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Old Birmingham Shops From Old Photographs
During the nineteenth century, Britain had experienced impressive industrial growth, which enabled the country to become a major world power. This expansion brought economic …
Going Underground: Birmingham
Beneath the surface of the country's second largest city lies a little-known world that encompasses the history of Birmingham. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, …
Secret Birmingham
England's second biggest city stands at the very heart of the country, geographically and historically. Birmingham grew from a modest market town in medieval times to being hailed …
The Regeneration Game: Birmingham Jewellery Quarter's Revival
This book charts the changes in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter over the last twenty years, and is the first work to look beyond the area’s unique early history and the jewellery …
Central Birmingham Through Time
Central Birmingham Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this major city. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of its well-known …
Birmingham Canal Navigations Through Time
The Birmingham canals truly got underway following an advertisement in Birmingham's Aris's Gazette of 26 January 1767. The plan was to take a waterway from Wolverhampton to …
Bradshaw's Guide London to Birmingham
The London & Birmingham Railway was the first major line in Britain and it was the greatest achievement of its engineer, Robert Stephenson, the man who, together with his father …
Birmingham in 50 Buildings
Although Birmingham’s history goes back beyond the Middle Ages, there are only a few fragments of medieval Birmingham left, some of which have been moved from their original site …
East Lancashire Railway in the 1990s
The East Lancashire Railway is a well-established and popular 12.5 mile preserved line travelling from Heywood to Rawtenstall via Bury and Ramsbottom. The East Lancashire Railway …
Birmingham buses after withdrawal
From the mid-1930s, many of the Birmingham City Transport bus fleet were stored pending disposal. Once sold, many were taken to scrapyards and broken up while some of the better …
Great Railway Journeys: The Chiltern Line to Birmingham
Great Railway Journeys: The Chiltern Line to Birmingham is a record of forty fascinating sites that can be seen from the window of a train travelling from Marylebone Station in …
East Lancashire Railway in the 1990s
The East Lancashire Railway is a well-established and popular 12.5 mile preserved line travelling from Heywood to Rawtenstall via Bury and Ramsbottom. The East Lancashire Railway …