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Imidlalo yamaCommonwealth: Kungani izinkunzi zibaluleke kangaka eBirmingham?

Labo ababukele umcimbi wokuvulwa kweMidlalo YamaCommonwealth ngokungangabazeki bazothintwa futhi bashukunyiswe ingxenye ehlanganisa Izinkunzi zaseBirmingham.
Emcimbini owawuhlelwe u-Steven Knight, izinkunzi zilethwe enkundleni yezemidlalo ngabakhiqizi besifazane abahola kancane nabasebenza ngokweqile abavaleleke ezimeni zabo njengoba bekhiqiza amabhondi abantu ahlobene nokuhwebelana ngezigqila. Abesifazane bakhululwe isiteleka samaholo esincane sika-1910. Inkunzi ngokwayo imahhala nobukhulu bayo obukhulu. Iqhawekazi lomcimbi wokuvula, uStella, liyamehlisa umoya, limnike uthando nokukhanya.
Ingxenye engokomzwelo iphetha ngokuthi inkunzi igcine isibheke ekubekezeleni ngemva kokucasuka futhi ikhale ngobuhlungu. Kodwa kungani izinkunzi zibaluleke kangaka eBirmingham?
Inkunzi isho isikhungo sezitolo iBull Ring eBirmingham, yona ngokwayo ethatha igama layo emlandweni wayo wokuhlukumeza nokubulala.
Cishe ngo-1160, i-charter yanikeza uPeter de Bermingham, iNkosi yaseBermingham, imvume yokubamba imibukiso yamasonto onke endaweni yakhe ye-moat, lapho ayekhokhisa khona izintela ezimpahleni kanye nomkhiqizo odayisiwe. Ikuwebhusayithi yamanje yezinkunzi. Ekuqaleni okubizwa ngokuthi "ummbila oshibhile" emakethe yombila, imakethe yezinkunzi isho imifino emakethe.
Ingxenye “yendandatho” yegama lamanje lesayithi isho ihuku lensimbi lapho izinkunzi ziboshelwa khona njengesiyengo ngaphambi kokuhlatshwa.
Ukucupha amabhere kwaba “umdlalo” odumile ngekhulu le-16. Kuhilela izibukeli eqenjini lezinkunzi ezibukele inja ihlasela inkunzi engahlomile, abanye abantu ngephutha abakholelwa ukuthi izothambisa inyama.
Inkunzi yaphela lapho kushaywa izinkunzi ngo-1798 ngenkathi inkunzi ithuthela e-Handsworth, kodwa le ndawo yagcina igama layo eselidumile manje.
Ukubhidlizwa kwezindlu kwaqala ngo-1964 kwaze kwaba ngu-2000, futhi iBull Ring Mall yokuqala yema kule ndawo iminyaka engu-36. Okukhulunywe kakhulu ngesakhiwo sikakhonkolo kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1960 siguga ngokushesha. Endaweni yayo kwakukhona inxanxathela yezitolo entsha eyisakhiwo sodumo, kwathi lapho ivulwa ngo-2003, kwaqedwa igama elithi Bullring.


Isikhathi sokuthumela: Aug-24-2022