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The original London & Birmingham Railway Stechford station opened in December 1844 [1] with staggered platforms on either side of a level-crossing. In 1882, the level crossing became a bridge (Station Road) over the railway, the platforms were moved to the west (Birmingham) side of the bridge and a station building on the bridge became the entrance to both sets of platforms via steps.
Cash Generator was founded in 1994, by British businessman Brian Lewis. Having noticed the success of a similar business in the United States, he decided to emulate the business model in the United Kingdom, and opened his first store in Bolton, Greater Manchester on Valentine's Day 1994. [3]
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Stechford's history is unclear. Its oldest components are Station Road (known as Stoney Lane since Norman times) and Flaxleye Farm, first referenced in 1218. The farm itself no longer remains, however there is a farmhouse at 143 Flaxley Road, although the oldest parts of the current building cannot be older than the 17th century.
Northern Ireland was home to the world's first commercially viable tidal stream generator. [5] Trials were begun in Scotland then in England, before Marine Current Turbines installed the thousand-tonne [6] SeaGen turbine at the mouth of Strangford Lough. The lough was chosen because it has one of the fastest tidal flows in the world.
Retail companies of England (4 C, 35 P) Retail companies of Northern Ireland (1 C, 2 P) Retail companies of Scotland (2 C, ... Cash Generator; Cavendish House; CeX ...
Mark 3 Generator Van in use with Enterprise. Although the majority of the Mark 3 stock was withdrawn by Iarnród Éireann in 2009, a handful of vehicles remain in use. In 2012, following extensive refurbishment, and modification to make them compatible with the existing De Dietrich stock, a total of four Mark 3 generator vans entered service with Enterprise to replace the need for the ...
[16] [page needed] The LNWR's Aston locomotive depot ("Aston Shed") was opened in 1883, in the area between the Aston to Birmingham and the Aston to Stechford lines; it had an entrance on Long Acre, Nechells. It was closed in 1965, by then under British Railways ownership. [17] The line between Aston, Vauxhall and Duddeston was quadrupled in ...