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Where is This? 110
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Ann B
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Not sure Phil. But is it the Coventry Rd. by Barrows Lane?
Happy New Year anyway Ann
Happy New Year anyway Ann
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harley
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i would say itsjust further up from the blues ground, coventry road. harley
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Ann B
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Ragga,
If that sign post says Wolverhampton, I am way off mark. But can you give me the name of your optician?
Ann
If that sign post says Wolverhampton, I am way off mark. But can you give me the name of your optician?
Ann
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Ann B
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Mike, Now I need the name of your optician too. I can't make the sign out at all. If it does say Knowle, that might tie in with my other thought, which was the Warwick Rd. boundary, just close to Lincoln Rd?
Ann
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motorman-mike
Brum visitor who stayed.
Is it opposite Acocks Green Laundry at the Olton boundary? The signpost with a ring on the top looks more likely a Warwickshire County one than a Birmingham Corporation who favoured a spike and ball finial topping.
bobsummers
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Phil
this looks a good'n! Is it the junction on the Warwick Rd and Tyesley Station approach where the old 36 bus crossed?
this looks a good'n! Is it the junction on the Warwick Rd and Tyesley Station approach where the old 36 bus crossed?
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Good morning all, or is it afternoon. Please forgive my late rising, to be honest I wouldn't be up now, but lunch is ready.
Anyway the first correct answer was by Ann B, and that is Warwick Rd at the Birmingham boundary close to Lincoln Rd. As I said it hasn't changed that much today. Well done Ann B.
Phil
Anyway the first correct answer was by Ann B, and that is Warwick Rd at the Birmingham boundary close to Lincoln Rd. As I said it hasn't changed that much today. Well done Ann B.
Phil
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Stitcher
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Ragga, you were right about the signpost
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Stitcher
Yes it does say Wolverhampton, but it would be a bit of a convoluted way to reach it from there in that direction. I suppose you would have to keep going west until you hit the Wolverhampton Rd.
Mind you though traffic priorities would have been different back then. So a lot of routes would look strange to us today.
Phil
Yes it does say Wolverhampton, but it would be a bit of a convoluted way to reach it from there in that direction. I suppose you would have to keep going west until you hit the Wolverhampton Rd.
Mind you though traffic priorities would have been different back then. So a lot of routes would look strange to us today.
Phil
Maybe the Wolverhampton name is listed because of Olton Boulevard and then Shaftmoor Lane being the accepted start of the Outer Circle although Streetsbrook Road and then Robin Hood Lane turned out to be more popular.
The Warwick Road is the A41 (still) which goes via Wolverhampton to Birkenhead and being the boundary the signpost acts as a milestone, but you can't-or at lease I SUPPOSE you can't-have the hoi polloi going through Birmingham City Centre?
Richie, quite correct it is the A41 which used to go from London to Birkenhead, so the next town after Birmingham would be Wolverhampton, therefore signposted when you reach Birmingham.
We tend to forget that with Birmingham Councils continuing obsession with trying to prevent the car travelling into or through Birmingham we now have only one 'A' road which goes through the City [A38] and that is buried! All the others confuse everyone from 'out of town' by stopping short of the City. Like the A's 34;41;47 which all used to traverse the City Centre. As well as the minor A roads which terminated in the centre, like the 426;435 etc. Progress eh!
We tend to forget that with Birmingham Councils continuing obsession with trying to prevent the car travelling into or through Birmingham we now have only one 'A' road which goes through the City [A38] and that is buried! All the others confuse everyone from 'out of town' by stopping short of the City. Like the A's 34;41;47 which all used to traverse the City Centre. As well as the minor A roads which terminated in the centre, like the 426;435 etc. Progress eh!