EAW017208 ENGLAND (1948). The Artillery Street Paint and Varnish Works, Grand Union Canal and environs, Birmingham, 1948. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

This picture from 1981 is of Wolseley Street near the junction with Garrison Street. The scene is one of inner city change, old streets are being demolished in favour of new development. Tightly packed tunnel and back and back-to-back houses that were built in Victorian times to house factory workers near to their place of employment are being replaced by more spacious semi-detached and town houses with central heating and better insulation. On the left earth is piled up where houses have been demolished, this was needed to stop travellers from occupying the site with their vans and caravans whilst they stripped any metal they could find from the soon to be demolished houses, the fact that gas and water could still be connected never deterred these pests. Class 116 has completed it's work on the Cross-City line and is crossing Garrison Street on the way back to Tyseley.

WW2 Fire Service Access Hatch - Water Supply http://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/canals-of-birmingham.4054/page-31

WW2 Fire Service Access Hatch - Water Supply http://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/canals-of-birmingham.4054/page-31

WW2 Camouflage Scheme Factory

Very long freight train descending the incline and heang towards Washwood Heath sidings

Very long freight train descending the incline and heang towards Washwood Heath sidings

Advert for a well known old Birmingham Beer

Ex MR 2F 0-6-= loco shunting on Coventry line

Grand Union Canal

Camp Hill avoiding line to Kings Norton avoiding Birmingham New Street

Link line into New Street

Brickyard Crossing signal box - famous Birmingham railway scene

Brickyard Crossing signal box - famous Birmingham railway scene

Artillery Street

Wosleley Street