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LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway

Bournville Station: mrb687

A late 1950s view of Bournville station showing work in progress on a new looking extension to the down platform's passenger shelter

A late 1950s view of Bournville station showing work in progress on a new looking extension to the down platform's passenger shelter. The railway follows the course of the Birmingham to Worcester canal from just outside New Street station to the Bournville signal box. Their close relationship is well seen in this photograph. Mature trees on the far side screen out Cadburys' factory complex, indicating, together with the leafy canal side vegetation in the foreground, that it was probably mid to late summer. It can't have been very warm though, as fires have been lit in the station buildings on the up platform. The overall scene is almost rural, in keeping with Cadburys' garden village image. There are in fact factories behind the camera as well as behind the trees. See image mrb1488 to see the same scene from a different angle. Both were taken from Maryvale Road.

John Dews

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