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The cutting from the Harborne Railway to the M&B brewery has been filled in so is difficult to see from the footpath that runs along the trackbed of the Harborne Railway. However the City Road Bridge can still be seen.

Yes but in his short life he founded many schools mainly from the proceeds of confiscation of the money held by the guilds that his father did not get round to doing.

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls I am sure pupils and alumni of both schools would not like you dispensing with the King Edward bit.

It was not just the British Industries Fair that was a problem for GWR passengers. Great Western Railway Air Services were not happy about having to hand their passengers over to LMS for the journey between Castle Bromwich aerodrome and the city centre.

The ones in Canary Wharf give you a choice of Jacuzzi or BarBQ boats.

Problems with that suggestion: 1. the station is not at Camp Hill. 2. The schools are called King Edwards not Camp Hill School.

BIF arrivals at Snow Hill had to be bussed to the Fair. Arrivals at New Street could get a train to Castle Bromwich for the BIF.

I don't know if I have mentioned this before but when I worked for Henry Hope & Sons in Smethwick in the early 1960s we constructed the steelwork for one of Chance's lighthouses and fitted it out for them before it was taken apart again and shipped abroad in order to test that everything fitted OK.

I would probably have said that they were made in Smethwick

I do not think that BOAC would have flown to Jersey as they were a long haul operator. Do you mean BEA?

We were also told that the line could not reopen until two new chords had been built so that the trains from this line could come into Moor Street station using the space for additional platforms in that station. This was because New Street was at capacity. Another story was that the line could...

By chance this photo was posted on facebook yesterday. Moseley Station in the 1930s.

There was also something from Andy Street on Facebook giving alternative names for the stations and asking people to choose.

Latest news: An article in The Business Desk about 4 weeks ago. So no it will not be finished in time for the Commonwealth Games. You could be thinking of the rebuild of University station and Perry Barr station. Contractor named for £61m Brum railway scheme CGI of Moseley railway station...

Used to stop off at the Queens Head on my way to night school at Gosta Green.

I could not remember the name of Grace's Guide to look up to see if they were listed. Thank you for the reminder.

If 1951 is not a confirmed date, It could be an official opening ceremony as Quinton Garage was opened in 1949. I would have thought that the Transport Committee in those days would have had about 16 members as a guess.

Also Loveday St was in the Gun Quarter. If they were making parts for guns they would describe themselves as engineers rather than gunmakers.

This was the October 2008 view showing that the white was the background for the estate agents sign.

The Kings Head Bus Shelter. The same view today.