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This year the Motorcycle Show at the NEC has some former local manufacturer names on show till November 27th. Motorcycles made in India have for a long time included Royal Enfield and now the Mahindra Group has a stand in the name of BSA is Back where new Goldstar bikes can be seen as well as...

Yes the chapel moved from King Street to Peck Lane and then had temporary accommodation Odd Fellows Hall until the new place was found in 1851. They had at first asked the LNWR for compensation amounting to £12,000 which was reduced by jury to less than half that amount, but I suppose even that...

Prior to 1868 the Birmingham Canal Navigations Company had a depot that was between Lock 3 & 4 Farmers Bridge Locks which came into existence about 70 years previous. Near there at what was then 22 Summer Row were three canal houses for the staff. These houses being sold in 1868 do not appear to...

Following on from the problems with getting the West Midlands Metro trams repaired, whilst the trams now seem to be in operations, barring traffic light failures at the Royal, there are now days of industrial action. Whilst most staff, if not all, are trained to drive the trams and a part...

As religious establishments, in Birmingham go, does the Non Conformist Lady Huntingdons Chapel hold a record for a short tenure. It was built in the 1840's and demolished in 1850 to make way for the new Queens Drive and New Street Station, also called Grand Central. Whilst the congregation moved...

With the Toll House thread both canal and road toll houses are discussed. The development of the turnpikes in this area appears only in fragmented areas and needs a separate heading. For example the following map at Ten Acres shows the improvements made to the Pershore Road there. The Pershore...

There was a time when the turnpike provided an important transport route. but there is no specific sub group for them

Interesting view of the accident which is detailed by me in the June 2021 post regarding HARDWICKE

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...