Recent content by Mark Tooze

The little buggers have been in Sutton Coldfield for a couple of years now - a few at first nested in a tree next to the Newhall Valley Park boardwalk where I took the photos below - now they are everywhere - a whole flock of them flew over us a few weeks ago:-

It was in the collections centre in Sept 2023:-

No - the library is closed as our bankrupt council can't afford to keep it open...........

Moving onto the 22nd - Jupiter (bottom left) is now hanging close below the moon:- The moon:- As it was slightly hazy I could not get any decent photos of Jupiter that night.

Apologies for the late postings - have not had the time! We had a nice "planet parade" at the end of April - images from the 19th are above. Moving on to the 21st we see Jupiter (top left), the moon (centre) and Venus (bottom right)in a line:- And in close up; Jupiter:- The Moon:- And...

We get these - they are actually from one of these utility companies who's staff are obviously on commission only. Net effect is the same as a scam call. Telling them to go forth and multiply seems to have no effect whatsoever as "you are on their list and you will have their offering come what...

Increase the number of decibals. 1000+ plus should do the trick...........

Telling them (briefly!!) you know its a scam and you are passing it to the police will usually end the call. Telling them to "go forth and multiply" can have the same effect. Otherwise I recommend playing a VERY loud noise (like a car hooter) down the phone - if you cant stop the bugger then...

Lovely sight last night - super-thin crescent moon and Venus hanging right below it:- If you caught it at the correct time you could see Earthshine on the unlit portion of the moon - this is through the spiders web of the telegraph pole by our house:- It is difficult to get any detail on...

I was there that day - you could hear the crack around the ground - horrible!

I can remember being at the front of the Witton End - Easter 1976. We were playing Derby and the Derby fans found the bricks and rubble at the back of the terrace and decided it was a good idea to lob them onto the front of the terrace. Only time I ever went onto the pitch - as did a lot of...

It seems that when (???) the trains finally run they have to go at a slower speed than designed as it will be too expensive to run them at full pelt. Next we will have to have a person with a red flag walking in front of the train for health and safety reasons....... Also - am I the only one...

Super photos!!!

Happy Birthday!!

Odd to think that Dollman St now contains more of historical Birmingham (in the Museums Collection Centre) than anywhere else!