sheldontony
master brummie
I must have gone over stetchford bridge hundreds of times but never knew there wasnt a bridge sometime. Was the road, the outer circle lower in those days?
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Hi,
You could well be right Dave, but I have a memory of a neighbour telling me that the original London to Birmingham track was built in the 1860s, and the original station road had a set of gates (presumably before the bridge). From what I remember, he called it 'Yardley Gates'??? Maybe he was completely wrong, but I assumed that the mechanism I found in the Living room cupboard would have fitted the story, with old railway gates having some kind of bell to attract the attention of the stationmaster. could've been for another purpose maybe? I'm no expert on railways!
Regards, Jerry.
You could well be right Dave, but I have a memory of a neighbour telling me that the original London to Birmingham track was built in the 1860s, and the original station road had a set of gates (presumably before the bridge). From what I remember, he called it 'Yardley Gates'??? Maybe he was completely wrong, but I assumed that the mechanism I found in the Living room cupboard would have fitted the story, with old railway gates having some kind of bell to attract the attention of the stationmaster. could've been for another purpose maybe? I'm no expert on railways!
Regards, Jerry.
Hi Dave
Just Been Reading Your Thread About Stechford Station, Well,
I Have it Listed as This, Stechford , On The. London/ Birmingham line was One Of The Earliest suburban Stations, Open end In 1884.
OnlySix Years After The Opening Of The Line,'. Glover Of Stechford Published This Card c 1910 ,
Also may I Mention Aston Station Bridge Carrying The LNWR, line from Birmingham To Sutton Coldfield Was Replaced In 1906
On Sunday 25 the March Of That Year ,
The New Bridge was Placed In Postion In Just 15 and Half Minutes good going I would say compared by today BRS Slogan We Are Getting There
I Wonder If Trains Was Running Late In Those Days Surely Not As Often And As Long Of Today's Standards aye Mate
Best Wishes Astonian,,,,,,,,,,
Just Been Reading Your Thread About Stechford Station, Well,
I Have it Listed as This, Stechford , On The. London/ Birmingham line was One Of The Earliest suburban Stations, Open end In 1884.
OnlySix Years After The Opening Of The Line,'. Glover Of Stechford Published This Card c 1910 ,
Also may I Mention Aston Station Bridge Carrying The LNWR, line from Birmingham To Sutton Coldfield Was Replaced In 1906
On Sunday 25 the March Of That Year ,
The New Bridge was Placed In Postion In Just 15 and Half Minutes good going I would say compared by today BRS Slogan We Are Getting There
I Wonder If Trains Was Running Late In Those Days Surely Not As Often And As Long Of Today's Standards aye Mate
Best Wishes Astonian,,,,,,,,,,
Hi Dave
Just An Add Note from the last thread I Have Just Put on ,
The First Railway Into Birmingham Was The Grand Junction, Between Birmi than, And Liverpool, Openend. In 1837.
Followed By The Birmingham And London In 1838
, Both Lines. Used Curzon Street As The terminus, I Have Got Picture Two Picture Photo Cards Of The official published
By The London And North Western Railways Company In 1905. Reproducing Companary Engravings Of The Station
New Street Station, and Queens Hotel Were Designed by William livock And Open end In 1854 For The London,'Birmingham and Grand
Junction Lines, Official LN W R. Card Posted In January 1905
The Some What Fanciful Impression of The Hotel Shows The Enlargement of 1911 With The Front Filled In,Tower Like projections,
And Additional Floors, Were All Demolished In The 1960 s Another L N W R,Card
May I Add To You My Grand Parents Had A Large business and Ajoning dwelling Five Hundred Yards From The Curson Street station
For Guest To Stay They was there from The 1930 to 1958 When He Sold The Business and it was called Birmingham train station in Those days
long Before New Street Station was Set Up Best Wishes Astonian,,,,,
Just An Add Note from the last thread I Have Just Put on ,
The First Railway Into Birmingham Was The Grand Junction, Between Birmi than, And Liverpool, Openend. In 1837.
