Donbogen's latest activity

A bit further up and we have this newsagents on the corner of (?) note the Evening Mail sign on the door and the two bricked up windows...

me too used to love having a drink in front of City of Birmingham in the little cafe area, the canal was not as nice then - not sure we...

Very familiar to me from my youth on Sundays when i used to vist the Science Museum

I think we have gone back a few streets now , this is Livery Street and Lionel Street, showing the size of the viaduct, and the arches...

Next we have an often seen feature of the canals, whether these are in use I am not sure however I saw a big fire in Great Bridge a few...

Taken form a similar location but featuring the flight of locks and shows how much of a slope there is especially if you imagine it from...

Next we are in the tunnel under the rails at Snow Hill, see the enormous size of this structure, the damp on the roof glistening , and...

We now move to the hidden world towards Snow Hill from the canal - I have no specific details from thes, the first if from the direction...

For a collection of pictures of Kynoch works in 1917 try this link to the IWM...

The state of Kynoch’s business in 1918…1916-18 profit of £570K

Me ex Hong Kong colleague was a very poor child, they were many, they loved their school shoes and uniform bt they all came off and they...

Nice find Mike. That second photo is showing a fireless locomotive. The were often used in areas of high risk like munitions factory's

the unsung heroes of WW1 lyn

Top Photo Capping my Nan was doing that 1914/18 She even capped her finger The nail never grew again

Here are a series of photographs of workers at Kynochs in 1918