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    downtime

    Good on you Warren - you go get the buggers!
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    Subscription Trial

    Excellent idea Warren - BHF has got to be worth five quid of anyone's money per month!!! I've subscribed and the ad's have gone by the way!
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    From Our Gardens 2025

    Don't think my 150-600mm lens is powerful enough for that! ;)
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    From Our Gardens 2025

    It does not have to be dark to photograph the moon - this was taken about 6pm yesterday in broad daylight:- Loads of crater detail visible around the terminator if you tilt it over a bit:- For comparison - this was taken about 9.30 last night:-
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    Birmingham City Hospital officially closes

    They are there Lyn under City Hospital - you have to hunt for them - for example:- You will struggle to get on the site as demolition is now underway, so they can play the H&S card to keep you off!
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    Hockley GWR Station

    Update - site is now tarmac'd and awaiting planning permission for a Costa Coffee and (!!!) laundrette......
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    Birmingham City Hospital officially closes

    Finally got to take a few photos of Dudley Rd (aka City) Hospital yesterday. All from outside and taken over the tops of fences I'm afraid as my days of climbing into fenced off sites are long gone..... Bulldozers were already ripping the end off A&E so if you want a last look go sooner rather...
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    Windmill pub Dudley Road

    For info - it was still there yesterday.....
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    Sutton Coldfield

    Lovely repro poster now installed at the bottom of the ramp at Sutton Station:- Its a better depiction of the park than this 1928 LMS poster which puts the park somewhere between Hogwarts and Toytown.......
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    The Railways

    Got some photos of the new HS2 viaduct from the train earlier on today - this one IS a big bugger......
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    Sutton Coldfield

    I don't know but the B&W's were taken around 45 years ago - have you only just missed it? ;)
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    Sutton Coldfield

    But if you hunt around remnants of the past can still be found - wooden sleepers on the bay platform buffer stop:- Remnants of the old trackwork still remain:- Broken wooden sleeper on the bay platform line:- Platform 2 & 3 buildings are wonderfully preserved:- Metal plates on...
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    Sutton Coldfield

    Four Oaks Station early 1980s. Then it had extra DMU sidings, a lineside hut and a signal box - all now gone sadly......
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    Midland Red

    Museum shop find - Ian Allan Midland Red ABC guide from 1962 - I liked this as its the same age as me (and in better condition....) - 2/6 in old money, or a quid when I bought it - contains nice Midland Red History, garage list, lots of photos and a lovely route map:- Please let me...
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    Any idea when this Motor Omnibus Guide was published?

    Thank you - how sad the last posted page is though........
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    Any idea when this Motor Omnibus Guide was published?

    Can you post some more pages please - looks fascinating!!!
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    Pop up Adverts 2025

    I am now getting regular pop-up adverts for Hamas......... not good at all....... also now getting button adverts popping up in the middle of some of the threads.
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    Kingstanding

    This is St Chads Circus inbound into the city - you can see Constitution Hill to the right in the background.
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    Hockley GWR Station

    Latest news from Hockley Station is "not much" - site work seems to have stopped apart from the 3 openings now been firmly boarded up (boo hoo hoo!!) - here is a panorama taken "over the fence" with my phone:-
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    Pop up Adverts 2025

    No - tempted fate - they have reappeared.......
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