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A recent find is this picture of a Leyland coach at what seems to be Snow Hill, alongside the station. CORRECTION it is in Pinfold Street, outside of a Red Warrior booking office.

Not necessarily so. Broad Street was a mixture of shops, offices and trades. There was even a BBC radio studio! Car parts outlets were in various parts of town and the suburbs, depending on vehicle make or parts type.

It is noticeable that its graveyard survives, unlike St Martin's. I think the latter is the more likely to fall, perhaps replaced by a smaller modern 'box' nearby.

The right-hand pavement now comes about 1/3 of the roadway further out, so it is narrower. I don't remember Philip Fyne, but I do remember Reeve & Stedeford on the corner of Oozells Street, who were Daimler agents. I had an old Daimler in the late 60s and took it there for King Pin renewal. It...

...and the performance and comfort of a bread pudding being pushed up a roughcast wall.

Fascinating! I often wondered what was under the 'ramp' by the points when I was a kid, trainspotting. I seem to remember that Snow Hill station had electrically worked points which presumably needed less maintenance.

Ah, I see. My apologies, mikejee. I also note that the line of route survives unobstructed by buildings from Northbrook Street, where the line crossed the Birmingham Canal, almost as far as Harborne station – even partially as the Harborne Walkway. No demand for a reopening or even a Midland...

Barford Street was not on the Harborne branch, it is in Handsworth. I don't recognise any of this on the line in question.

I said 'timetable leaflet', but it's actually a list of online sites and QR codes to look up the times. At least they can be edited when the times alter, which a leaflet cannot.

A few weeks ago I had a timetable leaflet through the letterbox. The line isn't that local to me (My nearest station is Yardley Wood) but I am pleased to see more options for public transport opening in the Birmingham area.

That sounds like the driver went past the loading ramp area, which is the same on both sides of the road. If you got off OK on the outward journey, there's no reason you shouldn't have been able to get on going back. Worth a complaint...

My father made a model of the 'Skylon', which stood about 3 ft tall. It was a bit flimsy and didn't last long. (I was only 2, so probably wasn't allowed to touch it!)

I hate the fact that pubs (and apparently former pubs) get renamed under new owners. The familiar name remains in the public knowledge for the building (and sometimes the surrounding area) so it is quite pointless. For instance, I will always know the point where Wolverhampton Road crosses...

National Travel (Midlands) was a short-lived entity made up of the former coach fleets of Don Everall Ltd, of Wolverhampton, and Worthington's of Hurst Street, Birmingham. The operations were based at the former Wolverhampton Corporation bus depot at Bilston and at Hurst Street, Birmingham. When...

"Cattle" is amusing, considering how elite the area was. I can remember a stone horse drinking trough at the very tip of the triangle in the 1950s, though, long after the fountain had gone.

I was told it was demolished for scrap metal in WW1. It stood at the apex of the junction of Hagley and Sandon Roads. As I remember, the ground behind the fountain is a foot or so higher than where the fountain stood and probably covered a large tank to hold the water it used. There is still an...

My 18th birthday!

I would disagree. It has been delivered under its own power, with one pole (the right hand one, used for positive voltage) up on the tram wire and towing a 'skate' in the tram track for negative return. It is probably going in for overhaul or some repairs. When the abandonment happened, they...

Back in the day, there were Bundy clocks at all outer terminus points, and several on the circulars.

" 'End of an era' as doors close at former Rackhams" The whole city centre is dead now. Supposed "improvements" like taking buses out of the shopping streets has made it inaccessible to some people (like me).