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Uploading a few this week after a weekend in Birmingham. Lovely reflections around New Street Station in the city centre.
Last time I uploaded a view like this of the Future Systems Birmingham Selridges building I remember one of my Contacts likened it to a 'side boob'. Funnily enough since then I read somewhere that the forms were partly inspired by a Paco Rabanne dress.
There's more photos of this amazing building in my Future Systems set : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/sets/72157623570903396/
Red brick building with simple blue doors in Severn Street, Birmingham.
Unfortunately, a few days in Birmingham were enough only for quick sight-seeing. Fortunately, the weather was behaving, though...
Taken with Panasonic GF1 camera and Panasonic G 14mm F2.5 wide-angle pancake lens, during our trip to Birmingham, early May 2015.
The frontage of Birmingham Moor Street station in 1987, shortly before the old station closed in favour of its replacement (today's platforms 1 and 2). At the time it seemed inevitable that it would be demolished. Note the Midline/Shand signs - the original PTE and building contractor. I think that's the back of a now rare K8 telephone kiosk too.
1R21 the 10.10 Chiltern Mainline Silver express from Marylebone arrives at its destination behind DRS Class 68 Bo-Bo 68015.
8th November 2016
May Morning on Magdalen Tower 1888, 1889-91. retouched 1893 Oil on Canvas. William Holman Hunt (1827-1910).
This is the smaller of two paintings of the ancient ceremony of greeting the rising sun on May Day from the Tower of Magdalen College Oxford. It began with Hunt sketching and then painting the sky, landscape and architectural features on the windy roof of the tower itself, Hunt continued to work on the painting during a visit to Egypt in 1892. His strong feelings about the subject centered around his interest in traditional English customs which he wished to see preserved.
Library of Birmingham Opened by Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl shot by the Taliban. on the 3rd Sep 2013 ... The £189m Library of Birmingham, which houses one million books and is the largest in Europe .it was designed by Francine Houben
The exterior of Birmingham Moor Street station 1/5/1976
Note the price for 20 Sovereign ciggies!! 31 1/2p!
Looking towards Bordesley, I observed a Voyager heading Southbound. A London Midland Class 172 Turbostar is seen cruising through Birmingham Moor Street with the 18:48 5B20 Birmingham Snow Hill to Tyseley LMD ECS.
The preserved AEC Matador Matador of Birmingham City Transport, thanks to it owner the vehicle now sports a number plate more in keeping with the old Birmingham fleet.
At King's Norton Junction we turned right towards Birmingham. In this photo the area looks delightfully green and rural, but just to the left is the Cross-City rail line that goes from Redditch and Lichfield to Birmingham New Street. Beyond the bridge you can moor up at Bournville. You are right next to the rail station (handy, but noisy) and it is a few minutes walk to Cadbury World. We have visited from the canal in the past but didn't on this trip. We carried on towards the city centre, passing a mix of green spaces, housing, Birmingham University, industry, and construction projects (a new rail station by the University and a big building site at the University itself).
David, from our first week in Grazalema, told us what it was from look at the small display on my camera :-).
On the approach to land at Birmingham Airport.
From Marston Green our walk had led us to a plane spotters area, and we went to investigate.
Chiltern Railways Class 168 Clubman 168005 arrives at Birmingham Moor Street with the 13:55 1R29 from London Marylebone.
Seen in Birmingham
12th July 2018
Former Arriva North East 7435 - Yorkshire Tiger 891 - Sightseeing Manchester
(l to r) De Angello Espree and Fire Chief John M. Connaughton at the Birmingham MI Fire Department Open House, October 8, 2016.
Chiltern Railways Mark 3 DVT 82304 waits for departure from Birmingham Moor Street with the 13:55 1H37 to London Marylebone.
The Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep and Baskerville House. Wikipedia
© 2015 Tony Worrall
Peter was 13 or 14 when he took this shot of 40745 in Birmingham New St. The loco is a Johnson 3P, built at Derby 01/1904 as 745 it was renumbered as 40745 in June 1948 althought it seems the money ran out when came to the tender. The luck ran out for 40745 in March 1950 when it was withdrawn from local shed 21A (Saltley).The train is on the side for the Bristol line through Selly Oak, I would guess it would be on a local service or even acting as station pilot.
Above the chimney are the bridge parapets at the point where Queen's Drive met Navigation Street, over the dome is the once familiar ABC picture house logo of the cinema that was on the corner of Ethel Street and Pinfold Street.
The 52 year old negative is almost at the end of it's life, inspection of the loco tender shows the emulsion is crazed and flaking, it is dark brown so the fixing has failed and Peter's schoolboy finger prints show as black stains.
This actually is the wrong kind of snow, it is the hard powdery stuff that blows about and clogs vital bits of train. That will not stop a good old 86 though, this is 86255 'Penrith Beacon' creating a snow storm as it hurtles through Berkswell with the 13.48 Birmingham to Euston train.
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