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I got the link to work but could not go anywhere else on what looks like a VERY interesting site. Wonder if you have to be a member?

I drove one of my daughters to a Xmas party in the city centre a few weeks ago. After the satnav took us up a dead end (roadworks) by Baskerville House, I told her "I know exactly where we want to go, but have not got the faintest idea of how to get us there"..... If you go that way I recommend...

It was Henrys department store before it WH Smiths had it

Amongst Nigel Hadlow's photos are this set from Penns Station in Walmley taken by the look of it not long after closure in the mid-1960s:- Sadly nothing remains of the station buildings today, but the remains of the platforms are still in situ:-

On the plus side there has been a very sympathetic repair made to the retaining wall above where the station entrance was - they have gone the "extra mile" to match both the bricks and the pattern as well as possible:-

Got a few more photos in the rain on Saturday - unfortunately I could not get into the site so had to rely on telephoto lens:- There is now scaffolding in front of the first open doorway:- Detail of some of the remaining white glazed brickwork:- Rusting drainpipes embedded in the wall:-...

And then try searching on this:- This gentleman has a vast collection of photos taken in the 50's and 60's before, during and after Beeching - not all West Midlands - the Selly Oak ones above are his. All full screen and good resolution.

If you have not already got the kit - they did re-issue the 1970's Airfix 1:24 Hurricane kit as a Vintage Classic a while ago (I assume your Spitfire is one of the new kits based on the detailing). Parabellum in Vyse St Hockley may have one - worth a visit if only to answer the question "how...

Super job on this - it is model show quality!!!

I think hobbies can best be summed up by the legend on one of Arthur Ward's wonderful Airfix books:-

Used to turn up at various 8mm film conventions I went to - lovely man!

Photos of Selly Oak Station - guessing 1950s:-

Signal Box diagram - Selly Oak Station 1885:_

And a nice travel poster from 1897 - the game at the top is the one in which Villa won the "double":-

Castle Bromwich is worth a search as well....... Castle Bromwich Station 1910

When you have finished searching on Birmingham, try "Saltley" - loads of wonderful photos in high resolution of the Saltley Shed

Great photo - I can remember this from when I was a kid!!!!

I might have nailed the location - this very similar postcard from the Midland Railway site is labelled 1918 and would pinpoint the location as Saltley Shed:-

Boo-hoo-hoo alert - someone has erected not one, but TWO heavy duty locked gates on the High St entrance path which will now make getting to the station nigh on impossible. :sob: :sob::sob::sob::sob::sob: Good job I got my photos when I did.....