Peter Walker
gone but not forgotten
Couldn't find the other spire, Jen. I did see something I recognised immediately - Big Brum, the Council House clock, just to the left and above the chapel spire.
Talking of binoculars, when I was a nipper we had an old pair, with originally with a kind of leatherette round the lens barrels, which was flaking off. They weren't much cop, but I used to keep them in my bedroom and would scan the Brummagem horizon for hours. Apart from the demolition and the hideous new buildings, it isn't the same scene that I remember today, because the trees have grown in the last 60 or 70 years. I'm sure the trees in the cemetery are taller, and the ones in nearby back gardens even more so.
If only I could have taken a picture like Aston's 50 years ago!
Peter
Talking of binoculars, when I was a nipper we had an old pair, with originally with a kind of leatherette round the lens barrels, which was flaking off. They weren't much cop, but I used to keep them in my bedroom and would scan the Brummagem horizon for hours. Apart from the demolition and the hideous new buildings, it isn't the same scene that I remember today, because the trees have grown in the last 60 or 70 years. I'm sure the trees in the cemetery are taller, and the ones in nearby back gardens even more so.
If only I could have taken a picture like Aston's 50 years ago!
Peter