Recent content by Mark Tooze

And of course - do not forget Aldridge Transport Museum the weekend after - note free admission:- https://www.amrtm.org/

Talking of Heritage Week - collections centre is open on Saturday 12th September and - GOOD NEWS!!! - admission has been cut to £6 (or free if you live in Nechells!):_ If you have never been here you should really make the effort - it is like going into a timewarp! Pre-booking is required...

End-to-end eclipse - you can see where the clouds came in:-

Same for us - people rocked up with picnics etc - most had eclipse glasses of some sort but it was good we could show people the images and the projections "live" - especially the kids who seemed really interested. Turned into a totally unplanned little community event! If you missed out on last...

Here are a few photos from last nights eclipse - we watched (along with about 50 other people who had the same idea!!) from the top of the field on Wylde Green Road in Sutton overlooking Newhall Valley Country Park - luckily we were able to project an image with the telescope and I had also...

Here is part 2 of the ABC BCT booklets for 1950 - Buses:-

I think my grandad Herbert Tooze worked there

And don't forget Wendesday nights near-total eclipse - full viewing details can be found on this website:- https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/uk/birmingham?iso=20260812 And - at this stage - weather is looking as good as it can get:- There is also a partial lunar eclipse on August 28th -...

In post #20 I mentioned about keeping a UV filter on the front of your lens - here is a classic example of why:- Somehow the lens cap came off one of my lenses in transit, and this £7 filter saved a £128 lens from being ruined!

So here we go - ABC Birmingham City Transport Trams and Trolleybuses pt 1 from 1950. All this for half a crown! Enjoy!!! And of course - no good ABC "spotters" book would be complete without a routemap! I think is already posted (possibly be me) elsewhere on the...

Museum Shop Find - 4 lovely little booklets as follows:- Firstly the pair of Ian Allen ABC BCT Booklets from 1950 - pt 1 covers trams and trolleybuses, and pt 2 covers buses - judging by the wear on the covers these had a good life:- Next the 1959 version of the buses booklet - by now there...

Quite rare to see both of Aldridge Bus Museums Birmingham buses parked next to each other at the Museum Open Day last Sunday:-

Not the real thing, but a lovely model on display at Aldridge Transport Museum last Sunday:-

Happened to pass Wilnecote Station on way back from Tamworth on Sunday. Now a shadow of its former self it is very modern, rebuilt, and looked to have little of interest - until I saw this:- Looks like a very old bracket of some sort on the bridge supporting wall. It may be holding a small...

Thanks to all of you who had a go at this quiz - hope you had some fun!! Some answers were spot on - some were not..... 1) Cavalryman's Spare Horseshoe Pouch 1918 made by D Mason 2) Mk 1 No 5 Mills Grenade - made by Chamberlain and Hookham in 1915 3) Meat Dome - Elkingtons 1855 4) Catalogue is...