birmingham UK council uses skyline of Birmingham AL in flyer

[Amby 490]

Council bosses in Birmingham were miles out when choosing a photo of their city... over 4,000 miles out.

Birmingham City Council has admitted a gaffe which led to them accidentally printing 720,000 leaflets showing a skyline photo of the wrong - Birmingham its namesake in the US.

The embarrassing #######-up was spotted by a local, reports the Daily Mirror, but at first the council tried to deny they'd made a mistake.

Jon Cooper, 37, said: "I'm a regular visitor to the States, so when I saw the picture I instantly knew that it was the US city, not ours.

"I can't believe no one at the town hall noticed. Who is checking this stuff?"

Birmingham City Council spent £16,000 on the pamphlets - intended to congratulate residents on meeting its recycling targets.

But underneath the heading "Thank You, Birmingham!" is a photograph in which local landmarks such as the BT Tower, the Rotunda and the Selfridges building are all missing.

Instead, the skyline shows the South Trust Tower, the AT&T building and Regions Harbert Plaza - all from Alabama in America's deep south.

At first, the council released a bizarre statement saying: "It was not a mistake - it is a generic skyline which is intended to symbolise an urban area."

But later a spokesman at the council admitted the error: "We accept that the wrong photo was used - but the text is correct, which is the main thing."

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[Teacher Mark 53]

Well it is a city, which is the main thing.

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

oops.

[Imua 0]

LOL - this reminds me of when someone from the Nepal Tourism Board put a photo of Macchu Picchu instead of Macchapucchare on a brochure...

[Teacher Mark 53]

LOL - this reminds me of when someone from the Nepal Tourism Board put a photo of Macchu Picchu instead of Macchapucchare on a brochure...

That's exactly what I was thinking! Wait...no it wasn't. Care to elaborate, or am I going to have to Google it?