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GWR Routes: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Routes: North Warwickshire Line
Moor Street Station: gwrms1700
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View of Shed B below Moor Street Station providing covered
storage and distribution facilities. Being located adjacent to the market area
in Birmingham city centre made it an ideal destination for the delivery of
perishable fruit and vegetables. Every night fast freight trains brought both
home grown seasonal produce, such as soft fruit from the Vale of Evesham or
broccoli from Cornwall and also imported produce, such as bananas from
Avonmouth Docks or Jersey new potatoes from Weymouth, direct to the Moor Street
Goods Depot. Here the wagons were unloaded using the two one ton electric
cranes and the produce stored in the cool warehouses until cartage had been
arranged. The picture shows a private lorry being loaded with casks in the Shed
B warehouse in the late 1920s. At this time it was common for wooden casks or
barrels to be used to transport dry produce as well as liquids. Also about this
time the London, Midland and Scottish, and Great Western Railway companies
agreed to work together to provide a joint collection and delivery cartage
service for all goods and parcels within Birmingham. The scale of charges per
consignment were as follows:
Weight (not
exceeding) |
Charge
(Shillings/pence) |
14 lbs. |
- /4d |
28 lbs. |
- /6d |
56 lbs. |
- /9d |
112 lbs. |
1s/ - |
2 cwts. |
1s/4d |
3 cwts. |
1s/8d |
4 cwts. |
2s/ - |
5 cwts. |
2s/3d |
Robert Ferris
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