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From 1907 to 1953, Birmingham Corporation's trams provided an efficient and praiseworthy public transport service throughout the city, carrying millions of passengers during that time. Based on the twenty-eight tram routes in operation during 1937 (a representative year with trams operating in all parts of the city except the south-west sector), readers of this book are taken pictorially on a variety of tram journeys, places and points of interest being identified on the way. In their heyday, trams travelled along all the main directions of a Birmingham compass, moving through densely populated, highly industrialised inner suburbs to leafier outer suburbs, to places of work, places of entertainment and to the busy, bustling city centre. In short, an entertaining kaleidoscope of images is placed on show.

This fascinating volume illustrates what life was like for a schoolboy growing up in Birmingham between the wars. Illustrated with over 200 photographs, postcards, periodicals and other printed ephemera, this intriguing collection recalls domestic life and public events, from the opening of Birmingham's first airport to mass evacuation of schoolchildren before the outbreak of the Second World War. Accompanied by detailed and informative text, this book will appeal to all those who have lived through the inter-war years and those who would like to know more about what life was like.

This fascinating collection of over 200 picture postcards provides a nostalgic insight into the changing history of Birmingham during the period 1900-1945. For over a quarter of this time Britain was at war and the political and social changes experienced were immense, not least in Birmingham, a major industrial city.Each image is accompanied by a detailed caption, bringing the past alive and describing many aspects of life in the city, including chapters on wartime, work, sport, shopping, entertainment and celebrations, providing a vital record of vanished vistas and past practices.This book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of the area, and also awaken memories of a bygone time for those who worked or lived in the ‘Second City’.

Before the advent of the internal combustion engine, the only reliable means of getting about on Birmingham's roads was by walking or by horse. Many businesses ran fleets of horses and wagons to deliver goods around the city, horse trams carried the burgeoning population of the metropolis to and from work, while hansom cabs carried the well-off to the Theatre or to the city's parks. Within the pages of Birmingham's Horse Transport, Eric Armstrong takes us on a tour of the city, using images of horses at work to tell the story of the growth of the city's road transport network. From the city centre to suburbs such as Aston, Birchfield, Bourneville, Handsworth, Harborne, Lozells, Perry Barr, Saltley and Sparkhill he gives us a flavour of a time long gone, when horses, carts, coaches and trams were a common sight on the city's streets.

For the first quarter of the twentieth century, trams constituted the main workhorses of the public road transport system before Birmingham Corporation buses eventually replaced them completely. 1868 brought the formation of the General Omnibus Co. which ran a fleet of horse buses from High Street to various suburbs. The remaining years of that century are marked by an intricate mesh of private companies and the Corporation owning, leasing and managing transport systems. The first horse tram in the city plodded into service in 1872, operating between Hockley Brook and Dudley Port.In 1882 mechanical power, in the form of the steam tram, pioneered a course between the Old Square in the town centre, and Aston, and quite some time elapsed before the steam tram faced competition from the cable car. By 1904 the Corporation decided to take matters into its own hands and operate its own trams and buses. Overhead electric wiring appeared along steam tram routes and 1907 brought the demise of the beasts, replaced by nearly 200 trams.Following closely the 1937 routes depicted in Volume I and including the fares structure, as well as the social and sporting activities of tramways personnel, this book is illustrated with a wealth of fascinating archive postcards and ephemera depicting tramways operation of the era and placing an emphasis on the tram in its social and historical context. A must for all Birmingham transport and local historians!

A REVOLUTIONARY NEW APPROACH to reading greens and making putts.Everything you need to know to become a GREAT putter. Learn how to read greens, anticipate breaks, and evaluate putts, plus tips for choosing your putting strategy. Comprehensive Keys to the Green shows you how to get the right feedback from a chip or putt, so you can determine if the line was off, or the speed was off (or both), and, if so, by precisely how much -- critical information for your putting success.Best of all, your first chip or putt will give you all the information you need for the next. With that information, you'll be well on your way to lower scores.The PERFECT COMPLEMENT to the AIMPOINT SystemThat system tells you how to predict the amount of break and pick a point of aim. It does a great job, too. In fact, it was one of the original inspirations for the "Keys to the Green" system.But once you predict the putt, you have to make the putt. After a miss, which generally happens the first time, you need to determine if your prediction was off, or your execution.Was your putt too fast or too slow (execution)? Was it too high, or too low (prediction)? Or was it a combination of factors (it generally is), and if so, by how much of each?The Keys to the Green system is the perfect way to tell if your green-speed estimate or finger-alignment was off, giving you an inaccurate read, or whether you had the wrong speed. That feedback helps you can make the right adjustment for your next putt.And More The book also covers putting mechanics, and the entire putting process from initial read to final stroke evaluation. It shows you how to anticipate which way the ball will break as it encounters different slopes (a few of which are decidedly non-intuitive ). It also includes bonus material to help you set up a practice program.Comprehensive Keys to the Green is a clearly-written, easy-to-follow guide that will have you mastering the greens in no time. Use this manual to save multiple strokes per round, in the easiest part of the game (The Kindle version has color diagrams and live links.)

