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All these items are from the Science Museum national collection by the way. It would be fascinating to try a few of these out - they did a similar exercise with the camera Harry Burton used when he did the official photographs of Tutankhamuns tomb in the 1920s. Special Instantograph Bellows...

Some of these cameras and lenses are works of art on their own - I bet you could get amazing pictures with them. Lens J Lancaster and Son Achromatic Landscape Lens J Lancaster and Son 1885 International Folding Bellows Stand Camera J Lancaster and Son 1888 Instantograph Camera J Lancaster...

Lens and Box J Lancaster and Son

Lancaster Watch Camera 1892

Instanagraph Camera J Lancaster 1889

I think this IS Guildford St - but from Farm St not Park St. Geach St is on the right by the lampost, and where the houses are indented opposite Geach St is where I lived as a kid (at 1/39). Closer to the camera on the left my gran lived at 2/27. And towards the top of the hill on the right my...

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Hi Graham; Can you just post them on the forum please, then we can all see them. If not I'll send you my address by private mail and I can scan them for you and post them.

It would be good if you could post the photographs please - we lived just round the corner from the Lucas works.

Yes please!!!

At Aldridge Transport Museum this weekend, preserved bus LOG 302 had the correct destination!!

Last night I had the combination of a lovely clear twilight and a nice new heavy duty tripod that holds the camera like a rock. Got one of my best ever photos of the moon (best ones seem to be at twilight as you can see the crater detail better):- Jupiter was harder as it is lower down in...

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Here it is being restored in the collections centre in 2023:-

It was a voyage of discovery on Wendesday - also photographed what I think is the remains of an old signal just to the south of Five Ways station:-

If you want to see wasps, go to Coles Lane Sutton Coldfield, house before the gully to Ebrook Rd - there is a HUGE wasps next hanging out of the tree with about 3 gazillion wasps flying around it. Big enough for me and the dogs to cross to the other side of the road yesterday!

On the train on Wendesday I mananged to get a group of shots of the Aston Signalling Centre which I have stitched together:- Also - just north of the Signalling centre some old huts have been uncovered by undergrowth clearance:-

Hi Lemonella - you can still get films for old cameras like Brownies - Bristol Camera seem to stock a large range of film formats, including 620 which I think was the film used in Brownies.

To celebrate Villa's Europa league win, we had another "Planet Parade" last night - Moon, Jupiter and Venus from top left to bottom right:-

We found this little critter climbing up our freezer shed doorframe the other night. We think we know what it is, but would welcome any suggestions please:-