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Would you have won more if I had got in first? Richard

I'm getting photograph withdrawal symptoms. I need a fix Richard

Oh dear - now I will have to dig out my Jenkinson carriage history books... Richard

I'd go with that Richard

He's conflated two things. The Royal train shed is indeed at Wolverton, and Weedon was designed as a royal retreat. Entirely different monarchs though, around a century apart Richard

I must get around to doing the 3G clutch one Richard

Across the valley behind our house is a railway embankment with a three arch bridge in the centre. It wasn't built that way, it was built as a very long viaduct - on the cheap. To get around it's inadequacies it was filled in as an embankment. In the 1980's (from memory) it was still unstable, and on inspection it was found that the infill under the arches had sunk, leaving the arches as arches (inadequate) So they dynamited the tops out of the arches Richard

No, it was built specifically to give access to the Midland Railway Central goods shed. The Midland shared New Street with the London North Western for passengers Richard

Well, the canal was built in 1797 and the railway in 1887 Richard

How about if you stand on a chair? Richard

I think you should send that to CRT In fact, I wonder if you could start a business turning warning signs into haikus 'Warning, vehicle reversing' 'Unexpected Item in Bagging Area' 'Operatives Working at Rear' Richard

Persistence I assume you are talking about getting the inner race (on the main shaft) into the bearing held in the housing? You are putting together a matched pair? You cannot swap the inner race to another bearing Richard

As was Earlestown, due to the L&NWR being a merger of three railways Richard

Where's Aunty Wainwright? Richard

Clockwise looking forward, rocker on the right Richard

Well, the rocker is on the right on an HA Does that help? Richard

You have excelled yourself! I was expecting a distant shot of a tiny tunnel Nice work, Dave Richard

Something for our man-on-the-spot. It looks like there is a footpath called Holliday Passage that runs parallel to Bridge Street from Holliday St to the Mailbox: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Gas+Street+Basin,+Gas+St,+Birmingham,+West+Midlands+B1+2JT/@52.475966,-1.9066945,19z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x4870bcf44faa40a9:0x1ad86b7201e73bd5 I think you should be able to see over the wall of that to the yard where the tunnel comes out Richard

Brilliant! This is it: https://bcnsociety.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/salvage-turn-tunnels.png and it is big Notice the Corporation yard on Salvage turn, this was the rubbish disposal yard Richard

Ahh - well, thank you for doing that. I'd like to know about the tunnels, but not for £11 Richard

When did canal boats start having a 'port' and 'starboard' side??? Richard

They also pierce the insulation and allow water in if used in wet areas, leading to localised corrosion and high resistance I fitted our towbar, bought from a local supplier, and it had a faulty beeper. They replaced the unit FOC and were very impressed with crimp connectors. They, of course, use Scotchlocks because they are quick to fit Richard

Thanks Richard, that's excellent. You wouldn't happen to have the map that covers where the railway tunnels are would you? Nick - I forget that what I know isn't always obvious. Birmingham was very intensely developed by that time, so i automatically read the map as mostly buildings with gaps shown. Richard's map is wonderful as it puts businesses to the canal arms. On the other hand, businesses then seemed to come and go at great frequency, so the ones shown may not be the originals on those sites, or use the canal Richard

I think we need to find another map Richard