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As promised: looking West from Yardley Wood Road. Also, in response to earlier comments re. the GWR, here's a couple of pictures of an...
Aug 7, 2024
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There's some information on Happy Valley on my site.
https://www.bhamb14.co.uk/index_files/STRATFORDUPONAVONCANALHAPPYVALLEY.htm
Colin
Aug 7, 2024
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That picture is of what was known as "Happy Valley" which was on the East side of the Yardley Wood Road bridge. It was a big attraction...
Aug 7, 2024
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Speedy23 thanks for that info. It perhaps will still be nice for 'Dave' to have the photo which helps to build up the area for him...
Aug 7, 2024
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Hi All.
An update on the cottage.
A nice man called Dave has bought it and is busy restoring it back to how it was with small...
Aug 7, 2024
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The Cottage went for around £60,000. sold to a developer who is having problems with rear access as it's now an area of special interest...
Aug 7, 2024
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I used to live in Yardley Wood. I drove down my old road and saw our old house on Tuesday. We felt obliged to move out over a decade ago...
Aug 7, 2024
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Knowle-dorridge is a railway station. There might have been hanky panky malfeascance with beeching syndrome insanity when junior maniacs...
Aug 7, 2024
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what is the result of the auction?
There was a case a few years ago of a wicked man who bought a grade ii listed half timber capacious...
Aug 7, 2024
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thanks in touch with granny buttons ourselves.. found out about the overage but prob unaffect us as we want live in it ... just need a...
Aug 7, 2024
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hello everyone.. the auction was on the 14 th sept. the guide price with dixons was 70,000. i have yet to find out what happened as i...
Aug 7, 2024
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I think it had a guide price approaching £230000. It is available with a tremendous amount of overgrown land. When I say overgrown I...
Aug 7, 2024
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Oops!
It is somewhat overpriced, though it comes with grounds.
So an inn is still viable.
A nifty solution is volunteer labour...
Aug 7, 2024
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Incredible.
It would make a marvelous hobby if nothing else.
One use would be a wayside inn.
Birmingham canal navigations society could...
Aug 7, 2024
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rosieandjim, just from the information available on this site, its not worth anywhere near the £120k asking price in its present state...
Aug 7, 2024
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