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Traffic jam on Birmingham Road
Early afternoon heavy traffic queued up on Birmingham Road to join the A454 Walsall Road.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 24 Oct 2018
0.05 miles
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Aldridge station, with Society Special train, 1951
View eastward, towards Castle Bromwich and Birmingham New Street. This was a Stephenson Locomotive Society Special, formed of the auto-train, suitably strengthened, normally employed on the ex-Midland (Birmingham) - Castle Bromwich - Sutton Coldfield - Walsall line (closed 18/1/65); a branch had run from here - behind camera - to Brownhills (Watling Street) until 31/3/30. The locomotive is LMS-type Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T No. 41226 (built 11/48, withdrawn 9/64).
Image: © Walter Dendy, deceased
Taken: 26 May 1951
0.09 miles
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Old Milepost by the A454, Paddock Lane, Aldridge
Cast iron post by the A454, in parish of Walsall (Walsall District), Paddock Lane, Aldridge town centre, on the verge, on North West side of road. Lathe iron casting, erected by the County Council in the 19th/20th century.
Inscription reads:-
: ALDRIDGE ¾ / LITTLE - / ASTON 2¾ / WATFORD GAP 4 / TAMWORTH 12 : : ALDRIDGE : : WALSALL 3 :
Maker:-
: Chas. Lathe, Tipton :
Milestone Society National ID: ST_WLTM03.
Image: © Milestone Society
Taken: 3 Jul 2017
0.17 miles
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St Mary Of The Angels (RC) Church, Aldridge
Image: © Geoff Pick
Taken: 19 Oct 2010
0.18 miles
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The Avion
Previously a bingo hall
Image, but now with new life as a Wetherspoon's.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 19 Apr 2018
0.18 miles
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Roundabout in Aldridge town centre
The buildings ahead are as distinguished as many in the town centre.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 19 Apr 2018
0.19 miles
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Avion Cinema
The Avion Super De-Lux Cinema was opened in September 1938 by George Formby. It closed in 1967 and re-opened shortly after as a Bingo Hall. The building has been empty since the bingo operation closed in 2009.
Image: © John M
Taken: 16 Oct 2011
0.20 miles
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Avion Bingo Hall
The Avion bingo hall in the centre of Aldridge, like most bingo halls, began life as a cinema.
Image: © Derek Bennett
Taken: 11 May 2008
0.21 miles
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Shops & disused cinema
Image: © Row17
Taken: 22 Aug 2010
0.21 miles
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Aldridge Police Station
This one has not needed to be rebuilt, as so many were in the last 20 years.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 19 Apr 2018
0.23 miles