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Revealed! Brum’s commonwealth games mascot

We’ve obtained a leaked internal email showing early designs and concepts for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games mascot. No bull. 

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Author Howard WilkinsonPosted on 21 March 202126 July 2022Categories identity, In the news, Paradise Circus’s Half-arsed History of BirminghamTags clickbait, commonwealth games, CWGames, PerryLeave a comment on Revealed! Brum’s commonwealth games mascot
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