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Your pictures on the theme of 'machinery'

26 March 2023

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "machinery". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.

Kathleen Ann O'Donnell took this picture inside the Souter Lighthouse: "Look inside the light."

Kathleen Ann O'Donnell Inside the Souter Lighthouse — Kathleen Ann O'Donnell took this picture inside the Souter Lighthouse: "Look inside the light."

Mark Fitzpatrick: "Captured during a Christmas market visit to Brussels."

Mark Fitzpatrick Ferris wheel — Mark Fitzpatrick: "Captured during a Christmas market visit to Brussels."

Jacqui Dimmock: "Heavy machinery is the order of the day to 'crack' these tough cookies!"

Jacqui Dimmock Model of a man cracking an egg — Jacqui Dimmock: "Heavy machinery is the order of the day to 'crack' these tough cookies!"

Bob Fowler: "Thanks to the legions of volunteers, many examples of heritage machinery have been saved and restored to working order. This example is on the South Devon Railway."

Bob Fowler Steam train — Bob Fowler: "Thanks to the legions of volunteers, many examples of heritage machinery have been saved and restored to working order. This example is on the South Devon Railway."

Krzysztof Suchnicki: "'First a toot! Then a hoot! Steam is churning, Wheels are turning!' From The Locomotive, a poem by Julian Tuwim. Taken at the Steam Locomotive Gala in Lower Silesia, Poland."

Krzysztof Suchnick Steam train — Krzysztof Suchnicki: "'First a toot! Then a hoot! Steam is churning, Wheels are turning!' From The Locomotive, a poem by Julian Tuwim. Taken at the Steam Locomotive Gala in Lower Silesia, Poland."

Olga Arune: "Harvest has begun."

Olga Arune Tractor in field — Olga Arune: "Harvest has begun."

Ida Alwin: "One of the ultimate tests of a machine's capabilities - a motocross race."

Ida Alwin Motocross rider — Ida Alwin: "One of the ultimate tests of a machine's capabilities - a motocross race."

Philip Sinclair: "I saw this wonderful machine in a field near Hammerwich in September 2007. I do hope somebody has restored it."

Philip Sinclair An abandoned piece of farm machinery in Hammerwich, Staffordshire — Philip Sinclair: "I saw this wonderful machine in a field near Hammerwich in September 2007. I do hope somebody has restored it."

Jane Luetkens: "I was not sure if this machine was moving too."

Jane Luetkens Washing machine and boxes — Jane Luetkens: "I was not sure if this machine was moving too."

David Pechey: "This is part of the engine operating the winding gear responsible for raising and lowering the miners' cage at Astley Green Mining Museum, Greater Manchester. The museum is run by volunteers, many of whom worked at the mine until its closure in 1970 and who gladly tell stories of life down at the coalface."

David Pechey Cogs — David Pechey: "This is part of the engine operating the winding gear responsible for raising and lowering the miners' cage at Astley Green Mining Museum, Greater Manchester. The museum is run by volunteers, many of whom worked at the mine until its closure in 1970 and who gladly tell stories of life down at the coalface."

Paul Rooney: "Derelict machinery at the higher levels of the Dinorwic slate quarry, North Wales."

Paul Rooney Rusted machinery — Paul Rooney: "Derelict machinery at the higher levels of the Dinorwic slate quarry, North Wales."

Graham Banks: "A Morgan three-wheeler engine."

Graham Banks Engine of a Morgan car — Graham Banks: "A Morgan three-wheeler engine."

Ian Brash: "Grinding stones in the Peak District once used to grind grain are now left as a memory of the past."

Ian Brash Grinding stones — Ian Brash: "Grinding stones in the Peak District once used to grind grain are now left as a memory of the past."

Tom Reynolds: "On Hastings Beach this is one mechanical way to haul the fishing boats up on the beach."

Tom Reynold Tractor — Tom Reynolds: "On Hastings Beach this is one mechanical way to haul the fishing boats up on the beach."

Mike Tindal: "This old mechanical bridge is sitting in the Boston Harbour, not far from the Boston Tea Party Museum."

Mike Tindal Mechanical bridge — Mike Tindal: "This old mechanical bridge is sitting in the Boston Harbour, not far from the Boston Tea Party Museum."

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The next theme is "Woodland" and the deadline for entries is 4 April 2023.

The pictures will be published later that week and you will be able to find them, along with other galleries, on the In Pictures section of the BBC News website.

You can upload your entries on this page or email them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk.

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