Followed By The Birmingham And London In 1838
, Both Lines. Used Curzon Street As The terminus, I Have Got Picture Two Picture Photo Cards Of The official published
By The London And North Western Railways Company In 1905. Reproducing Companary Engravings Of The Station
New Street Station, and Queens Hotel Were Designed by William livock And Open end In 1854 For The London,'Birmingham and Grand
Junction Lines, Official LN W R. Card Posted In January 1905
The Some What Fanciful Impression of The Hotel Shows The Enlargement of 1911 With The Front Filled In,Tower Like projections,
And Additional Floors, Were All Demolished In The 1960 s Another L N W R,Card
May I Add To You My Grand Parents Had A Large business and Ajoning dwelling Five Hundred Yards From The Curson Street station
For Guest To Stay They was there from The 1930 to 1958 When He Sold The Business and it was called Birmingham train station in Those days
long Before New Street Station was Set Up Best Wishes Astonian,,,,,
Hi all,
I've just been looking on a website about old Yardley which states that (and I quote) "Stechford Station (note Stech not Stich - a railway mis-spelling ?) opened in '44 : the level crossing was replaced by a ramp and overbridge 21 years later." (From a local history leaflet on Yardley and Stechford by John Morris Jones 1980).
So according to this (if I'm understanding it correctly), the Station Road bridge replaced a gate crossing in 1865.
Kind regards,
Jerry.
I've just been looking on a website about old Yardley which states that (and I quote) "Stechford Station (note Stech not Stich - a railway mis-spelling ?) opened in '44 : the level crossing was replaced by a ramp and overbridge 21 years later." (From a local history leaflet on Yardley and Stechford by John Morris Jones 1980).
So according to this (if I'm understanding it correctly), the Station Road bridge replaced a gate crossing in 1865.
Kind regards,
Jerry.
[FONT=&]Hi Alan and Jerry,
Alan, you are a mine of information, - it just shows how much can be learned from this forum.
Jerry, It looks like this work was carried out a lot earlier than I thought, so the station must have been
built after the remodelling of the landscape. Of course, all the surrounding houses in Station Road and Victoria
Roads would have been built after the Ramp was built, mostly around 1900 I believe, but that ramp must have been
a major undertaking.
Incidentally the Stationmaster was still using those steps down the bank in the 1950s, - the wall that retained the bank carried
a huge enamelled advertising sign for Palethorpes Sausages, I wonder if anyone can remember that.
The spelling of Stechford changed over the centuries, I believe it was at one time spelt Stycheforde -a reference to the ford at the River Cole.
I wonder what the mechanism consisted of, A system of pulleys perhaps?
Kind regards,
Dave
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Alan, you are a mine of information, - it just shows how much can be learned from this forum.
Jerry, It looks like this work was carried out a lot earlier than I thought, so the station must have been
built after the remodelling of the landscape. Of course, all the surrounding houses in Station Road and Victoria
Roads would have been built after the Ramp was built, mostly around 1900 I believe, but that ramp must have been
a major undertaking.
Incidentally the Stationmaster was still using those steps down the bank in the 1950s, - the wall that retained the bank carried
a huge enamelled advertising sign for Palethorpes Sausages, I wonder if anyone can remember that.
The spelling of Stechford changed over the centuries, I believe it was at one time spelt Stycheforde -a reference to the ford at the River Cole.
I wonder what the mechanism consisted of, A system of pulleys perhaps?
Kind regards,
Dave
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It was the glebe,they change it to the cock & bull,think it had a bad reputation now it is houses.
mizzyjo
master brummie
Oh, Stars!! Thank you for that lovely nostalgic meander around Stechford!! Wonderful memories! xA few more of stechford.
And the last one for now.
All the best Stars
mizzyjo
master brummie
I remember when this was Ted Haynes! Would you happen to have a photo of that please?moving on up the road a bit on the boarder os stechford and The Glebe.
Regards Stars
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
i remember it as..
