Birmingham retro: 18 of the biggest queues in city’s history- from milk queue to Birmingham Library opening
What’s the longest you’ve had to queue in Birmingham and why?
Birmingham residents are made of patience. We know how to wait and bide our time to get what we want and these photos from the archives prove that. From photos of the olden days showing punters queuing up to pay betting tax to Spanish and West Indian sports fans waiting to watch their favourite games the city has hosted over the years
From waiting in queues to get basic things like milk and newspapers in the mid 1900s to queuing to get on an airplane last summer at Birmingham airport - residents have done it all.
There have been queues in the hopes of fame and fortune when X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent auditions were held in the city as well. And, more recently there have been long queues to get jabbed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here are 18 photos of the longest queues in Birmingham over the years:
There have been queues in the hopes of fame and fortune when X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent auditions were held in the city as well. And, more recently there have been long queues to get jabbed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
5. Spanish fans queue at Villa Park
13th July 1966: Guarded by one policeman Spanish fans queue at the gates of Villa Park, Birmingham to see the World Cup match between Spain and Argentina. Argentina won 2-1. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
6. Cigarettes queue
Customers queuing for cut-price cigarettes at a supermarket in Birmingham, 18th January 1967. (Photo by R. Viner/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
7. Aston Villa fans' queue
Fans queue for their tickets which delayed the start of the Worthington Cup Quarter Final between Aston Villa and Liverpool at Villa Park, Birmingham on December 18, 2002 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images).
8. X Factor auditions queues
Dermot O’leary attends the Birmingham auditions of X Factor at LG Arena on June 1, 2011 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Tony Woolliscroft/Getty Images)