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I think this is Gt Hampton Row - not Gt Hampton St (but only a few yards away)!

Finally managed to get a photo of the comet tonight from the top of Newhall Valley - not brilliant as we had low haze and the brightest supermoon of the year to contend with:- You can just see it in the centre of the picture above the middle bush, sloping top left to bottom right. Zooming in...

Hi Julie - I have sent you a private message - best regards- MARK

Couple of photos of Faulkes:- Doubt you would have a shop like this on Five Ways today.........

Jupiter and 3 of the 4 Galilean moons in the early hours of Sunday morning:- Nice moon out a few hours earlier too:- All I want now is a nice clear horizon just after sunset to get some shots of the comet.........

Thank you - I suggest we all jump into the time machine and go and get some Kunzles cakes immediately. I've got some old coins in the loft somewhere............

From the Smalltime Collection - some calorie and cholesterol-filled delivery trucks from Kunzles - but can anyone put a name to any of these locations please - in the first one the Flowers Ales sign in the background makes me think this one may be a bit south of Birmingham:- Next two - plenty...

Try googling stilltime collection please lyn - see if you can get in that way. Amongst the latest photos I have found on there is this little beauty:-

Can someone confirm if these 2 photos were taken on the Snow Hill side of the station please? And was this Navigation St? Photographs are from the wonderful Stilltime Collection website - another little goldmine!!! - a search on "Birmingham" brings back 571 results - very few (if any) I...

Edit - this and post #2, #3 and #4 copied to this thread from another. Can someone confirm if these 2 photos were taken on the Snow Hill side of the station please? Photographs are from the wonderful Stilltime Collection website - another little goldmine!!! - a search on "Birmingham" brings...

This is in 1905:- This one says it was opened in December 1906 - but perhaps this was a rebuild:- This is from a match in Nov 1906:- Is there truth to the fact it was built on the site of a rubbish tip? As a Villa fan I could say a lot at this point, but I won't.........

Pity it was BBC and not ATV - the MACE Archive is supposed to still hold around 95% of ATV/Central midlands regional news and documentary programs made from 1956 to 1992. It is (allegedly) the most intact local news archive in Britain.

In 1970/71 it is almost certain it would have been recorded on 16mm film - not videotape as portable video cameras were barely in use then and needed an OB unit as well - so if it was on film it could not have been wiped. However the film itself may have been junked. Check with the BBC archive...

If I remember correctly it was 2 stores - a supermarket and a DIY store (possibly B&Q?). These were then demolished and the current ASDA store built at 90 degrees to these original stores. My better memories were from the 70's when it was still a quarry pit as we used to go fishing there, as the...

I forgot this one - Tony has enrolled at a charm school. When asked "have you ever been sought out at parties?" he replies "No - sorted out sometimes and slung out!". And - when he tells Sid he will win a fortune on the football pools, Sid asks "What about the begging letters?" to which Tony...

Is this the Finchley Rd Kingstanding terminus?

Accidently drove past Miller St yard again the other day - unexpected vehicle on the yard - an 50+ year old preserved Midland Red Leyland National which looks in need of a bit of TLC:- It even has its old Setright ticket machine in-situ:- As you can see from Midlandred.net this bus has...

I was at Aston Manor / Aldridge transport museum yesterday and noticed they are after a harness for their horse:- The chair is added for scale:- If you can help, please contact the museum directly (not me!!)

And the final selection!!! Automated Music Box Salters West Bromwich Canal Boat Water Cans, Lamps and Models Austin 12HP Engine Hose Reel from a Tangye Fire Pump Not sure what this is, but it looks interesting!! Lamp Tangyes Tincture Press and Hand Pump Wheeling Machine 1831

Some more ugly blokes - sorry sculptures and statues:- Vacuum Cleaner heaven.... Harmonium Chopper Bike Tram Destination Blind