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Flight LS1213 arriving from Verona.
Great Western Railway Castle 4-6-0 7029 Clun Castle pulling away from the site of Saltley station on the Western Cavalier steam special to Newport & Shrewsbury. Clun had just replaced the Class 47 diesel that brought us from London. We took the Camp Hill line and and the spur from Bordesley Junction down to the Great Western main line.
On the left round the curve is Saltley's Midland shed.
Event: NEC Classic Motor Show
Location: National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham, UK
Camera: Canon EOS 5
Lens(s): Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 Pancake
Film: Ilford Delta 400
Shot ISO: 800 (+1 stop push)
Exposure: f/2.8 1/60 mostly
Light Meter: Camera
Lighting: Overhead LED
Mounting: Hand-held
Firing: Shutter button
Developer: Ilford DD-X(1+4) for 10 mins 30 seconds
Scanner: Epson V800
Post: Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop (dust removal)
Event: NEC Classic Motor Show
Location: National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham, UK
Camera: Canon EOS 5
Lens(s): Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 Pancake
Film: Ilford Delta 400
Shot ISO: 800 (+1 stop push)
Exposure: f/2.8 1/60 mostly
Light Meter: Camera
Lighting: Overhead LED
Mounting: Hand-held
Firing: Shutter button
Developer: Ilford DD-X(1+4) for 10 mins 30 seconds
Scanner: Epson V800
Post: Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop (dust removal)
The long Easter Sunday walk began from the Maypole Island down Alcester Road towards Hollywood and Wythall in Worcestershire.
This bit on Alcester Road South near Highters Heath.
Highters Heath Lane - road sign
KV71VEY West Midlands Police R238 Peugeot 308 assisting
West Midlands Fire Service dealing with a 15 pump fire Warwick Road Tyesley Birmingham 20th April 2025
KV71VEY West Midlands Police R238 Peugeot 308 assisting
West Midlands Fire Service dealing with a 15 pump fire Warwick Road Tyesley Birmingham 20th April 2025
The c.1958 network map, scanned here in three sections, was to a design by "Reitz". This is artist and graphic designer F. H. Reitz, a German Jewish emigré who also underook design work for a map of Britain's motor coach network at around the same time. This Reitz base map, uses a fairly angular design for the map and this was amended for his maps of the network in the early 1960s to a less rigorous design and that was also used for the 'first' of the new British Rail maps in 1965.
I suspect that this map is c.1958; although some lines have closed pre-Beeching, such as those on East Anglia that left Melton Constable as a terminus of the branch from Sheringham, there are a few lines that would soon close but still shown and these include Cardigan, Peebles, and lines via Andoversford.
The map also shows the new British Railways symbol introduced in 1956 and designed with assistance from Charles Franklyn.
This section shows Southern Scotland, south of the Central Belt, along with Northern England as well as North Wales and the northern Midlands.
The c.1958 network map, scanned here in three sections, was to a design by "Reitz". This is artist and graphic designer F. H. Reitz, a German Jewish emigré who also underook design work for a map of Britain's motor coach network at around the same time. This Reitz base map, uses a fairly angular design for the map and this was amended for his maps of the network in the early 1960s to a less rigorous design and that was also used for the 'first' of the new British Rail maps in 1965.
I suspect that this map is c.1958; although some lines have closed pre-Beeching, such as those on East Anglia that left Melton Constable as a terminus of the branch from Sheringham, there are a few lines that would soon close but still shown and these include Cardigan, Peebles, and lines via Andoversford.
The map also shows the new British Railways symbol introduced in 1956 and designed with assistance from Charles Franklyn.
This scan shows the bulk of Wales; Central and South Wales, the Midlands and across into East Anglia along with London, the Home Counties, South East England and west through Southern England to the West Country.
A marker on the Findings Trail in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, England. These sidewalk markers were designed by Laura Potter, a graduate of the School of Jewellery. Each marker has a letter and commemorates an aspect of the history of the Jewellery Quarter. This final marker thanks the funders of this project.
A marker on the Findings Trail in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, England. These sidewalk markers were designed by Laura Potter, a graduate of the School of Jewellery. Each marker has a letter and commemorates an aspect of the history of the Jewellery Quarter. This "P" marker represents the local mint.
A marker on the Findings Trail in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, England. These sidewalk markers were designed by Laura Potter, a graduate of the School of Jewellery. Each marker has a letter and commemorates an aspect of the history of the Jewellery Quarter. This "N" marker represents the errand boys who used to run items around the Quarter.
A marker on the Findings Trail in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, England. These sidewalk markers were designed by Laura Potter, a graduate of the School of Jewellery. Each marker has a letter and commemorates an aspect of the history of the Jewellery Quarter. This "Y" marker contains a facsimile of a stamped letter, because this area is a telecommunications hub.
A marker on the Findings Trail in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, England. These sidewalk markers were designed by Laura Potter, a graduate of the School of Jewellery. Each marker has a letter and commemorates an aspect of the history of the Jewellery Quarter. This "V" marker commemorates the fact that the process of electroplating was invented in this area.