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Westcourt Drive, BRISTOL, BS30 9SJ

The old schoolroom, kitchen and vestry have been demolished, and major work on the body of the church is well underway; the ground is being prepared for an extension.

The Oldland Common Village Hall, built in 1913 along with the church hall nearby. It was erected in response to the rapidly growing population in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, largely due to coal mining and brass working.

An interesting house along West Street, although perhaps not that old.

The estates around here are largely post-war developments; a Georgian pillarbox stands on the corner of Westcourt Drive and Glenwood Drive - clearly a reuse from another spot. It is a product of the Carron Company of Stirlingsihre.

Fry's Somerdale 4w Sentinel, No. 7492, passes beneath West Street bridge in Oldland Common on the Avon Valley Railway.

The Avon Valley Railway has the run of the track along Oldland, albeit with just the three stations. Below the bridge is “River Annan” and is, according to the website: 'Ruston Hornsby 0-6-0DH NO.429 Pre TOPS number: 429 ‘River Annan’/’Salty’ Builder/Number: Ruston Hornsby (466618) Built: 1961 This is a Ruston Hornsby LSSH 0-6-0DH (diesel hydraulic) shunting engine. Powered by a 275 hp Paxman 6RPHL 29-litre V6 engine, Twin Disc torque convertor and two-speed final drive, the LSSH is a capable short wheel base shunter, capable of handling heavy trains over short distances and tight curves.'

Three-storey townhouses built along with the rest of the housing here are converted into shops. See Image] for a closer look at the telephone box to see if there is a phone in it.

Seen from a north-bound train on the Avon Valley Railway.

As with many, this box has been converted from the spoken word to the written word.

Fry's Somerdale 4w Sentinel, No. 7492, approaches West Street bridge in Oldland Common on the Avon Valley Railway.