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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/damienwalmsley/">Damien Walmsley</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/damienwalmsley/54810363180/" title="20250924 - HS2 View from Berkswell train station"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54810363180_992eda5360_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="20250924 - HS2 View from Berkswell train station" /></a></p> <p>Travelling from Berkswell Station and there is a view of the HS2 viaduct in the distance.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/114111770@N03/">jpotto</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/114111770@N03/53193106601/" title="Berkswell windmill"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53193106601_9a6af7a77a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Berkswell windmill" /></a></p> <p>Originally the mill dates from 1706. It now has 4 sails, and was rebuilt in 1826. It was used to grind flour and animal feeds, and in 1927 was adapted to run by diesel engine. It was used until 1948.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/114111770@N03/">jpotto</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/114111770@N03/53193474083/" title="Berkswell windmill"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53193474083_a52ceabb2f_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Berkswell windmill" /></a></p> <p>Originally the mill dates from 1706. It now has 4 sails, and was rebuilt in 1826. It was used to grind flour and animal feeds, and in 1927 was adapted to run by diesel engine. It was used until 1948.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ell-r-brown/">ell brown</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/53123122079/" title="Berkswell Station - West Midlands Railway sign"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53123122079_f69a86c5db_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Berkswell Station - West Midlands Railway sign" /></a></p> <p>Berkswell Station - West Midlands Railway sign.<br /> <br /> <br /> Seen from the London Northwestern Railway service from Birmingham New Street to London Euston via Northampton, I caught to Coventry.<br /> <br /> <br /> Direct trains to Birmingham International - not from this platform, this platform goes to Coventry and London Euston!</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/21611052@N02/">AndrewHAs</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21611052@N02/52614612210/" title="Mid-Warwickshire Motorways . Balsall Common , Solihull , West Midlands . AML665H . Balsall Common Yard . Saturday morning 23rd-July-1977."><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52614612210_d1f75bf366_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Mid-Warwickshire Motorways . Balsall Common , Solihull , West Midlands . AML665H . Balsall Common Yard . Saturday morning 23rd-July-1977." /></a></p> <p>AEC Swift 4P2R - MCW B50F ( or AEC Merlin in LT parlance ) <br /> <br /> New to London Transport MB665 during November-1969 , entering service during January-1970 . Stored out of service during April-1976 , and sold to this Operator in January-1977 . <br /> The final one !<br /> <br /> Parked up in the Operator's yard in Balsall Commom , near Solihull during Saturday lunchtime 23rd-July-1977</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/7368063@N06/">Saxon Sky</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/7368063@N06/51650018046/" title="Balsall Common"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51650018046_53dcbeeae9_m.jpg" width="240" height="187" alt="Balsall Common" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/7368063@N06/">Saxon Sky</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/7368063@N06/51650681004/" title="Balsall Common"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51650681004_cc51fb2401_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Balsall Common" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/7368063@N06/">Saxon Sky</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/7368063@N06/51386666561/" title="Balsall Common-The White Horse"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51386666561_537bfb6412_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Balsall Common-The White Horse" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/7368063@N06/">Saxon Sky</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/7368063@N06/51374540714/" title="Balsall Common-Ivy House Farm"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51374540714_61430fcf12_m.jpg" width="240" height="164" alt="Balsall Common-Ivy House Farm" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/7368063@N06/">Saxon Sky</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/7368063@N06/51372899825/" title="Balsall Common-Blacksmiths Corner"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51372899825_e8b8bce6d6_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Balsall Common-Blacksmiths Corner" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/7368063@N06/">Saxon Sky</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/7368063@N06/51370842950/" title="Balsall Common"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51370842950_215bd30c7f_m.jpg" width="240" height="163" alt="Balsall Common" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/britishmethodistbuildings/">Westminster Oxford Research Network (BMB)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishmethodistbuildings/51210199009/" title="BMB-X-2-41"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51210199009_9fa4b95821_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="BMB-X-2-41" /></a></p> <p>Balsall Common<br /> <br /> Contributor: Daniel Reed (2021)<br /> County: West Midlands</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/majorclanger/">Clanger&#039;s England</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/majorclanger/51044376486/" title="Quinton Hazell"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51044376486_1e12ac4bcd_m.jpg" width="170" height="240" alt="Quinton Hazell" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/damienwalmsley/">Damien Walmsley</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/damienwalmsley/51013685722/" title="20210307 - Sixteen acre wood"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51013685722_416bb5edde_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="20210307 - Sixteen acre wood" /></a></p> <p>I went on a photographic walk from Berkswell near Balsall Common and came across the Sixteen acre wood. This is alongside the HS2 line. It struck me how much disruption is taking place. I had not encountered it close up other than the inconvenience of traffic changes around the M42 and A452. This part of the wood will become an embankment. Here we see the wood is being cleared and every so often the trees or paths are marked with red flags/circles or blue circles. I documented the area with photography as it will change.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ell-r-brown/">ell brown</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/50401552892/" title="Johnsons Excelbus on the 88 to Balsall Common in Solihull"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50401552892_631197a82e_m.jpg" width="240" height="170" alt="Johnsons Excelbus on the 88 to Balsall Common in Solihull" /></a></p> <p>A rainy walk out of Solihull Town Centre.<br /> <br /> Heading to Streetsbrook Road.<br /> <br /> <br /> Johnsons Excelbus on the 88 to Balsall Common in Solihull.<br /> <br /> <br /> On the roundabout between Lode Lane and Streetsbrook Road.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/138086819@N02/">Rev Paul O&#039;Connor</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/138086819@N02/48765023921/" title="Blessed Robert Grissold, Balsall Common"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48765023921_5d757f80c9_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Blessed Robert Grissold, Balsall Common" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/138086819@N02/">Rev Paul O&#039;Connor</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/138086819@N02/48765211087/" title="Blessed Robert Grissold, Balsall Common"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48765211087_ac1bc7ab2d_m.jpg" width="157" height="240" alt="Blessed Robert Grissold, Balsall Common" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/138086819@N02/">Rev Paul O&#039;Connor</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/138086819@N02/48765021381/" title="Blessed Robert Grissold, Balsall Common"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48765021381_fafdb93049_m.jpg" width="240" height="188" alt="Blessed Robert Grissold, Balsall Common" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/138086819@N02/">Rev Paul O&#039;Connor</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/138086819@N02/48764688993/" title="Blessed Robert Grissold, Balsall Common"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48764688993_1ac4c51361_m.jpg" width="240" height="134" alt="Blessed Robert Grissold, Balsall Common" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/britishmethodistbuildings/">Westminster Oxford Research Network (BMB)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishmethodistbuildings/46763286761/" title="BMB-S-23-44"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/46763286761_1150f6a610_m.jpg" width="240" height="234" alt="BMB-S-23-44" /></a></p> <p>Photographer: Bill Smith<br /> Location: Balsall Common<br /> Region: West Midlands<br /> Street: Station Road<br /> Remarks: 'Originally Plymouth Brethren meeting house. Opened as Methodist, 1965.'</p>

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