A Guard killed at Perry Barr
These newscuttings report the death and inquest of train guard Mark Robins. Robins was a guard on a L&NWR coal train to Perry Barr. He was directing his train into a siding to allow a football train ...
Arthur Rose - Butcher and S. Darlington - Newsagent
Two adverts from the programme for the Saint James' Church Fair held at the New Inns Assembly Rooms between November 20th to 23rd 1929. Arthur Rose simply conveys he is a butcher while S. Darlington expands ...
Brighton Road Bridge
Construction of the new railway bridge and the widening of Brighton Road, 1924
Brighton Road railway bridge
View of the bridge after completion of maintenance work.
Handsworth and Smethwick railway station, Handsworth1600
Handsworth and Smethwick railway station, Handsworth
Handsworth Wood railway station
Handsworth Wood railway station, opened by the London and North Western Railway Company on 1st January 1896. The station was closed in 1941.
Handsworth Wood Railway Station - Sites and Monuments Record
Station on the Soho, Handsworth and Perry Barr line, with 2 platforms and paths from them to the road. It was opened in 1896 and closed on 5th May 1941. The image is courtesy of Birmingham Museum and ...
Handsworth Wood railway station, Handsworth
Handsworth Wood railway station, Handsworth, with a double-headed train. The station, on the LNWR line, opened in 1896 and closed in 1941.
Handsworth Wood railway station, Handsworth
Handsworth Wood railway station, Hamstead Road, Handsworth. The station was opened by the LNWR in 1896 and was closed in 1941.
Handsworth Wood railway station, Handsworth
Handsworth Wood railway station, Hamstead Road, Handsworth. The station, on the Soho Loop line, was opened by the LNWR on 1st January 1896, and closed in 1941.
Handsworth Wood railway station, Handsworth Wood
Handsworth Wood railway station, Handsworth, in 1933, looking eastwards towards Hamstead Road. The station, on the LNWR's Soho Loop line, was opened in 1896 and closed in 1941.
Harborne Branch Line: Withdrawal of passenger train service
Poster advertising the withdrawal of the service after Saturday November 24th 1934.
Stations listed as being affected are Harborne, Hagley Road and Rotton Park Road Stations.
Icknield Street railway bridge
The bridge was at the junction of Icknield Street and Pitsford Street. The bridge has since been replaced and now carries the Metro en route between Snow Hill and Wolverhampton. To the right is an advert ...
Overcrowding on Trains
A newscutting from the Birmingham Post reporting the case of two tradesmen Mr Heath and Mr Burton who sued the London and North-Western Railway Company for nine shillings. They had been waiting for a ...
Perry Barr railway station
Postcard view of Perry Barr railway station on the LNWR line, Walsall Road, Perry Barr.
The sign reads:
London & Northwestern Railway Perry Barr Station Booking & Parcels Office
Parcels received ...
Railway Line at back of houses
Taken in November 1981
Soho Road Station
Soho Road railway station on the London and North Western Railway Soho Perry Barr and Handsworth Line. The line was opened in 1896 and closed in 1941.
Soho Road Station, Handsworth
Soho Road railway station, Handsworth. Cars waiting outside c.1924