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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Hockley Station: gwrhd685a
Close up of image 'gwrhd685' showing the area to the north
of Hockley Depot's office block and the demolished stables. The office block
housed the accounts and correspondence departments of Hockley Goods yard.
Single storey buildings, such as that seen at the end the office block, were
originally built all the way along Pitsford Street to the North Gate. A horse
drawn dray has been reversed to the door of the first building whilst beyond
are the remains of the demolished stable block which ran for several hundred
feet to the North Gate. By this time the stables were relocated and the
remaining buildings were converted to other uses including bicycle sheds. 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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