Thank you Manfred.
You must please excuse me I'm not familiar yet with the "lingo" and also still learning my way around Lightroom.
I did "move" the tone curve slightly in the center part, I hope that is what you meant.
But thanks again, I appreciate all and any comments and advice
It depends on how you move it. if you just move the center part up or down, that will brighten or darken mid-tones. To increase contrast (assuming the histogram is reasonably wide), you impose an S-shaped curve, pulling down the darks and pushing up the whites. That increases the range in the mid-tones, which we see as an increase in contrast.
This and more is explained in the tutorials on this site. Look at the "tones and contrast" section here.