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Back in the day (not to long ago 1980’s) I wore a suit and tie to work every day, preferably white shirts. I would put on a freshly starched shirt, drove to work about 30 minutes and the shirt was full of wrinkles. Today I wear the same shirt ( when I need to), 100% cotton, non iron, looks great...

I think the other part of the equation was the affordability of the goods/clothes for the major % of the population. There will always be and has been those elites with lots of money, regardless without some of them we would be without many of the things we enjoy. I’m not being political here...

That's what I recall. The 29 from Kingstanding to Snow Hill. The 29 was my go to bus!

So very true! Also the impact on the way of life for the populace is quite startling. Particularly rail ways that brought the country much closer together physically and allowing goods and services to be no longer local giving birth to holiday/seaside destinations.

Thank you, that makes sense. I am watching a series on railways in the UK and they talk about the impact of the railways on the canals.

Mike, looking at your map, it shows Worcester Wharf as a very large, massive place. What would they do there that needed it to be so large? Just curious…

The leakage rate of 120 gallons per second is amazingly high, at least to me. Thank goodness for ground penetrating radar saving the day. Ground penetrating radar and the laser version are so much more advanced today and used for things like this as well as uncovering historical sites. I believe...

A very atmospheric work!

Good for you Diane! I have a good friend who’s saying is “whatever works” the older I get the more realize how true that is!

Just started to watch a series on Amazon about building the railways in Britain and the detail involved. What I did not realize was that the navies (for navigators) the dug the canals moved over and did the railways. The work was very similar, although different. Heavy engineering with much hard...

Great photos of a wonderful subject and piece of history!

W Wonderful story!

That reminds me of some of Eric’s work! A beautiful scene and rendition.

Pictures seemed so long ago and yet we lived it all!

Yes, paid 4 pence for that! And for sure at the Villa Cross every Saturday morning…. I took a younger cousin when I was a16 and the talking continued for the whole 2 hours. The younger kids never stopped!

OMG, seems I did that more than once!

I remember those……on a rainy day with too much stuff in the bag, they could be big trouble. I think we paid 4d for them so we always seemed to want to fill them up as much as possible!

So 60 years, not very long at all.

Any idea how old the flats were when they were pulled down and what went in their place? Thanks,

In my mind there is Snow Hill and then there is everything else! And always will be…..