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The History of the Yardley Arms reproduces the first ordnance survey where the Yardley Arms was opposite to the present now closed public house. That map, and the second o/s shows a separate group of buildings that by the 3rd o/s had become the Yardley Arms. As to the previous owner, of the...

When Moor Street Station was improved the adjacent goods sheds were removed. With the Hub, there is the proposal to link the Camp Hill line with Moor Street what will be lost when, or if that was done? When they built Millennium Point they removed a heritage railway stable block It would seem...

The Criterion was a firm which supplied photographic materials to the trade and had different titles over the years. Their Stechford premises in Albert Road lasted until 1970, but suffered a serious fire in 1969. They moved their business to Bletchley where they were involved in photocopier...

The Hub still seems to be going ahead as per recent posts, it will be of interest to see what is chosen for development

The Midlands Rail Hub promises new railway links in Birmingham and elsewhere Their plans for a modern rail network for the Midlands The Midlands Rail Hub proposes building two ‘chords’ as well as 11 further engineering interventions throughout the region to deliver a massive step change in rail...

This storm has caused havoc to transport across the country. Flooding has caused serious damage and the Canal & River Trust has recorded damage to the Worcester & Birmingham Canal. There was a land slide at Shortwood Tunnel which had led to the canal being closed there.

The collapse of the Buckingham Group has affected station development, but with Keir taking over their railway works it seems that work will restart at Darlaston and Willenhall stations. The London Northwestern Railway gave already diverted some services to call at Tame Bridge Parkway Station.

Steve gave a valuable talk which covered early wooden railways and the iron plateways, It was aspect of transport that was often forgotten

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.