Heartland

Interesting facts JET 1 was made at the Rover Factory at Solihull This image is from the Science Museum Collection- Fortunately...

The closure of the thread on Steam Sheds has prevented further comments and so a new thread is needed to complete the picture. In the...

Snow Hill Station has had three major makeovers, firstly in the 1870's and then during the 1900's and finally when the station was...

Rover made a gas turbine car, Reg JET 1 Does anybody know what happened to it ?

Attached is an 1896 image of an advert published in and London & North Western Guide

Yes Snell, Brice and Co were early canal carriers, they belonged to a changing group that specialised in the carriage of merchandise...

D J Smiths book is an interesting and valuable account of New Street, or Grand Central as it was first known, the construction was made...

Yes the tracks were added much later as a feature and have lead some trip boat commentators to make the wrong assumption that they had...

They became part of the Horseley company at Tipton in further mergers which itself was merged and closed

Here is another advert of interest for the Heath Mill in Lower Fazeley Street from a directory of 1841 Regarding directories I have...

The loss of the royal warrant by Cadbury's should bring alarm bells ringing out to our politicians who allow the sale of British company...

This is an advert that deserves comment From an 1841 Directory

The factory shopping they had built on the Canal Side of Gas Street were the subject of a redevelopment plan for student accommodation...

The aspect of using the flint lock (1) and percussion cap lock (2) were once common in the sporting gun capacity Did their use last...