Look how close the houses were to the railway..must have been difficult to hang out the washing!Below is a photo of the visit of a railtour to monument station on 3rd june 1950 on a railtour over the Harborne line
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Look how close the houses were to the railway..must have been difficult to hang out the washing!
Dave A
Yes I read it and have just sold it on....my grandfather used to live right by the depot and used to spot from their attic room.....c1905......a bit before Ian Allan brought his train refs out...lol..... I seem to recall he and his brothers logged their kops on the walls and ceilings in pencil ha haYes you are correct with the 3E code, the depot was recoded 21E on 20/6/60. A further recode took place in september 1963 when it became 2H. Closure was in march 1967 and was demolished during 1968. I have an excellent book about the depot by Tony Higgs, well worth a read if you can find a copy.
I also worked with a guy who used to fire on Monument Lane. I could listen to him for hours, he should have wrote a book about it all.21E ??? ....... it was 3E in my spotting days way back in the 1950's !!! I had a friend that was a fireman there and he worked mostly on the Harborne line....... he had some interesting stories to tell and such a shame he never put pen to paper.
Fat Controller ????Looks like the guy in the suit is on the warpath!