Uploads from Lady Wulfrun, tagged staffordshire, with geodata

Plantation, Himley, Staffs, 2002

nobody@flickr.com (Lady Wulfrun) — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:17:15 -0700

TWM 3111 with risqué Travel Card ads passing stationary 2039 in Plantation, Himley, Staffordshire one Sunday in early January 2002.

Bell Road, Trysull, South Staffordshire, 1997

nobody@flickr.com (Lady Wulfrun) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:48:09 -0700

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Travel West Midlands Volvo B10B 1317 about to make the turn from Trysull Holloway onto Bell Road in the village of Trysull. More accustomed to midibuses, a bus this large was an unusual sight on the semi-rural 585 service.

Wombourn(e), Railway Station, April 1980

nobody@flickr.com (Lady Wulfrun) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:49:13 -0700

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Taken from a now demolished footbridge, a view of the former GWR railway station at Wombourne, South Staffordshire in April 1980.

Wombourne Station
Wombourn railway station was the main intermediate station on the Wombourne Branch Line, situated at the Bratch. It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1925 and closed in 1932. It was a grandiose affair with a goods yard and many station amenities. This, however, didn't stop poor patronage which led to the station's closure a mere seven years after opening. It is now a tearoom, popular with walkers.

The station itself was named Wombourn, the standard spelling of the time, in preference to the spelling Wombourne. This is the result of a decision made by the Great Western Railway, who feared confusion with the similarly named Wimborne.
Extract from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombourn_railway_station

The Wombourne Branch Line
The Wombourne Branch Line was a railway situated in Central England. The line branched from the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line at Kingswinford Junction to the north of Brettell Lane railway station and joined track at the triangular Oxley Junction on the approach to Wolverhampton Low Level.

Unusually, the line was initially constructed for goods trains only. It was not until 1925 that passenger trains started using the line. A number of halts and stations were built at locations on the line including Wombourne and Tettenhall. Passenger services were short lived and were discontinued in 1932 after just seven years.

The line between Kingswinford and Tettenhall remained open to goods trains until 1965, though the branch which served Baggeridge Colliery remained open until that facility closed in 1968.

The remaining section of the line continued to serve various industrial units in the Pensnett area until 1994. The line is now singled and heavily overgrown with vegetation and even mature trees, but most of the it is still in place and there have been many recent suggestions that this final stub of the line will re-open to serve the Pensnett Trading Estate, which was developed during the 1980s.

The section north of Pensnett closed and is now utilised as - The South Staffordshire Railway Walk. The former station buildings at Wombourn station are still in use as a tea-room. Other various relics of this line still exist. The railway walk was opened in 1974, just six years after the last trains used the line. The Wolverhampton Railway Walk, which continues the walk northwards and through the Smestow Valley Local Nature Reserve.
Extract from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombourne_Branch_Line

On the move!

nobody@flickr.com (Lady Wulfrun) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:57:49 -0800

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I'd completely forgotten about this photo until I recently unearthed it; a snatched shot of former Walsall Corporation (Piano-fronted) Fleetline 111L (XDH 511G) operating for WMPTE in Wolverhampton in 1977. Having just departed the Town Centre, the bus is seen turning from Darlington Street in to Waterloo Road on its way to Codsall in South Staffordshire one sunny afternoon in the Summer of 1978. I can easily imagine the little guy in the flat cap, with a newspaper tucked under his arm, being in quite a rush to get to the bookmakers, having a half burned cigarette drooping from the corner of his mouth.

Staffordshire into Shropshire

nobody@flickr.com (Lady Wulfrun) — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:01:34 -0700

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A lovely Springtime view from Nurton Hill Road near Pattingham in South Staffordshire, looking out towards Shropshire.

Streetview, or should that be 'Laneview'?
maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=pattingham&oe=UTF-8&ie=U...

Firkin 'ell

nobody@flickr.com (Lady Wulfrun) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:22:21 -0700

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Seen in the ownership of the Green Bus Service (GBS), this nice looking Plaxton ‘Derwent’ bodied Leyland Leopard started life with West Yorkshire PTE in August 1976. The bus was one of the many Leyland Leopards owned and operated by the GBS, but I think RWT531R was the only ex WYPTE example purchased by the company. According to www.typg.org.uk/fate.xls she disappeared off the radar in 1995, presumed scrapped.

The picture was taken in Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, on 27th July 1994.

Christmas Night 1982.

nobody@flickr.com (Lady Wulfrun) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:26:23 -0800

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All Saints Church, Trysull , Staffordshire on Christmas Night 1982.

Pattingham, Staffordshire, March 1994.

nobody@flickr.com (Lady Wulfrun) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:59:36 -0800

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Midland Red (North) No1516, was one of three Leyland Tiger coaches acquired by the Company, being numbered 1514-1516 (B514 OEH - B516 OEH). Fitted with Duple Laser-2 bodywork, 1514/5 had C51F seating, while 1516 was seated as C53F coach. Originally used on National Express work, all three vehicles were eventually fitted for one-man operation and received several different liveries. 1514-5 were sold to Crosville Motor Services in April 1989, but 1516 hung on with M.R.N until the Mid 90’s.

1516 is seen pictured at the bus terminus in the village of Pattingham, Staffordshire in readiness for its return journey to Wolverhampton on 517 service. Photograph taken: 24th March 1994.