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When we did the RCHS Walk around Birmingham on Saturday 11th October we had a look at the entrance to Moor Street Car Park from, Alison Street. That was was the site of the B Goods shed and roof support there have brick and reinforced concrete from the build of the goods shed. Should they be listed?

Thanks I was trying to recall the earlier date of the BBC program. Yet it still does not explain what was missed by Alice Roberts and Yasmin Khan And they did their program with a part recorded in the Shakespeare Room of Birmingham Library instead of being with the other researchers on Floor 4...

The channel PBS last week broadcast a 3 part series on the HS 2 dig which included details of the Park Street excavations but made no mentions of the removal of bodies with the railway extensions in to New Street (1848) and the widening of the railway in the 1890's. It did not mention the act...

It is a very useful image which seems to be close to what could be seen post 1859. The station hotel and extension are shown and the goods sheds are shown. These replaced the original LBR station arrival and departure platforms. There seems to be an engine with coaches next to the goods shed and...

There was a time when buses used roads now converted to the metro or as pedestrian routes, or in this second case, sadly, the high speed electric bike raceway, In this image the 59 is seen coming round from Colmore Row past the Town Hall and into the top of New Street.

Whilst still awaiting the tram commencing the site has become more accessible And when it opens it will be a short walk to a real ale pub, the Woodman

Sometimes a view of steam and smoke is enough

County boundaries I send this note from Stechford which was in Worcestershire and across the Cole near me was Warwickshire. I went to Handsworth Grammar School which was in Staffordshire And then there were parts of Oldbury in Shropshire It was all very complicated for the Railway Builders who...

The issue of finding dates is complicated by factors that Pedrocut has highlighted. West Midlands Railway Chronology was dealt with in a chronology published by the Stephenson Society and compiled by Charles Clinker from many sources. Yet with the advent of better access to Newspapers on line...

The Leeds and Selby, opened September 22nd 1834 was also integrated with others it was leased to the York and North midland Railway on April 6th 1841, and purchased by them on May 23rd 1844 and it became part of the North Eastern Railway network in 1855. Warrington & Newton became part of the...

The Canterbury & Whitstable Railway had inclines along a part of their route. The Liverpool & Manchester had a incline to Crown Street Station and the Docks and the passenger locomotive service was from Edge Hill. When Lime Street opened in Liverpool the line was also worked by a stationary...

As the opening of the Stockton and Darlington is approached in September, Network Rail has been busy in promoting the 200th anniversary and around stations such as Birmingham New Street it is hard not to miss the adverts there. It marks an important event when the railway was opened inaugurally...

The Birmingham Mail has reported the testing of trams along the short new length to Millenium Point and Eastside Park and so it will be of interest to see when this section will be open As reproduced from the Birmingham Mail 06/08/2025

The newspaper source may be of use to quote

The water supply has led recently to closure of stretches of canals such as Wolverhampton Locks and as mentioned there are other repair issues with the Bridgewater Canal storm damage led to embankment and aqueduct failures, but these are part of the every day challenges to keep the waterways...

There has been a considerable transformation in recent decades with the canals of Birmingham following the end of general commercial carrying and the newer age of the pleasure and residential boat replacing it. The canal side has also changed with new buildings often of a residential nature as...

It is also important to look at old maps The ordnance survey of 1834 map 62 shows the branch canal serving a colliery Then the Birmingham Canal Navigations produced a map in 1855 which they amended from time to time and there is a copy in Birmingham Library Archives Here the Houghton or...

The name "Houghton's Arm derives from William Houghton and sons, chemical manufacturers who were situated near the arm in The 1800s. Perhaps not quite right Chance & Hartley bought the site at Oldbury for a new Chemical works in 1835 The Houghton's were land owners and when the Titford Canal...

How many canal companies were linked to the canal at the Bar, in what is now called Gas Street Basin? The answer is three! The Birmingham Canal Navigation (s) was there first with the making of the Paradise Street Branch. Then came the Worcester & Birmingham Canal Company which gradually...

Hopefully the bone shaker is a thing of the past, as stock and track have improved. Remarkably the Diesel Railcars such as the class 141 and 142 of relatively modern times have their enthusiasts and examples exist in preservation.