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:
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) | 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) | 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). | 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) | Getty Images