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This is a view of the Lifford Station which was served by the West Suburban Railway and later was beside the goods branch to the interchange wharf with the Worcester and Birmingham Canal

In this view the view point was from a car park that gave an 1980's overhead perspective On this occasion the Station was at it could be seen before closure and the making of a new pair of platforms beside the Snow Hill line and before that was reopened Also in this view is Masshouse Circus...

The Curzon Street site was not all available, Royal Mail was the last to use the depot and then parcels went out by road The land beyond to Moor Street had mostly had buildings taken down but there was still a burial ground and there was also student accommodation between the canal and Lawley...

Not quite it moved to a point close to the Lawley Street Viaduct and then in Mid June moved the remaining distance to the present spot. A crane is being erected at the junction point. There is also a self propelled modular transporter on site now to move the concrete beams into place.

Getting Back to HS2 The Bellingham Viaduct will move into place this weekend over the line to Duddeston The extent of the work has various projects proceeding rapidly like Curzon Street where the changes are seen daily. Others are proceeding less fast. I have wondered often why the company chose...

I see the Black Country Museum has a former West Bromwich Corporation bus. It is a reminder of the buses they operated into Burmingham

Thanks It seems to be a company like many other bus makers in the UK who ceased to trade

For a time in the 1990 TBP made mini buses at Witton and they also specialised in glass fibre products Has any body any recollections of this firm

Chester Road station signal post and points were operated by Erdington Box The booking office side loft had many documents regarding freight, I will sort out some scans

The Bordesley Station was the later four platform version. The first one was south of the road bridge The Cattle Dock was Upper Trinity Street Goods Notice the wagons on the Bordesley Viaduct to Curzon Street

But it is not at Oldbury and relates to a previous chemical works beside the Worcester & Birmingham canal The clue is the mention of Selly Oak !

The five stations includes the Willenhall and Darlaston stations whose structure is complete and the road services nearly complete Similar progress is happening with the three Kings Heath stations

A very useful image of the present change Especially as it is not possible to get public access to this extensive site Recent railway history has shown the problems caused when shoddy workmanship has led to building collapses and injury and so the the careful construction here must be...

Some streets such as Pickford Street seen to retain the setts in the road. They may be made of granite or Rowley Rag and it would be of interest to discover that other members think of their use and how they were cut to the same regular size.

H S 2 archeology have found a number of important sites as well as excavating burial grounds. The Curzon Street Roundhouse remains an important railway find but there were, or still are, other examples of railway archeology which they should have looked at, but then cost and other factors as to...