On a recent visit to Birmingham, we wanted to find the Jewellery Quarter… which we had tried to find previously, but somehow got misled by street signs. This time, however, we got there with the help of a friendly traffic warden.
On the way we heard an extraordinary sound, as if something mechanical was being tortured, and glancing round we saw a bus coming towards us. As it stopped beside us we saw it had an umbrella caught beneath t’s back wheel.
“You’ve an umbrella under your wheel!” we mouthed to the driver.
“I know!” he mouthed back.
“Wait there and I’ll get it out!” my husband gestured, and ran to the back of the bus and extracted the umbrella… sadly it was moribund.
“Thank you!” the bus driver gave a double thumbs-up, and I responded.
The bus departed, free of its encumbrance and we walked down into the Jewellery Quarter.
We didn’t have time to stop, but at least we know where to visit next time we go.
The church here is St Paul’s, and if you would like to see some stunning pictures of it, inside and out, look here:
http://photomaestro.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/st-pauls-church-jewellery-quarter-birmingham/
Lois Elsden 
Thank you for showing the link to my blog 🙂
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You’re welcome… You’re photos are splendid!
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I try lol 🙂
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