Trams and Buses - Bristol Road
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829 Pebble Mill Road - 7/10/51
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836 Pebble Mill Rd - 7/10/51
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| The centre of Pebble Mill Road
was clearly a handy place to park up a few trams! For many years,
BBC Birmingham's base was located to the right of this view.
Demolished in 2005, the area is now set to become a science park. |
518 Selly Oak - 4/7/52
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| Birmingham University can be
seen above the more distant tram. The black car just under the
bridge is waiting to turn out of Heeley Road. The turret just
above the 'R' in Dares Ales is the top of Selly Oak library. |
786 Chapel Lane - 30/6/52
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| This is a cracking
picture! Selly Oak today is in a permanent state of gridlock due
to the tortuous one-way system based around Bristol Road, Harborne Lane
and Chapel Lane. To see it so quiet is quite a revelation... In the distance is the Harborne Lane Depot which can be seen in the picture below. To the right of the picture is where Battery Retail Park is today. |
Harborne Lane Depot - 4/7/52
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| I guess this picture is an
indication of what was to come - lots of shiny new buses and just a
few, tired, old trams. The depot is now a storage warehouse. At least it's still standing... |
734 Nr Manor House - 30/6/52
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| Manor House was the one-time
home of George Cadbury. Bought by Birmingham University in the
1950's, it is now a hall of residence. |
623 Longbridge - 30/6/52
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| This is one of those pictures
that really blew me away! It is where the A38 turns right towards
Rubery and that is where the tram is coming from. The road going
off
to the left of the picture is Lickey Road which ends up at Rednal
Terminus shown below. This
area is now built up and the Rover
works are off to the left of this view. |
777 Rednal Terminus - 30/6/52
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| Here we are at the Lickey Hills
- a popular place for the citizens of Birmingham to visit back in the
1950's. You can judge this by the size of the shelters! The
sign by the tram warns people that, "The last tram car leaves here at
10-0pm". I remember one of those old clocks still being in place when I was younger. When visiting the site for the modern view I was delighted to find some tram track still remains! |
759 Rubery Terminus - 30/6/52
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Rubery Terminus - 30/6/52
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| The end of the line and the end
of Birmingham - the large sign to the left of the picture says, "City
of Birmingham". This is where the A38 flyover now takes out of city traffic away from Rubery village. I very much suspect that the bicycle leaning on the lampost was my father's. |
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