{"id":3745,"date":"2024-02-07T02:30:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T02:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/off-to-unuversity-3\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T02:30:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T02:30:29","slug":"off-to-unuversity-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/off-to-unuversity-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Off To Unuversity (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gateways To Academe<\/span><\/p>\n

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There are four “official” gates to provide access to the University Campus, named after the points of the compass. A modern toad entrance can be found on Pritchatts Road at its western end …\n
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But he first named entrance is North<\/span> Gate …\n
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… which is, by far, the most spectacular of all the entrances. Old Joe dominates the view as Joe Chamberlain once dominated the growing university.<\/p>\n

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According to Google Maps, North Gate has bus stops.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

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There are, iyf course, numerous vehicle access points in addition to the “gates” as with this one a tad further east on Pritchatts Road.\n
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Next round the compass is the East<\/span> Gate. The Uni campus plan designates this as the “Main Entrance”.<\/p>\n

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Ironically, the only bus to stop there is the 1S …<\/p>\n

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…\u00a0 a schools service! King Edwards School is opposite the\u00a0 otherwise unserved entrance “gate”.\n
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The main entrance lacks the spectacular quality of the North Gate …<\/p>\n

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… but Old Joe peeps mischievously over the trees.<\/p><\/div>\n

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And so to the South<\/span> Gate located on the busy Bristol Road, once home to very frequent trams …\n
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… trundling in reserved-track verdant splendour.<\/p>\n

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They would be the transport of choice to central Birmingham. By the mid 1950s buses 61, 62 and 63 were in evidence along the Bristol Road …<\/p>\n

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… and they would stop at the South Gate …\n
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… still a poor partner for the entrance in the north.<\/p>\n

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Old Joe still stands guard!\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

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The 61 and the 63 are still there …\n
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… and still frequent – although not as frequent as were the trams!!<\/p>\n

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A bus every six minutes is not at all bad!<\/p><\/div>\n

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One thing the students have had over the years is plenty of livery variety. From Birmingham Corporation dark blue<\/span> …\n
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… via early PTE lighter blue<\/span> …\n
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… though later PTE<\/span> …<\/p>\n

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… and even later PTE<\/span> …<\/p>\n

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… and on to today’s National Express\u00a0red<\/span>!<\/p>\n

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And fbb cannot remember these …\n
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… here presented as a 1:76 model!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tomorrow we move to the West<\/span> Gate where things are somewhat more complicated.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a0Next University blog : Thursday 8th February\u00a0<\/div>\n
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FOR SALE<\/span><\/div>\n
Unwanted Hornby R60209<\/span><\/div>\n
BP tank wagon – unopened<\/span><\/div>\n
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And here, as Sams Trains would say, is the end of the box.<\/div>\n
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The model has an RRP of \u00a334.95 and postage is usually extra at about \u00a34. Some retailers discount by a few pounds.<\/div>\n\n

Because this is a stupid fbb bludner, he is offering the model at …<\/p>\n

\u00a330<\/span><\/p>\n

… including P&P.<\/p>\n

Takings will go to\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0T E A R Fund Christian\u00a0charity.<\/p>\n

If you wsh to avail yourself of this bargain offer, please email<\/span> fbb at …<\/div>\n
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fbb@xephos.com<\/span><\/div>\n
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… giving you <\/span>real name and real address<\/span>. fbb will then email back with details of <\/span>his true identity and the address of fbb mansions<\/span>. Upon receipt of your payment by post, which can be <\/span>cheque or 40 second\u00a0class stamps<\/span>, the model will be posted promptly.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Thank you.<\/span><\/div>\n
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