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The announced closure of the Museum and Art Gallery after Sunday November 13th will again result in another period where this iconic establishment will not be available for the public. The talk of reopening in 2024 must be a matter of concern. What are the intentions of those planning the...

Yes the exit crossed the footpath to join up with Bromford sidings. The car works were developed by Morris Motors with their offices facing Drews Lane. In later years the factory became LDV.

This post card seems to correspond with the 2 hour express services introduced on March 1st 1905 by the London & North Western Railway

I wonder how practical it would be to take the spoil to the Regents Canal and onto the Thames

Does anyone know if Channel Tunnel trains will be able to access HS2, so that direct transport from Birmingham (and northern cities later) can have direct access to Europe, or will we still have to traipse across London with our luggage as of now? There are times when this plan seems deliberate...

There are many examples of disused waterways within the Black Country and their history is now well established although with the Haines Branch there is the issue of deciding when it was completed and the 1834 ordnance survey shows the line as built from the bottom of Ryders Green Locks to the...

The site at Curzon Street continues to see development as the foundations for the new station are made. The task of digging and levelling continues with the top end of Banbury Street now obliterated and consigned to the land of memories like other lost Birmingham streets. The scaffolding around...

These are certainly of use to show the final years. The station buildings for Bilston Central were of similar design to Handsworth, West Bromwich and Wednesbury. The scrapyard was a long lasting feature after the passenger services were removed finally in 1972 and the track taken up from...

Has anybody considered the origin of the term "platelayer" when the persons involved in the top image were laying track, that is steel edge rails (then) on wood sleepers and then fixed to the wood by cast iron chairs. The term "plate" is derived from the times when cast iron or wrought iron...

The 1816 map belonged to a series of maps across the UK that predated what is referred to as the original Ordnance Survey. Dates vary for that earliest survey. I recall the map that included Tardebigge includes a mention of the boat lift there

The Manchester Ship Canal still has traffic along it including container ships, but nothing like it was. The Gloucester & Sharpness Canal also had ships of a certain size that went up to Gloucester, but that traffic ceased some years ago. The River Weaver also had large craft that went as far as...

The article mentions one of several schemes proposed to improve inland navigation in the UK using incline planes or boat lifts that were not proceeded with although dicussed at length at the time. The route to the Severn from Birmingham involved either the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal...

Yes it is Sheet 62 of that Ordnance Survey Published in 1834

Birmingham New Street was originally two stations in one separated by Queen's Drive Not strictly true, the Midland Railway built the one side of Queen Drive, but New Street station as a whole was classed as a "joint station" after the Midland Railway side was made and there was a joint station...

Even the late Ian Langford had difficulty in deciding whether it was Dunstall or Tunstall. In his book on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal he calls the bridge 63 as Dunstall as the area is known as Dunstall, but admits even the First Ordnance survey records the bridge as Tunstall and the...

The tram to Edgbaston Village might make an interesting pub quiz question. How many times does it raise and lower its pantograph between St Georges and Edgbaston Village ?

Oh dear, Just after my RCHS group had booked the upper room for talks through to March 2023. So we have to find another venue for Saturdays. When we went down there it was quiet and getting there is only by walking, at present.

Has anybody taken notice of the additional buses in the City for the various events? There are shuttle buses dedicated to spectators and also for staff getting to the venues as parking at the venues is restricted. The logistics of the need for additional buses seems to have led to a number...

The Go Boat, now, has no connection with the Shell Tankers which presumably refers to the river Severn Traffic This Go Boat is seen being moved to Brindley Place.

A feature of the work is the long viaducts and they now have a machine in place for erecting the lengthy structure in the Colne Valley The machine has the name "Dominique"