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The top image of 1949 is looking from the viaduct to Duddeston towards the Exchange Sidings and the lines on the right to Saltley and Camp Hill. Lawley Street goods is seen on the left and the stop block formed the end of the head shunt from Curzon Street. I once had to procure a white light for...

Vauxhall Shunt frame controlled the carriage sidings there

That sadly is the case and the existing building is not immune from alteration or a "crooked house" solution. Having escorted people around both the existing and demolished buildings when I worked at Curzon Street PCD, it would be sad to see any serious change.

As to the origin of the name the Digbeth Branch is spanned by this street. The Digbeth Branch was part of the Birmingham & Birmingham & Fazeley Canal when constructed to Bordesley Basin

As to dating the houses, I note on checking the ordnance survey that the first two show a single house on the Winson Green site, that is up to 1902 survey, on the third survey of 1912 there are two new houses side by side. So the inference is that the original number was retained for one of the...

Whilst a date has been made for construction of the HS 2 station at Curzon Street to start from a chronological point of view the work started earlier and the station site is exclusive of the viaducts which have been under construction for a lengthy period of time. New Canal Street has been...

I believe there is little doubt about what was envisaged for the building which is now grade 1 listed and the plans originally included offices , meeting rooms and refreshment facilities for the building that now stands, but how long, if any, there were offices there remains to be confirmed and...

The provision of canal houses for Birmingham Canal Workers may be traceable through canal records, but it is a complex trawl through records in different location. The cottage numbering scheme was introduced by the canal company in the second half of the nineteenth century. No 36 was built...

The brick viaduct at Parkhead replaced a an earlier timber structure built to the design of i K Brunel. but made under the supervision of his successor, John Fowler CE. The modern image shows work being done on the viaduct for the Metro Extension to Brierley Hill

The Census of 1851 shows the original building and extension as being occupied by guests and staff yet there was also a meeting room or rooms. The building seems to have been a principal hotel in Birmingham, but as stated later became goods offices. Whilst the London & Birmingham Railway...

This scheme suggests the enlargement of Moor Street and two new platforms there A & B it would appear The Midland Connect website adds further details Other plans for engineering upgrades include: Snow Hill platform 4 Moor Street platform 5 Improvements around Kings Norton-Barnt Green Stoke...

There was a royal visit to Birmingham where a cycle arch was erected. The Birmingham Cycle Trade was then an important employer, but where and when was the arch erected?

This long established company established a depot at the end of Northcote Road Stechford in the 1920's They had depots in Edinburgh, London and Manchester. The business was the supply of granolithic pavement which was a cement mixed with a hard stone including granite but they also made...

in 1841 the Grand Junction Station buildings faced Curzon Street whilst the London & Birmingham building had its entrance from New Canal Street. Camp Hill Station, Birmingham & Gloucester Railway was also in existence by then. The railway from Camp Hill to Join up with the London & Birmingham...

The transport talks continue with a railway talk on 18th November 1400- 1600 for those interested, on the 3rd Saturday in December will be a talk about the Roman Waterways in Gloucester, The 3rd Saturday of January will look at the Chester and Holyhead Railway, in February the topic will be the...

Contractors are now digging out the channel in order to restore the canal

Here are two ordnance surveys 1902 and 1938. The second seems to show the Bowling Green 1902 1938

The damage near Shortwood Tunnel has led to a long term closure of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal. The forces of nature can wreak havoc on the canal network which has repair cost implications. As funding declines the network is is jeopardy -

After looking at several trade directories the term Yardley Arms Hotel appears later, which again raises the question when the Arms changed location. Assuming the 1912 ordnance survey is correct that would have been previous to that year. That change might be linked to Mitchells & Butlers The...

The original Yardley Arms has been said in some accounts to be a coaching inn, and perhaps its full history requires scrutiny. There was a picture in an early Photogram, which showed the laboratory and which led me to make an entry in my book Workshop to the World, Sutton Publishing 2006 page...