dry-valleys:

“To far distant climes doth her commerce extend;
Her channels of traffic admit of no end;
And Birmingham, whilst there is trade in the land,
In brightest invention unrivalled shall stand” John Freeth.

Birmingham Christmas Market on Monday, with (2) from July 2016 as a contrast.

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I told the truth - but told it bent. Wandering around bemused and ranty since 2007. View all posts by BrownhillsBob