Learn how you can practice a meditative form of yoga-even with a typically Western "gymnastic yoga" session going on around you. Learn how to find your meditation posture. Develop the specific combination of strength and flexibility required to maintain it effortlessly. Perhaps most importantly, learn the Figure-8 Energy Breath-a breathing pattern you can use to supercharge your asanas and your workouts, and start you on the road to energy flow meditations. It's all in Bench Yoga, volume 1 of the Subtle Energy Yoga series.This is yoga for you Beginners: Gentle yoga anyone can do. Don't let age, weight, or injuries hold you back. If you can sit in a chair, you can do this Experts: Accelerate your progress. Strengthen your asanas. Build to Lotus.Everyone: Enjoy a meditative energy-flow practice. Raise chi. Meditate Need a break? Meditate Enjoy a perfectly upright, perfectly balanced, perfectly comfortable posture.Prepare for your inner journey From yoga to meditation.From meditation to the sublime experience of internal energy.Discover these simple truths: Meditation and internal energy flows open the door to joy and happiness.They are the key to a connection with the divine-the unending source of inspiration and love.From the Back CoverBench Yoga is a perfect blend of meditation and yoga that anyone can do. If you can sit in a chair, you can do it. If you can sit in Lotus Pose, you can still benefit from it. And the ancient tradition of a sitting bench can help you get from one to the other Make Yoga EasierNot everyone can get down to the floor-or get back up again. Not everyone can do the asanas (poses) without support. But everyone can sit That's where the Yoga Bench comes in.Sit straight, meditate, progress to Full LotusYour Yoga practice should make it possible to sit long and sit strong. Why? To meditate It's always been the goal of Yoga. A bench can help you develop your capacity to sit effortlessly and comfortably.Connect with an Ancient TraditionAll over India there are pictures and sculptures of gods and ancient gurus sitting on a bench, a tree stump-even the back of a cow or tiger Typically, they are sitting with one leg up, and one down. They knew something Eric Armstrong is reinvigorating that tradition with a Yoga and Meditation practice built around a sitting bench. It just may be the most important of your Yoga practice Improve your Yoga/Meditation practiceYou can easily sit in the ideal, upright posture-without back pain.You won't strain or slide off, even if you have limited flexibility.A wide variety of sitting positions let you meditate longer and more deeply.Get up and sit down as easily as a chair. Change positions easily.Support for standard asanas makes them easier.Special asanas help you progress to Full Lotus.This book shows youWhere to buy a bench, how to build one, how to set it up and use it.The 11 basic sitting positions with 45 variationsStandard Yoga asanas using the bench and a Yoga Block for supportSpecial asanas that build flexibility in the hips and legsPlus a collection of exercises to build sitting strengthThe asanas and exercises promote internal energy flows - a great prelude to meditation. You sit comfortably with ease, poise, and clarity to enjoy the deepest experience possible. It's a revival of the ancient wisdom of Yoga. Note: The Kindle version has live links and color pictures.

A guided tour of Central Birmingham, showing how the city has been transformed over the last century.

When Skyler C. Gull builds a sand castle, he finds it missing and goes on the search for the sand castle thief. Children of all ages will love this delightful seaside tale. Visit Skyler at www.skylerseagull.com

In this insightful memoir, incidents, thoughts, and emotions of a Birmingham boyhood are carefully surveyed. The earliest memory recorded derives from the sights and sounds of the Charleston, while the last is that of a lingering kiss from a childhood sweetheart. In between is a journey of self-discovery in a rapidly expanding world-a world that soon ignited with the outbreak of the Second World War. Through the personal upheavals of an extended family in the Black Country, the changes in Eric Armstrong's life are set against a variety of overlapping contexts, from countrywide events (such as the general strike of 1926) to the disturbing events in Europe (and particularly Germany). The author recalls how he marvelled at the achievements of Amy Johnson, Charles Lindbergh, and Malcolm Campbell; he also revelled in the cinematic delights of King Kong and the dancing of Fred and Ginger. These interests and more are reflected in the nearly 200 rare and unpublished photographs found within.Deeply entrenched in cultural and social history, A Birmingham Boyhood 1923-40 evokes, with tender memory, the manners and morals of those days, reflecting the myriad changes in Birmingham (and the wider world) throughout this tumultuous period.

A charming and topical tale about a number of dogs violently snatched from their homes and taken to an isolated compound in prepartion for their illegal sale. One of the captive dogs, a yound Lhasa apso, tries to organise an escape aided by a very unusual cat and a feral Patterdale terrier. Relentlessly pursued through the countryside by criminals, the dogs have to live by their wits in order to complete the long journey home. As their enemies close in, a vengeful predator occasionally assists them as he tries to hunt down the dog who betrayed him as a puppy.