Richard Dye
master brummie
Alan, this is a great link and the index information is particularly interesting!
Alan, this is a great link and the index information is particularly interesting!
My last memory is a bit earlier, about 66/67. I was going for an interview for my next stage in education. A girl from school, friend but not a girlfriend, who lived near me, decided to come with me to see me off and wish me luck. Nice thought, but neither of us knew how to handle the situation, with all those entwined couples saying goodbye on the concourse, and I was coming back the same day, then normal school routine. A quick hug sorted it, but it still sticks in the mind. When I came back in the evening, that was the last time I used New Street.this is how i last remember it
mine too i spent a lot of time on new st station spotting in the 50s60s.more so than snowhill.it was easier to get to,on a train from aston station i think the last time i was there was 1972.My last memory is a bit earlier, about 66/67. I was going for an interview for my next stage in education. A girl from school, friend but not a girlfriend, who lived near me, decided to come with me to see me off and wish me luck. Nice thought, but neither of us knew how to handle the situation, with all those entwined couples saying goodbye on the concourse, and I was coming back the same day, then normal school routine. A quick hug sorted it, but it still sticks in the mind. When I came back in the evening, that was the last time I used New Street.
My regular memories are 'trainspotting' there and Snow Hill from earlier times.
Andrew.
Never thought about that. I had an easy ride on the 29 bus to Snow Hill, New Street was across town. But still a GWR person at heart. I think Brunel and his father were brilliant!mine too i spent a lot of time on new st station spotting in the 50s60s.more so than snowhill.it was easier to get to,on a train from aston station i think the last time i was there was 1972.
Goodness me...that takes me back to the 1950's...that loco used to be on the Selly Oak ..Bournville.KN line so much, really takes me back to those spotting days for sure...so good to see a colour shot of it...many thanksHere is a train entering platform 10 in June 1962, showing some of the station buildings .
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Pete, I never remember it being that clean!this is how i last remember it
Remember how New Street station used to look
You're right...it was never shiny,,,,,,lolPete, I never remember it being that clean!
Goodness me...that takes me back to the 1950's...that loco used to be on the Selly Oak ..Bournville.KN line so much, really takes me back to those spotting days for sure...so good to see a colour shot of it...many thanks
Here is a train entering platform 10 in June 1962, showing some of the station buildings .
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Those tiles were dangerously slippy in the wet! Saw a few shoppers test gravity there in the winter!Remember the shopping centre over the Station. There were some very long escalators there, I think longer than the norm for the time. Prodorite supplied the floor tiles. I think this area used to have mini exhibitions. Seems to have been known as Birmingham Shopping Centre, didn’t this later change to the Palisades ?
Viv.