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Some streets such as Pickford Street seen to retain the setts in the road. They may be made of granite or Rowley Rag and it would be of interest to discover that other members think of their use and how they were cut to the same regular size.

The making of leather was a long established process where bark was used in the tanning process of hides. Birmingham had an area beside the Rea at Digbeth where tanning was conducted and later there were tanneries in Birmingham for leather making. Walsall became an important centre for leather...

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.

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...

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...

The way staff worked on the railways has changed with time and many types of jobs have disappeared Local stations often dealt with parcels traffic and sometimes freight. There were station masters and platform staff and now the staffing at local stations can be limited to one or no staff on a...

On 6th June 1975 the Euston to Glasgow sleeper train derailed at Nuneaton with loss of life Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the accident The original sleeper train loco 86242 failed at Kings Langley and had another locomotive attached to the front 86006 to take the train forward with...

There was a time in the early 1830's when there were carriage companies formed for the purpose of using steam power to haul carriages along the turnpikes and common roads. They included the use of Dr William Church's carriage which was assembled at Bordesley Green and the steam drag of Heaton...

It is generally recognised that Parliament authority was needed for Street Tramway construction but George Train from Boston in America seems to achieve his tramways through local permission. The Birmingham Public Works Committee records his letter of 28th July 1860 which suggested a street...

This engine was part of the exhibits at the 1862 Great Exhibition May were Birmingham maker of fixed steam engines

The closure of the thread on Steam Sheds has prevented further comments and so a new thread is needed to complete the picture. In the early days of steam, the London & Birmingham Railway had a roundhouse shed at Curzon Street which has featured in this forum The Grand Junction straight shed was...

Rover made a gas turbine car, Reg JET 1 Does anybody know what happened to it ?

Attached is an 1896 image of an advert published in and London & North Western Guide

Here is another advert of interest for the Heath Mill in Lower Fazeley Street from a directory of 1841 Regarding directories I have examined them across the country and their entry varied for region

This is an advert that deserves comment From an 1841 Directory

The last tunnel boring machines for HS2 have been named and these will work on the extension from Old Oak Common to Euston They are Karen and Madeleine The tunnel will be 4.5 km long

In the years 1845 and 1846 when large number of railways were proposed several canal companies considered converting their waterways into railways. Had that happened our waterway network of today would have been the poorer. The Worcester & Birmingham Railway had a scheme which was later modified...

Before guns and rifles had the technology to fire bullets, there was the long period of use of what was called the gun lock These started with the flint lock, went through the percussion lock era and there were also various types of safety locks Birmingham and South Staffordshire were involved...

Work on replacing York Bridge with a wider modern structure adjacent is set to go ahead now that the problem with newts on the site has been resolved.

As contractors continue to work on the Brierley Hill extension, recent work include the replacement of Hanson Bridge and the repair of the GWR Parkhead Viaduct which replaced Brunels timber structure and may contain elements of that original within the brickwork. At Moor Street work started on...