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38 Oxford Street, Stirchley, Birmingham
38 Oxford Street, Stirchley, Birmingham, terraced house
Image: © thejackrustles
Taken: 1 Nov 1998
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Bournville rooftops
Looking over the rooftops of houses at Bournville from the Worcester & Birmingham canal.
Taken just west of Bournville station
Image: © Gillie Rhodes
Taken: 19 Jun 2012
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Moored narrowboats at Bournville
Image: © David Martin
Taken: 7 Aug 2022
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'Sans Souci' at Bournville
Narrowboat 'Sans Souci' is at Bournville's visitor moorings on a bright but blustery day.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 10 Jan 2015
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Worcester and Birmingham Canal
In Bournville.
Image: © Andrew Abbott
Taken: 14 Sep 2022
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Bournville Lane from the Aqueduct
The Worcester and Birmingham canal crossing Bournville Lane, Bournville Station.
Image: © Robert Eva
Taken: 27 Oct 2016
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Worcester & Birmingham Canal towards bridge #77B
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 20 Aug 2021
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Worcester & Birmingham Canal, Bournville
Narrowboats moored opposite Bournville station.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 22 Oct 2016
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Worcester and Birmingham Canal near Bournville, Birmingham
The railway from Worcester and Bromsgrove (and Redditch) to Birmingham runs alongside the canal here on the left, and for the rest of the way into New Street.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 25 Aug 2010
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Worcester and Birmingham Canal near Bournville, Birmingham
The railway from Worcester and Bromsgrove (and Redditch) to Birmingham runs alongside the canal here on the left, and for the rest of the way into New Street.
The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was fully open by 1815. The thirty mile (48 kilometre) long route with 58 locks gives access to the River Severn at Diglis Basin in Worcester. The canal took twenty-three years to build, and eventually took coal and industrial products south and brought grain, farm produce and building materials into Birmingham. According to William Dargue, pairs of donkeys were used to tow the narrow boats on this canal - the reason is unknown. Other companies normally used single horses. http://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-k/kings-norton/
Important cargoes on this line included coal, salt, and (from the late 1800s) Cadbury's used the canal to bring the ingredients for chocolate-making to their wharf at Bournville.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 8 Sep 2008
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