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When the Midland Railway goods at Holliday Street was taken down, it was possible to walk through the tunnel, then they built Stanier House for the ill fated Field Organisation, but later was used as railway offices.

It is also a view of the former carriage sheds

Edgbaston Tunnel was quite short and parallel to the Canal Tunnel. Travelling north from Cofton Tunnel would have encountered a number of factories before Edgbaston. I suspect the German bombers had better sources of intelligence than suggest here.

Our first talk, free to attend, apart from may be £1 to cover room costs will be held at the Birmingham & Midland Institute on Saturday 21st October, when Stephen Dewhirst will talk about the Early Railway of Benthall in Shopshire. Time 1400-1600 and as chairman of this group, I extend an...

In earlier times at Bridgnorth, 8233 the 2-8-0 is seen on the shed near a large pile of coal. In those days coal was in ready supply.

Brunels survey was considered expensive for the company and they opted for the services of another engineer. Brunel did survey the Bristol and Gloucester Railway which was completed as Broad Gauge The Birmingham & Gloucester Railway changed with time and became part of the Midland Railway and...

Shannon was formerly used on the Wantage Tramway. Trojan, the first time I saw that locomotive was when it was used at Alders Paper Mills, near Tamworth. Selling locomotives into use for industry sometimes led to their final preservation. This locomotive was built for British Railways Western...

It would seem that only part of the Typhoo site is part of the plans for redevelopment. it comprises the original Sumner property and not the section which was built as a Fellows Morton & Clayton carrying depot (on the right-hand side). The canal depot was taken over by Sumner's who used the...

There was a time when brewing was often conducted on the premises of the public house and these establishments were known as retail breweries. In Birmingham there was an association that looked after their interests. Some retail brewers came to develop larger brewing establishments that became...

The Birmingham Brewery seems to have remained essentially intact into the 1950's and later. The 1955 ordnance survey shows the buildings split into four business units. No 7 St Peters Place is now called the Brewmasters House, possibly in recognition of Brewing days. It was also mentioned in...

The Wolverhampton trams terminate at the Royal which has been done for driver and conductor training on the extension to the Railway Station. I have yet to see a tram on that section for training purposes but the training has been said to be for three weeks, and I believe that this is the third...

The ariel image of 1921 (Britain from Above) shows the essential structure of the former Brewery as intact.

Yes, the Brewery Company articles of association (1817) refer to the indenture of 1814. ARTICLES. This Indenture, made the Twenty second day of March, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fourteen, between the several persons whose names are hereunto written, and seals affixed, of the one part ...

The last part of the Old Birmingham Brewery to survive is the Brewmaster House beside the canal facing Brindley Place. The Birmingham Brewery Company with a shareholding base was created in 1814 with the brewery opening in the year 1816. The offices were located in St Peters Place and in...

Perhaps, the Glasswater development might be another point of comment as this intends to fill the canal side north of Belmont Row.

Much has happened to the canal side in the West Midland where developers have made many changes to what can be seen from a boat or walking along the towpath. It is a matter of interpretation what is appealing and what is not, but it would be of interest to see what is considered good and what...

Yes, it should be the late Ian Langford

Yes, when the microfilms are read in the diaries there are various spellings that link the Waterbridge to the nearby place Dunstall Hll and those spellings of the place vary, and the writing can have more than one interpretation in Green's hand writing. I copied one case as "Turnstaff" and...

A special train passing through Tyseley There seem to be a lot less these days, it would be on interest to discuss why. There was a diesel special that passed through Stechford on Sunday evening, but these appear to be more common now.

This gathering, the first, and appropriate in Birmingham, was to promote FundBritaisWaterways a group set up in response to the threat posed to British canals and waterways by inadequate funding. The funding situation is already causing deterioration and can only worsen with the challenges of...