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Couple more from the Midland Railway Site:- Sutton Coldfield Station - guessing 1940s to early 1950s as platform roof is still intact:-

I had an appointment at the Bham Treatment Centre and I took my cameras as I planned to photograph Dudley Rd Hospital before it is "consumed". This caught my eye as I drove passed so I quickly diverted - but only had 20 minutes. By the time I got back the workmen had gone home and the site was...

There are also remnants of a walkway at the right edge of the site:-

Finally bits of close up details from around the site:- Rusting door lintel over the boarded up entrance:- Similar lintel over the 3rd entrance:- And over the 4th entrance:- The station may be dead, but the walls are still alive..... Rusty bracket and an old floodlight:- Downpipe and...

Next the passage which was behind the station building and led to the platform stairs - this was originally covered and traces of the roof supports can still be seen:-

Inside the room behind the second open doorway:-

Next - this is inside the doorway nearest Icknield St:-

Change alert!!! Hockley Station forecourt is now being converted into car parking with electric charging points - the front wall is down and a lower perimeter wall is being built. Site will be tarmac'd and (I assume) the various orrifices into the old station wall will be bricked up for "Health...

The colour photo is amazing as it shows clearance of Wheeler St, Guildford St - in fact most of Newtown. Few odd buildings still standing - first few new buildings going up - looks like a bomb has dropped - just as I remember it from when we moved out of Guildford St in the late 1960s. Thank you...

And some nice paperwork:- Waybill for livestock transfer 1911:- Goods in bad order 1901:- Goods invoiced and not received 1897:- Goods Not Invoiced 1907:- Mineral Invoice 1870:- Goods Invoice 1898 - note how the Midland Railway half of New St Station is still called "Birmingham...

Some nice station site plans too - all dating from around 1915:- Lifford Station and Junction:- Bournville Station:- New St Station (not the best quality - sorry!):- Five Ways Station:- Bournville Signal Box area:- Selly Oak Station:- Somerset Rd Station:-

Some nice documents on this website as well:- Firstly a map of the Halesowen Railway from 1876:- 2 prepaid newspaper parcel stamps franked in Birmingham in 1885:- First class season ticket between Birmingham and Sheffield 1875:- Menu for the Lawley St Depot Clerical Dept Annual Dinner at...

Another nice one:- Sepia view of entrance to Midland Railway Goods Offices Lawley Street Birmingham during strike. Police and armed soldier on duty. 19/08/1918

Two fascinating posters from this website - both advertising trips to "The Great Cycling Meeting" at Aston Lower Grounds in 1894. Three years later Aston Lower Grounds would of course become Villa Park!

Another nice one - original Five Ways Station in 1905:-

Another nice one - New St Station c1900 with Hill Street in the background:-

Here are just a few of the great images on it:- Brighton Rd Station 1924 Redditch Station 1904:- Stirchley St Station 1885:- Water Orton Station 1905:_ New St Station:- Lifford Station(s) site plan 1940:- Lawley St Goods Warehouse 1910:- Good hunting!!!!!

Try having a look on the Midland Railway Study Centre website:- www.midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk A basic search on Birmingham brings back over 1600 entries - all kinds of things - photos, letters, documents etc. Hours of fun!!!

As Blackadder said "the worst plan since Ethelred, king of the Vikings, ordered 50000 helmets with the spikes on the inside.......

And finally I did go back with something better than an Iphone and - yes, it does look like the word "Diesets":- However - most of the second "S" and the corner of the building were lost at some stage:- Viewed from Livery St the side of the building with "Taylor and Challen" on it looks as...