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More closeups:- Original window - joint and saw cuts still visible:- A newish rope on the old roof truss and gas pipe - even this is being reclaimed by spiders:- Gas / Electric pipe on one of the roof truss supports:- Rotting roof again - but lovely grain detail on the wood:- Window...

And some more:- Detail of one of the upper windows:- Top of chimney stack - note the different types and colours of bricks:- Rotting and crumbling roof:-

Now for some close ups:- A rope hanging from one of the roof support bars:- A bird nest in the corner of the roof:- Roof beam support:- Nature peeks through a high window:- Original window rope:- Nature creeps over the roof stonework:- Original gutter downpipe:-

And some more:-

And some more:- This could possibly be a ladder from an old signal post?? Fireplace in a waiting room:- View of the chimney stack through what is left of the roof:-

Today I had the chance to re-visit Sutton Town Station, equipped with something a bit better than an Iphone camera and without a dog on my arm. Here are some close up photos of the building and some of its remaining fittings, plus some detailed photos of the interior - apologies if any of the...

Nice "moonbow" again just after midnight last night:-

If your fence panels blow away from Kingstanding Lyn we'll try to catch them for you in Sutton Coldfield!! Howling a hooley here.....

Its all explained in this program:-

Fascinating how much the moon changes in just a couple of hours - this was the equator at around 19.00 tonight - look at the figure-of-eight crater pair:- And then by 21.30 a line of craters have appeared to the left - just hinted at on the earlier shot. This is the full 21.30 shot:-

As mentioned in post #52, the Moon and Jupiter are next to each other in the sky tonight - and it could not be clearer! Here is a shot from a few minutes ago:- Lots of detail visible - including craters not visible last night:- Oddly you can see better detail before it goes totally dark -...

Nice unusual one for you - Dunlop Tyres advert for the Railton Mobil Special Car above - 1951:-

Lovely moon from the back garden tonight:- For the next 2 nights the Moon and Jupiter will be close to each other in the evening sky - well worth a look as it is supposed to be clear for once!

Details on website https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/museum-collection-centre They have an open day in September (on Heritage Day) and are open on Fridays 12.30 - 14.30 - both need pre-booking. Friday tickets have to be purchased - open days have been free up to now - that may change in the...

Hi Stokkie - most of these are in the collections centre although they are scattered around a bit - silent at present but you never know for the future. I posted photos of some of them a few months back after the open day.

I believe virtually all of exhibits are in trust so cannot be easily sold off. Although our council would find a way to sell its own grandmother to cover the cost of its cock-ups......

Hi Lyn; think the new comprehensive school opened in 1968 (I started there 5 years later). Adjoining Infants and Junior Schools must have been there from earlier in the sixties as I started at the infants school in 1967.

Internet find on a postcard sellers website - these are original vintage B&W postcards from the old Newhall St Science Museum shop - hopefully most of the items here still exist either at Thinktank or the Collections Centre:- 1921 Indian Motorcycle and Sidecar 1958 Scott Motorcycle Tramcar...

And in Sutton Coldfield:-

No problem - I'll try to scan them in tonight