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Try this one:- Tells you all about the Staaaaaaaaaaggggggggggg!!!

And a few more:-

Here are a few posters etc:-

Just taken - Mars and Moon very close to each other tonight - Mars at bottom left:- Loads of lunar detail visible tonight:-

The bus above is beautifully restored - but once upon a time it was in Birds Scrapyard in Stratford awaiting "the torch":-

I drove past "the village" the other day - the bit in the middle of the road now looks like a scrap yard and I shudder to think what the flats must be like shut up and unaired for 3 years........ And remember - the Walsall Rd flyover was pulled down at a cost of £30M+ as it was "an eyesore" to...

Brilliant Photos - thank you!!!

Yes please post them!!!

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...