common era wrote: Vybik Jon wrote: HS2 work in Birmingham has uncovered the remains of the oldest railway roundhouse and turntable base in the world.
Because the remains are not in the path of the new tracks, they will form part of the landscaping of the site.
Have been watching the Big Dig programme on BBC all about it. It's probably been mentioned here already, so apologies for repetition. While it's not the ancient history we talk of here it's still been fascinating. Believe next week it coveres the railway roundhouse dig in Birmingham in more depth.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/[...]/m000mmrf/britains-biggest-dig
To be fair, CE, Alice could talk about the paint drying process and it would be absorbing......
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