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A useful collection of images from various books. I must take issue with Historic England's reference to Farmers Bridge wharf and although the first development of wharves did happen opposite the junction between the Lock flight and the Newhall Branch, the wharves that developed from Farmers...

Brenda is accumulating information on the Lock Cottages relative to the BCN and present research is to discover those buildings that continued the numbering system beyond 1948 There were of course cottages that existed on the BCN before the numbering system came into being. 23 Summer Row for...

I would have thought Pedrocut might have paid more attention to the strike of May 1920 where boatmen engaged in the coal trade grieved by the lack of wage advancement and engaged in hostile action. At this time the canals were an essential supply of coal for industry and electricity generating...

The comment about Severners needs a response The River Severn, Warwickshire Avon, and Wye like other waterways had people who were paid to assist craft upstream they were called halliers (bow haulers). Such a practice became less familiar with the introduction of towing paths. While bow hauling...

Well, Birmingham factories made copious amounts of pen nibs with a former nib maker Brandauer still in business. There was once an important trade in coal south to the salt works and salt from the Droitwich and Stoke Works north to the chemical works of South Staffordshire. On your ride to...

There was another image that shows the buildings at the end of the arm at Samson Road Wharf. It was a scene busy with traffic and Grand Union Canal Carrying craft. Then the GUCC, and other operators, carried to other destinations in Birmingham including the Bakelite Wharf at Tyseley

That view shows the wharf at Birmingham Quay, Samson Road as the warehouses came to be made. These formed a group close to the top lock of the Camp Hill Flight.

The Chester & Liverpool Lighterage had taken over parts of the Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Co trade and Midland & Coast took over another part and the LMS boatage service also took over a part. As to Neville Chamberlain he did persist and become involved with waterways improvement...

Today's delays on the Metro in Birmingham were down to an "operational incident" whatever that means. Those that drive the trams in the city perhaps deserve a medal at the moment as they operate along the tracks where Deliveroo and other food carriers' bikes operate, the electric scooter user...

The Dock was a road in Alrewas that led to Church Lane and the canal bridge over the Trent & Mersey Canal as this 1901 edition of the Ordnance Survey shows

It is hard to limit an action to Birmingham Boatmen for 1923. The facts as published in the newspapers do tackle some aspects of the strike which do have some parallels today with one particular group of workers. Working conditions on the boats were highlighted as harsh and the poor education...

Working on the waterways is a subject that is complicated. Taking the example of Fellows, Morton & Clayton and extracting certain elements of the action is also a subject that deserves a balanced reply. Those who worked on the waterways were either employed by the canal companies or those that...

There is a concept of on-demand buses, which is presently on trial in certain parts of the country. And, then there is the autonomous bus which is presently on trial in Scotland. So ways are being looked at to reduce the cost of a timetabled service. But sadly strikes are part of the problem...

There must be a concern amongst regular bus users in Birmingham as to the present bus service standards and the routes that have disappeared. Revision of timetable and mergers of routes seem to have created a poorer service in general. Trade unions have fought to maintain pay levels for their...

The view looking to Broad Street and the Church of the Messiah is one that changed over time. This section of the Birmingham Canal was built at the Paradise Street Branch and terminated at the Old Wharf. It is a view that had changed with time. Built to the recommendations of the chief...

I understand that the plan for the elevated approach to Curzon Street was part of the main plan. I also notice that shuttering has commenced for a couple of the piers in the centre of the site now.

This is a view of a Birmingham Corporation Gas Works Vehicle advertising the byproducts needed for munitions in the First World War.

Apart from express locomotives and local trains there was the New Street Shunter which handled a variety of duties and is often forgotten about. In modern times with no parcels stock it is now longer needed.

Where was the Oak Tree?

The view of Warwick Bar actually does not show it. That image looks along the Digbeth Branch of the BCN the junction canal to Warwick Bar is hidden on the left. It is a view of the Proof House, however.