It's that time of year when Birmingham city centre is bursting with people visiting the German Christmas Market and shopping for presents.
The queues at the Bullring escalators can look pretty daunting. And that's if you've managed to find your way out of New Street with the festive crowds flocking to Brum.
But some of these queues are nothing new knew in Birmingham. There have been some huge queues in the city formed throughout this century and the last century.
From waiting in queues to get basic things like milk and newspapers in the mid 1900s, or paying betting tax in 1926, to queuing to get on an airplane at Birmingham Airport or crownds flocking to see a youtuber at the Bullring in more recent times - Brummies have have done it all.
Here are 18 photos of the longest queues in Birmingham over the years:
1. Betting tax queue
Punters queue up to lay their bets at Steve Wall’s bookmaking stand at Birmingham Race Course on 1st November 1926. The inauguration of a betting tax means that the bookmaker must be well supplied with revenue tickets. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) | Getty Images
2. Milk queue
A milk queue at a Birmingham depot, on the second day of an unofficial strike by the Birmingham Co-Operative Society of Milkroundsmen. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) | Getty Images
3. Cricket fans' queue
West Indian supporters outside Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham before the third test match versus England. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) | Getty Images
4. Newspaper queue
31st March 1955: People queuing to buy a newspaper outside the offices of the Birmingham Post in Fleet Street, London, where no national papers are being printed due to a strike. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images) | Getty Images