Aaliyah St. Ann's Prostitute ❤️

About Birmingham

Dunno if ya know this, but back in the 1800s, some ports had “raft brothels” – literal floatin’ bang-shacks! Sailors’d roll up, half-drunk, tradin’ coins for a quickie. Wild, right? Surprised me when I heard it – history’s got jokes! Kinda makes me happy, tho, ‘cause it’s clever – workin’ girls takin’ the river for themselves, like me on my raft, hehehe!

Okay, so, I gotta mention, I’m loony about the hidden nooks; the dingy but brilliant street art behind the public library draws me in every time (btw, the library's on Kingston Street – don’t miss it!). And oh! The annual open mic night at the Cornerstone Pub on Nightingale Lane? It’ll make ya laugh till you cry. I used to tear up there, thinking, “Every moment’s a miracle, even if shocking.”

Festival returns this weekend after two year break