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mizzyjo
master brummie
I bought the material for my skirt for my very first job there. 2 yards of black and white check, 1/11d. That was my pocket money gone! Lovely memories these old photos bring back!! Can you remember the smell? I think it was the wooden floor boards and all that material. Lovely. Thank you! x
mizzyjo
master brummie
Found it!! My mom and Dad moved into Kitts Green road in 1937. On his exploration of the area, my dad found the Hall, just before it was demolished. How sad to have lost all these lovely old buildings when other countries keep them for years!
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master brummie
Yes, that was my brother Deryck, Dido. Our little sister is Sandra! Deryck still lives around the Glebe. Sandra is in Gloucester!
mizzyjo
master brummie
Hi Jerry! I do know from history books, that Stechford did use to be called Stychford or Stichford. My mom called it Stichford!
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
oldbrit
OldBrit in Exile
na bcfc Blues fan Huh! Was at St Andrews for years in the 1940s 1950s when they had the rails that we hung onto, sing and sway wonder we did not all get killed but lots of fun then hit the local pubs.
Just found this thread.We moved from Inkerman St Vauxhall to Easthope Rd in 1949.Had good memories of the area even found out after many years they had named a grove after the family.FIFIELD GROVE.Great memory's of Glebe Farm Recand the football matches played there & the Irish Hurling on. Sunday afternoons.Remember some of the names mentioned f rom the grove as well.Times we played on the railway trucks on the sewage farm and the Pears we Scrumped from there in September and paddling in the River Cole.
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Lumpammer
master brummie
According to the Warwickshire Railways website, the station opened in 1844, but who built the bridge, the rail company or council and when was it built? Any ideas?
According to The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Vol. 5. S. Jenkins & M. Loader:
"Opened for 'short' (i.e. local) trains in December 1844, the first station was a simple wayside stopping place with staggered platforms on either side of a level crossing. The present station was opened on 1 March 1881, when a new line to Aston was brought into use as an alternative route to Wolverhampton, avoiding New Street."
The layout at Stechford became considerably more complicated as, along with the new junction, there were goods yards on the north side to the left of the road bridge and a goods yard to the right of the bridge on the south side. (I don't know if this all happened at the same time but the road bridge would be essential before the goods yards could be used).
I would imagine that the railway built the banking for the road and the bridge. The road would have been adopted by the council and the bridge structure would remain the responsibility of the railway, as is still the case.
The 1886 OS Map
Hi,
It would be interesting to see any photos/pictures of Station road before the embankment/bridge
were built. Although it might appear that Station Road hill was all banked up to allow the bridge to
be put in, with the Parkinson works being at a lower level one side, and Northcote Road on the other side,
there must have already been a considerable hill between Albert Road and Victoria Road (station end).
Perhaps the line was cut into the side of the hill, and the removed soil used to create a steeper section
on the lower side .
The signal box marked SB to the right of the bridge was Stechford Frame in the 1950s, and I think
there were also extra lines on the other side of the track shown, as this area had a ramp, and
was used as a marshalling yard at that time.
Stechford signal box was at the other side of the station just above the second of the 4 gardens
bordering Frederick road in the map in post #84 and shown as a small black blob.
Kind regards
Dave
It would be interesting to see any photos/pictures of Station road before the embankment/bridge
were built. Although it might appear that Station Road hill was all banked up to allow the bridge to
be put in, with the Parkinson works being at a lower level one side, and Northcote Road on the other side,
there must have already been a considerable hill between Albert Road and Victoria Road (station end).
Perhaps the line was cut into the side of the hill, and the removed soil used to create a steeper section
on the lower side .
The signal box marked SB to the right of the bridge was Stechford Frame in the 1950s, and I think
there were also extra lines on the other side of the track shown, as this area had a ramp, and
was used as a marshalling yard at that time.
Stechford signal box was at the other side of the station just above the second of the 4 gardens
bordering Frederick road in the map in post #84 and shown as a small black blob.
Kind regards
Dave
stars
master brummie
. Here is another of the tavern.
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stars
master brummie
. A couple more for you mizzyjo
