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Some people have said that the number of boat present were not enough to attract the BBC attention, even if their horns were quite loud in this protest. Still other events are planned across the country.

There is some suggestion that the Fox & Goose, might be sold for conversion into other uses. A restaurant has been mentioned.

The West Midlands Metro is starting a trial on Tuesday to let owners bring their dogs onto the Metro trams. Whilst guide and assistance dogs are allowed and pets can be brought on board also along if they are in a container, this trial is to allow dogs to be brought on the tram on a lead. The...

Defaced sculpture on the Soho Loop. There is nothing wrong with promoting all aspects of history and it is sad that those that daub graffiti along the towpath do so with impunity, it would seem. The Soho Loop is part of the original Birmingham Canal and first saw traffic in November 1769, now...

On Saturday and Sunday (12th and 13th August) boaters and working boats gathered at the Mailbox (Worcester & Birmingham Canal) in a protest rally that is meant to highlight the reduction of funding that will affect the future of the Canal and River Trust operations and maintenance. Some people...

The Eagle & Tun Public House was a late 19th Century Public House built to replace an earlier structure. When it was demolished as part of the HS 2 works, the question was raised with those undertaking the Archeology of the HS 2 route to be seen what remained of the original foundations, but...

Another interesting collection of images Many of the photographers then took images of the locomotive, but there gradually came a desire to be more artistic bringing in the surrounding buildings and structures to be part of the composition.

The 101 took over the 70, not 76, bus route. The 70 used to run along Grove Lane and was the local bus service for Handsworth Grammar School. At the same time the route of the 96, if I recall, was incorporated which meant the 101 ran down Ninevah Road to join up with the other route that...

There were some types of steam locomotives that were planned to be part of a new development in design. The Duke of Gloucester was the sole example of its type, but others had been intended. It had a brief working life, was withdrawn, and might have been cut up, but then it was put back into...

Looking at maps such as these, they come some time after the building of the viaduct and the track arrangement at the Curzon Street end does need an explanation. This is a view of the viaduct at the Curzon Street end I have a recollection of some of this part being demolished in the 1990's

Despite the rain of late it is still possible to catch a locomotive on a train when it is not raining. The smell of steam and smoke is something that can only be experienced. This is Lydney, Forest of Dean Railway

Cattle traffic was a principal traffic

There are structures such as the Bordesley Viaduct (Trinity Street to Curzon Street) which no longer have railway tracks. With this Bordesley Viaduct the track that only ever covered part of the viaduct was used as part of the Goods Depot operation at the GWR Trinity Street depot. Those that...

The wording at the bottom of the plate is of interest as the principal North Staffordshire Railway offices were at Stoke on Trent. Yet Stone Station is an impressive building that still remains. The Caldon Canal was part of the Trent & Mersey Canal network, which the North Staffordshire Railway...

It seems that HS 2 is like Marmite, people either love it or hate it. Ever since it was first proposed there have been groups of people dedicated to ensuring that it never was made, but it is here and is under construction. Those who oppose it like other pressure groups (about oil, animal...

As a circle bus, the 11 is the oldest of the circle routes in Brum and only that and the 8 might be termed as that now The word "termed" is carefully chosen as the 11 presently is NOT a circle bus. Now the 11 is a disaster, and some people suggest driver shortages as a reason. but waiting for...

The West Midlands Metro still awaits an opening date for the line to Wolverhampton Station, and contractors steadily progress with the extension from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill and tracks are being laid along sections of Digbeth as the visible side of metro construction reaches that spot.

I would like to recognize the first phase at Stechford. The original county road to Yardley passed along a similar route as this modern access road. That road crossed the London & Birmingham Railway on the level and then climbed up a hill. There was a London & Birmingham Railway crossing keepers...

As a campaign has started to have blue plaques to celebrated Neville Chamberlain, industrialist, politician and a prime minister, there is the concern of him being "air brushed" from history. The appeasement campaign with Adolph Hitler is seen as the main cause for the lack of a blue plaque in...

Regarding Ricard Dye, the posts related to adverse comments about HS 2 should be on another thread. This thread concerns HS 2 progress. Britain is lacking behind other railway operators with regard to High Speed progress, and anything that shows positive progress in this regard is important. A...