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According to the book 'Powering Forward' by W.Robert Taylor,the firm of R.W.Winfield teamed up with Crompton & Co. to provide some of the first electric lighting in Birmingham,for the Triennial Music Festival of 1882 . Crompton's generator was coupled up to a 30 year steam engine at the...

I think that building of Nechells Power Station (later Nechells 'A') started about 1913,and when the First World War broke out the Government had all work stopped.The extra demand from munitions factories led the Government and the Electricity Supply Dept to construct a temporary station in...

Re: Canals of Brum Building of the first power station at Nechells started in 1913,after the City of Birmingham Electricity Supply Department felt that their plant at Summer Lane might have been overtaken by increasing demand. Work stopped when WW1 broke out,however,demand for electricity...

I think you are right John,as that is also my recollection from visits to the museum in Newhall Street when I was a kid.There was a bridge over the canal,and in the 1950's it was possible to see working boats still using the canal.I also recall there being some glass cased models of early steam...

There's also some footage of the last Bala-Blaenau passenger train in a video called Bewdley to Blaenau.

The first time I went to Snow Hill was when I was about 5 y.o. in the mid 'fifties.My parents used to visit my grandparents who lived in Shropshire,so we used to catch the Paddington-Birkenhead express on platform 5/6. The trains from London used to thunder out of Snow Hill tunnel,usually headed...

I used to love going train spotting at Snow Hill. Regarding the clocks,according to Salute to Snow Hill by the late Derek Harrison (sometimes known as 'Mr.Snow Hill'!),the clock on platform 7 was sold for £125 and went to a farm somewhere in Staffordshire,and the booking hall clock went to a...

I've just joined the Forum,so hello to one and all! I've also had problems in trying to attach a photo file,despite the image being in .jpg format and within the file sizes limits.A message keeps appearing saying my upload has failed. Any ideas?

One of my grandfathers was William Blundell who was born at Stretton-On-Dunsmore,near Coventry,in about 1886.His father (I believe) was the blacksmith in the village.He married my gran who was from Rugby. My grandfather (and family) settled in Moseley,and he worked for the LMS at Curzon Street...

Very interesting photo. There are photos of the insides of Dale End and Summer Lane Power Stations in the booklet "Souvenir of the Birmingham Undertaking 1900-1948" held in the Birmingham Reference Library.The photo also appears in the book "Powering Forward" by W.Robert Taylor.

Re: Can YOu Remember Your First Day At Wok Yes,I can remember my first day at work.I can even remember the date-16th September 1968 (I can't remember what I was doing yesterday though!). I was a student trainee with the CEGB at Nechells Power Station.I had a BSA motorbike in those days,and it...

My late father and brother used to work at Fisher and Ludlow.My dad's name was Jack Blundell,and my brother's name Jim.My dad started with them as a tool maker before WW2,when (I think) they had a factory in Bordesley. With the outbreak of the war-he was put in a reserved occupation and shipped...