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Hi Pedrocut - not at all! I've reviewed the photos I took the other night and found a better one - here is Wrottesley Crater in close up:- It is actually easier to see this in the twilight - once it was dark a couple of hours later it does not stand out as well:- And move on 4-5 days and you...

As promised:-

Its site now houses Bark Doggy Daycare Centre - pictures later!

Still there I think - will try to get a up to date photo tonight when I walk the dogs

Last night we had an interloper into the planetary parade - a gorgeous thin crescent moon:- The red glow on the trees is a bonfire 2 houses down....

Slightly better view last night -Mercury was just about visible but too dim in the twilight to photograph - but we can see Mars / Jupiter / Venus in a line from top left to bottom right, with Orion in the picture as well:- And now for the out-take - £$%^&* aeroplane got in the shot:-

New thread about things you can see from your garden but are not actually in your garden! Interesting article on the BBC website yesterday about rare alignment of planets visible (weather permitting) over the next few days:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yd4z15r54o So last night I went...

The MACE archive is an incredible resource - they have thousands of videos you can view online, including the ATV/Central News archives going back to 1956. Tip - when you search tick the "with video" box as not all items are online yet.

Happier days in these films:- https://www.macearchive.org/films/midlands-news-19041957-holiday-crowds https://www.macearchive.org/films/midlands-news-15081962-last-steam-engine-birmingham-paddington https://www.macearchive.org/films/midlands-news-31071962-children-return-snow-hill-after-holiday

If you have never seen it - ATV Today footage of Snow Hill Station shot in 1968 when reduced to little more than a halt (by 1972 it would becomes the worlds biggest halt):- https://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-27081968-snow-hill-station

For example - bottling Brylcreem at the Chemico Factory 1931:-

Try this link - takes you to the Daily Herald photo archive held by the Science Museum Group:- https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/search/collection/daily-herald-archive?q=birmingham Lots of interesting photos here I have not seen before including:- A set from St Andrews in 1932 which...

I need to spend a day in this neck of the woods with a bag full of cameras and lenses to "revisit my childhood" - or what is left of it!

Took a few twilight photos in Key Hill on Sunday - this is the Gem Buildings where I worked as a teenager dyeing dart flights:- Post Office Building is next door - still with wonderful George V stonework:-

Taken on Sunday in near darkness - side of the building that was on the left hand side of the Duke of York pub, corner of Hockley Hill and Key Hill:-

Brilliant article - thank you for posting it!

At least it is good to see the tunnels I posted so may sad and derelict photos of in other threads now back in busy use:- This the other end of the tunnels at Jewellery Quarter:- Relics here too - painted white wall behind where semaphore signals used to be, so they stood out:-

A few recent shots of Snow Hill Station and sidings taken from Livery St and St Pauls Metro Station:- Looks VERY different now to when I photographed it in the 70's /80's - but at least it is still there. AND - relics may still be there - for example is this a piece of tramway overhead...

Some of the same buses and location - this time from the 1980s:-

Hi Lyn; Yup - all the local buses were there last summer:- And the bus stop signs too!!!