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Hi Yep His daughter Jenney Hanley was a film star and of course his wife Dinah Sheridan of Meet the Huggets(Jane) and the mother in the Railway Children Jenney ran TV,s Magpie for several years. What a famous Family. Jimmy remarried in 1953 and died in 1970. mike jenks

Hi I think Peter Byrne was in the 50's Dixon of Dock Green and the Blue Lamp was the young Jimmy Hanley Mike Jenks

hi it takes your mind off things on that Platform. The trains still really rip through. Mike Jenks

hi Yep the 4 Track GWR was the Answer but the terrible price we are now paying for the closure of Systems that in today,s terms would literally be mega Trillions to build from scratch must go down has a mega blunder. Even the Canals survived and are growing each year for leisure. In effect...

Hi Yep they were as today NIMBYS all over the place in most cases acts of Parliament had to be used to force the Railways through. Canals had the same problems. Overload on the WCML and the terrible layout of the Birmingham section from Rugby where the WCML splits. Its difficult to run a...

hi the years this area lay in complete dilapidation and it is the proposed to be the centre of the HS2 Terminal. What our Ancestors saw back in the 1830's could be re-born. The Architects drawings are stunning. mike jenks

Hi yep Masons pop the only one. Main pop at Tamworth Fields Trainspotting in the 50,s. If I remember it had a Internal Screw Plug Cap whereas the Corona had that metal link attached to the Cap. Agree the Orange flavour the best. Mike Jenks

Hi Yep Johnny Prescott and that night. St Andrews 15th June 1965. he was our hero and in front of us he stood staring down the gun barrel of Henry Coopers Left Hook. Johnny was slaughtered that night but in the 7th round Johnny caught him and blood started pouring down his face. Cheerin...

Hi Im not sure what we had 15 years ago. It took ages to complete Full Elecrification and Completion full of The WCML. Non of these items are the responsibilty of Virgin they are Infrastructural work now done by Net Work Rail. Virgin have left the scene and is setting up a huge Lo Cost Air...

Hi Great picture A B or C Factory In the Works Shops we did a vast of work for C Factory NATO 7.62mm Bullets. Mike Jenks

Hi These should get you to Glasgow. Notice a Virgin at the end. Old Steam Rail Picky. Mike Jenks

Hi Agree but its a long way to Glasgow. This is the huge former LNWR and LMS system. mike jenks

Hi Not the best but a reminder of what was a Euston Brum From Rail Mike Jenks

Hi Yep good points. In a debacle with a reporter who was listing all Branson's failures she pointed out the lack of Speed od 140 MPH. He had to point out that the Goverment due to Track Safety stop his Trains. Thats why we need the HS2 our tracks are worn out have been re-laid many times but...

Hi Yep its all financed via Leasing so from the 9th Dec it will belong to First Group. Im still waiting on their proposals on running this monster. 15 years ago Virgin picked up from the Government a dead beat System. Old Station Old stock and have made a fantastic System. It seems strange...

Hi You do those google runs as well. It makes life easier if you have never been there before. No Semies today Mike Jenks

Hi Yep Sunday morning on the Bridge. We had no clue a lot of shuffling around. Id set off around just after 8-00 down Manor Park. We lived at the top close to the Yardley arms. If the Aston Signal didnt go up we would all trudge back home. Suddenly the Aston Line Signals went up. For hours it...

Hi Found on the Aerial Photographs a superb photo of the Lion Ammunition Factory and Villa Park in 1921. The Kynoch plant is clearly Visable A B and C departments. The Main Headquarters building. The Kynoch Press area and the Huge Engineering area where I worked. Mike Jenks

hi Dave Yep that Metal and Woodworking at HTS was second to none. Helped me enormously with my apprentice ship at ICI Witton Mike Jenks

hi Came across this view of the Isolation Hospital now Heartlands Hospital. Its from the air in 1921. Mike Jenks