Lawley Street Goods Station

[Heartland]

Lawley Street was a passenger terminus for the Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway. It then became an important goods depot for the Midland Railway, and their successors the LMS.

In 1994 when Landor Street was being widened to include a new lane of roadway, the excavation work uncovered a length of wall that presumably was from the early days of Lawley Street goods.

 

[Vivienne14]

Best kept horses at Lawley Street. Viv.

Source: British Newspaper Archive

 

[Vivienne14]

A devastating fire in 1937.

Then reconstruction in 1945. Viv.
Source of press cuttings: British Newspaper Archive

 

[Vivienne14]

A poster from 1951 showing a behind the scene view at the depot. Viv.

 

[mikejee]

Here is the Lawley St Midland Railway depot in july 1910.

 

[Pedrocut]

Lawley Street goods yard, Birmingham, seen on 10th July 1967.

(1997) A century of railways around Birmingham and the West Midlands : a personal selection. Vol.2.

 

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Lawley Street Freightliner Terminal, 6th November 1969.

(1997) A century of railways around Birmingham and the West Midlands : a personal selection. Vol.

 

[Covroad]

Did the Lawley Street Depot become National Carriers in the 70’s ?
We use to play cricket against them, their ground were Adderley Park , but mostly Ward End Park.

 

[mw0njm.]

yes it did

 

[Pedrocut]

Nice picture of working horses…

BIRMINGHAM LAWLEY STREET
Lawley Street the Midland Railways principal Goods depot in Birmingham had a three-storey warehouse occupying an area of 2½ acres built in 1895 as the culmination of a series of improvements to the goods station. Seen in the background of this photograph taken in the mid 1920s, it was completely destroyed by fire on 26 May 1937 It was replaced during the war by a much more utilitarian steel.framed, single-storey structure, clad in corrugated sheeting. The building in the centre of the view, known as the Empties shed, was considerably older and is visible in an engraving of the mid 1870s, In its later years, Lawley Street was transformed into an inland port, finally closing in 1987. (John Minnis Collection)

Britain's lost railways : the twentieth-century destruction of our finest railway architecture by Minniss, John. (2011)

 

[Vivienne14]

Following reconstruction in 1945. Look at the Lord Mayor’s top hat !

Viv.



Source: British Newspaper Archive

 

[Vivienne14]

The railway fire station and officers. Sorry no date for this. Viv.


Source: British Newspaper Archive

 

[mw0njm.]

thanks viv i love your pics and articles

 

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Remember Z cars ?

“Investigations by officers from Birmingham New Street at Lawley Street Goods Yard in the 1960s.”

The British Transport Police : an illustrated history by Stacpoole-Ryding, Richard J. (2015)

 

[Heartland]

It has to be remembered that the greater Lawley Street site includes the depot that deals with paper waste and has changed names and ownership over time, the queuing system for vehicles to pick up containers, etc, the Freightliner depot (presently an American company) and a cement terminal. Part of the site was lost to HS 2 construction and the freight liner depot was altered in consequence. There was also a British Rail Staff club, now gone.