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Indeed, they were. I have a feeling that both of these bridges are now gone. I recall the larger one #87 getting washed away in the early 1980’s in the winter following a thaw after quite a deep snowfall. It sat alongside the A4097 by Kingbury Mill. I am not sure when the one in #86 was...

Good point Richard. Extending it to Manchester, Liverpool, York and Edinburgh in my opinion would have had a significant positive impact upon the West Coast Mainline, The Midlands Main Line and the East Coast Maine line, increasing capacity significantly.

I would say that the biggest problem HS2 has is how poorly the idea was marketed. The promise of shaving 20 minutes off a train journey to London was never going to excite many. That alone caused confusion over what HS2 is actually for. We have an outdated railway system that has seen...

Yes I think your spot on too

I had endless fun throwing this out of the upstairs windows

I would say that the decline of the UK car manufacturing base in the 1980s significantly impacted Lucas Industries. The loss of the domestic markets would have lead to a decline in parts demand form Lucas. I also think that like the motorcycle industry, poor quality and reliability issues had a...

Oscott College Estate is anew one for me. They do look like Birmingham Council housing for the elderly. These at Cossington Rd, Erdington look simular but not renderd https://maps.app.goo.gl/pDjM5bzXdfyTuNUk6

I believe they still are Lyn. I think it’s the section between Orphanage Road and Grange Road. https://maps.app.goo.gl/1oHBxiSL66FJGTpd9

His name was Keny Ross, a giant of a man who lived on Dovedale Road. He was a labourer for the Birmingham Housing Management Department and spent many years working with a bricklayer called Arthur Willis. Arthur was quite a small man, ex-army I believe. Wore gaters, used to wax his moustache...

Just found this picture on FB of the pool that was in Finchley Park

The letters SP (stirrup pump) are still visible on the wall of a house in Endmore Grove, Erdington.

I resently did a scan of Warstone Catacombs to produce a 3D Render and Flythrough. Looks quite good full screen

Who are the other kids Viv?

Its not by any change the cooling fan full of dust and fluff is it? If not it maybe a hard Drive on the way out. Take a look at the fan first and if not ill point you to a disk checking utility

We have a GoosemoorLane Area War-Damage Map from the History of Goosemore Lane website: https://www.goosemoor-lane.com/history.htm A super website well worth a look

One I had not heard in birmingham but I heard a Yorkshire word for head the other day; your ‘Polly’. It’s one of those words that you can track back for many hundreds of years. Poll originally meant ‘cut someone’s hair’. Pollard an ‘animal with its horns removed or a ‘tree with its top...

I am so glad you two have a sense of humour

As a kid I too joined the Chipper Club, run by Uncle Len. It seemed good idea on the surface; all my school pals were members. Then when I got the conformation through the post and read the Chipper Club rules about doing homework, being good at school, obeying parents and teachers, going to...

The fountain head is curious, possible an upstairs sink or wash basin. Looks like a waste pipe going into it. In fact, is that a bend at the front or another fountain head with a bath waste? The windows have a couple of possibilities, a staircase or looking at the sloping grown the house was...

I recall one of his riding partners was a guy called Wacker Westwood, if that ring a bell?