸 via Birmingham Dispatch birminghamdispatch.co.uk/how-1960s-indu…

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All of the tributes left at the Black Sabbath bench in Birmingham have today been collected and will be delivered to the Osbourne family in due course. 🖤

All of the tributes left at the Black Sabbath bench in Birmingham have today been collected and will be delivered to the Osbourne family in due course. 🖤