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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:-

After consulting a bird book we think they are Tawny Owls - have been with us for the last 3 nights. If they come back tonight I have 2 Canon speedlites waiting to try and get some better photos!

I got lucky as they were twitting and twooing before it was totally dark so I was able to pinpoint their position for which, in turn I found a gap in the leaves and branches through which I could see them and manually focus the lens. Once it is dark you have little or no chance of seeing them as...

Taken last night at about 22.00 in near darkness, we had (we think) an Owl and 2 baby Owls at the top of one of the big trees at the railway bank backing onto our garden. Have never managed to photograph these wonderful birds in the trees before. Low quality but it was so dark only manual focus...

Super photo!!!

There are loads of photos on the Birmingham Collections website, plus the ratings maps show the locations of both Gullets!