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Recent content by Mark Tooze

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    As Seen From Our Gardens 2026

    Managed to get a couple of photos of Saturn in between the storms on Thursday evening - at approx. 800M miles away it is at the limit of what my camera kit can resolve, but you can just make out the rings:- Saturn is well placed for viewing at present high in the night sky - its also at its...
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    Birmingham City Hospital officially closed Nov 2024

    Super photos again - well done Zero!
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    Sutton Coldfield

    Sorry - I have checked all my photos - only one I can find with Masons on it is this one from 1950:_ I guess Granada did not exist then? However I will ask my wifes uncle as he lived in Sutton in 1966.
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    ATV History

    Fraid not!!! Just wanted to make people aware of it as I only found their previous mailout project by accident.
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    ATV History

    But remember - you have to order it by October 30th or you will miss out!
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    Birmingham City Hospital officially closed Nov 2024

    Only have another one - this is not quite so good:- However - I have "digitally stretched" the first photo so it is a bit easier to look at:-
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    Birmingham City Hospital officially closed Nov 2024

    HI Vivienne - of course you can post it! I'll check back through the original photos to see if I have a better view - this was took over the top of a fence with a "Daily Mail" lens....
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    ATV History

    Looks like the book I have been waiting for someone to publish for years is about to be published.... This is the ATV Showbook from Transdiffusion - a 248 page large format book looking at the history of ATV from 1955 - 1982. Cost is £25. You can order one here:-...
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    Birmingham City Hospital officially closed Nov 2024

    Only just realised - one of the buildings I photographed was the old boys school - is this the workhouse crest on the wall I wonder?
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    Cape Schools and the Birmingham Workhouse Schools

    Only just realised - one of the buildings I photographed was the old boys school - is this the workhouse crest on the wall I wonder?
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    Birmingham City Hospital officially closed Nov 2024

    Perhaps someone played the dreaded "H&S - Asbestos" card?
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    Birmingham City Hospital officially closed Nov 2024

    Same logic as the Crooked House - just executed in a different way......... once its gone its gone..........
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    Birmingham City Hospital officially closed Nov 2024

    It would have been an ideal exhibit at the Black Country Museum - it was not far from the black country "border" and they are experts at dismantling and rebuilding items like this. But - someone in a suit with a clipboard with a margin on it decided they needed the extra car parking spaces......
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    Birmingham City Hospital officially closed Nov 2024

    Brilliant photos - if you do write a book post #115 photo #16 would be a good cover photo - depicting the hospital "frozen in time" with dilapidation all around it - super lighting!
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    Birmingham City Hospital officially closed Nov 2024

    Agree - super photos and taken with thought and care - not just snapshots.
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