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Oh boy - would I have liked to have been let loose in here! A photographers dreamland....... Now replaced by some stone steps and the floozie in the jacuzzi.......

If that fails copy the clippings into Word or Powerpoint and print from there. A bit of "trial and error" may be required......... but at least you can set your print dimensions more accurately.

The road and pub have flooded many times over the years. My aunt used to live directly opposite the pub - I can remember a flood around 40 years ago - my cousin and myself had to smash out a brick wall around the top of the brook with sledgehammers to let the floodwater drain off. Water comes...

Sounds like we need to have a forum banquet.........

The other two "local" Odeons from us have found after-lifes - the one on Birchfield Rd is now an Indian Banqueting Palace and the one in Sutton is now - a cinema!! The Regal (as it is now called) has been open for quite a while now and seems to be surviving, despite its car park now being a...

Sadly, I suspect this will "only be a matter of time"....... hope I am wrong.........

Think we've had it bad - you could be in Leeds watching the test match today.....

There are loads and loads and loads of taxidermied birds and animals in the collections centre - I seem to remember one of the staff there saying that the majority were gifted to the museums late in the 19th century. Try phoning them initially on 0121 348 8000 or email them at...

And of course - do not forget Aldridge Transport Museum the weekend after - note free admission:- https://www.amrtm.org/

Talking of Heritage Week - collections centre is open on Saturday 12th September and - GOOD NEWS!!! - admission has been cut to £6 (or free if you live in Nechells!):_ If you have never been here you should really make the effort - it is like going into a timewarp! Pre-booking is required...

End-to-end eclipse - you can see where the clouds came in:-

Same for us - people rocked up with picnics etc - most had eclipse glasses of some sort but it was good we could show people the images and the projections "live" - especially the kids who seemed really interested. Turned into a totally unplanned little community event! If you missed out on last...

Here are a few photos from last nights eclipse - we watched (along with about 50 other people who had the same idea!!) from the top of the field on Wylde Green Road in Sutton overlooking Newhall Valley Country Park - luckily we were able to project an image with the telescope and I had also...

Here is part 2 of the ABC BCT booklets for 1950 - Buses:-

I think my grandad Herbert Tooze worked there

And don't forget Wendesday nights near-total eclipse - full viewing details can be found on this website:- https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/uk/birmingham?iso=20260812 And - at this stage - weather is looking as good as it can get:- There is also a partial lunar eclipse on August 28th -...

In post #20 I mentioned about keeping a UV filter on the front of your lens - here is a classic example of why:- Somehow the lens cap came off one of my lenses in transit, and this £7 filter saved a £128 lens from being ruined!

So here we go - ABC Birmingham City Transport Trams and Trolleybuses pt 1 from 1950. All this for half a crown! Enjoy!!! And of course - no good ABC "spotters" book would be complete without a routemap! I think is already posted (possibly be me) elsewhere on the...

Museum Shop Find - 4 lovely little booklets as follows:- Firstly the pair of Ian Allen ABC BCT Booklets from 1950 - pt 1 covers trams and trolleybuses, and pt 2 covers buses - judging by the wear on the covers these had a good life:- Next the 1959 version of the buses booklet - by now there...

Quite rare to see both of Aldridge Bus Museums Birmingham buses parked next to each other at the Museum Open Day last Sunday:-