Questions

1.	In what year was the first Harborne Railway Act passed?

2.	When did Calthorpe and Foakes meet?

3.	Why did Lord Calthorpe not want the railway on his estate?

4.	What was Foakes able to promise?

5.	Why did Calthorpe think the railway unnecessary?

6.	What was Foakes' answer to that?

7.	What was the threat that made Calthorpe change his mind?

8.	How many stations would there be on the line? (Careful)

9.	Where were the Calthorpes living at that time?

10.	How long had Edgbaston Hall been let to other people?

11.	What restrictions had been placed on the Worcester Canal Company?

12.	In what year was the canal begun?

13.	When was Calthorpe Road made?

14.	What well-known junction has had the wrong name for 160 years?

15.	Which church had the Calthorpes built? (They also rebuilt St. Bart's, except for Marjorie Middlemore's tower )

16.	What establishment now famous for its trees, hothouses, and flower displays did the Calthorpes help to found?

17.	Were tram-lines ever laid in the Calthorpe Estate?

18.	What has happened to the Harborne Railway? Why?

19.	What is happening in the Estate now?

20.	Is it still owned by the Calthorpes?
1867 First Art Gallery opened. Sewage Farm constructed at Saltley. 1871 Birmingham Schools Board appointed. 1872 Public Health Act. First Medical Officer of Health appointed. 1873 First tramway in Birmingham - horse-drawn, later steam trams. Cannon Hill Park opened. 1874 Artisans' Dwelling Act. Aston Villa F.C. founded. (not called B'ham as Aston was then not part of B'ham) 1875 Gas Co. taken over by Borough, also Water Co. Fire Brigade formed. Birmingham F.C. founded. Corporation St begun. Small Heath Park opened. Joseph Chamberlain Mayor 1873-76. 1876 Highgate Park opened. 1877 Birmingham, Tame & Rea District Drainage Board set up (only 40,000 of 70,000 houses in area were linked to main sewers.) Serious water pollution: local supplies inadequate. 1879 Council House opened. First telephone exchange built. Upper Corporation St opened. Cadburys moved to Bournville. 1880 Population 200,000. Mason College opened. Reservoir constructed at Shustoke. 1882 Warwickshire County Cricket Club formed. 1883 College of Art built. New Law Courts opened.

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