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All seems good again now..........

Not my photos but they do show Wastells:-

Yes - lots and lots of them - top, bottom and at the side. Also - if you go to the "privacy and cookie settings" tab and turn them off, it totally ignores what you have entered and just carries on regardless.

This one does not look like a Birmingham tram as it has a destination box on the front which is quite square off upstairs. Could be wrong though?

Bet most of new houses will be retirement homes - that is the only thing built up here in Sutton Coldfield these days. One just opened on the old cinema carpark, and a huge one under construction on Coleshill Rd. One recently finished on the main road between Wylde Green and Sutton. In relation...

As you can see Aston Signalling Centre aka Vauxhall Shunt Frame is now somewhat dwarfed by the new HS2 viaduct piers:-

Tawny Owl update - last night the 2 chicks (without mom unfortunately) arrived whilst it was still light enough to see them, so we managed to get some decent-ish photos:- Then the one chick flew away for a bit:- By now it was dark so we had to use flash again - the chick was...

I reckon this one (Bankdale Rd Alum Rock 1932) is the top deck of a tram:-

Wonderful photo. The thing I like best about looking at historic photos is the people - they can tell you so much about the period and living conditions etc.

Martha Pardoe is mentioned on this one.

Glad I was able to help. There are LOADS of photos to go through - not even done half of them yet I reckon. Some of the captions are a bit vauge but anything is better than nothing I suppose! Enjoy a lot of browsing!

Urban demolition site in 1937 - what would Wythall or Aldridge Bus Museums give to get some of the vehicles here?

Unknown 1930s - can anyone identify a) what the caravan used to be and b) where the sign at the side came from? "Mead??? Tea Rooms" perhaps?

Traveller family 1930's - fancy living here with (I think) 7 kids:-

Deep in the bowels of the Collections website there is a collection of photos of gypsy / traveller sites - mostly from 1930's with a few from 1970's. Hidden amongst them for us bus enthusiasts are some ex-Midland Red buses being "repurposed" - like this one:-...

Aerial photos of Hall Green Station goods yard c1952:- It was very close to the greyhound stadium:-

Tonights Tawny Owl watch - again we had mom and 2 chicks - all buried in the middle of the tree making photographing them in darkness a nightmare - over 120 shots taken - got 3 useable ones...... This is the adult:- And the two chicks:-

I started at Fort Dunlop in 1982 - as I understood it a lot of the workers houses were built along the Tyburn Road. I used to get the 40A bus from Lozells Rd initially (we lived in Newtown then), and got off at the still extant tram shelters in Holly Lane. Various things changed over the years -...

Fort Dunlop Visitors Guide 1976:-

Tawny Owl update - the 2 chicks were back again last night - buried deep in the tree but managed to get 2 shots:-