GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Hockley and Duddeston: gwrhd685a

This close up of image 'gwrhd685' shows the area to the north of the office block, the latter housing the accounts and correspondence departments of the goods yard. The single storey buildings, seen at the office block, were originally built all the way along Pitsford Street to the Top gate beyond the "Outwards" shed and housed the stables.

By this time the stables were relocated and the remaining buildings were converted to other uses including bicycle sheds. The area to the right of the office block was, according to Frank Popplewell, known to the staff as the "Farm" but for what ever reason he never knew. Six months after this photograph was taken the offices were badly damaged in the heaviest raid on Birmingham of the Second World War.

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