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Offline Bent Neilsens Screamer

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Re: Drone footage of Bodymoor Heath
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2021, 11:31:51 PM »

(Going to mess up a favoured cycling route for me as well).

Are you local to Bodymoor Heath then? Do you go out into Middleton or the other way towards the Whitacre’s?

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Re: Drone footage of Bodymoor Heath
« Reply #16 on: March 12, 2021, 08:53:20 AM »
Is this for the Academy or is it for the seniors too? I worked on the other building and this isn't it. Has it been demolished for HS2?

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Re: Drone footage of Bodymoor Heath
« Reply #17 on: March 12, 2021, 11:37:49 AM »
Wow!
Unrecognisable from the last time I went.
I used to go there when it was simply called Bond Street back in the '70s

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Re: Drone footage of Bodymoor Heath
« Reply #18 on: March 12, 2021, 11:43:00 AM »
Is this for the Academy or is it for the seniors too? I worked on the other building and this isn't it. Has it been demolished for HS2?

The drone footage is the Acadamy, the seniors building is closer to Bodymoore Heath Road and has a different entrance.

Offline N'ZMAV

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Re: Drone footage of Bodymoor Heath
« Reply #19 on: March 12, 2021, 11:47:59 AM »
looks great - I'm hoping we can start generating some young talent through the place.

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Re: Drone footage of Bodymoor Heath
« Reply #20 on: March 12, 2021, 12:32:44 PM »
The bottom ground right on Bodymoor Heath Road is having HS2 going through it.





(Going to mess up a favoured cycling route for me as well).

Interesting. Was wondering exactly how HS2 was going to impact on the site.

Used to go down to watch training every school holiday in late 90s and early 2000s so it will run exactly through where the car park and pitches were and we've moved everything up 200 yards.

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Re: Drone footage of Bodymoor Heath
« Reply #21 on: March 12, 2021, 03:15:35 PM »
Is this for the Academy or is it for the seniors too? I worked on the other building and this isn't it. Has it been demolished for HS2?

The drone footage is the Acadamy, the seniors building is closer to Bodymoore Heath Road and has a different entrance.
Thanks for that. What a brilliant facility for the academy players. This will help to make up the minds of young talent that we're trying to sign.

Offline Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air

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Re: Drone footage of Bodymoor Heath
« Reply #22 on: March 12, 2021, 06:15:20 PM »
The bottom ground right on Bodymoor Heath Road is having HS2 going through it.





(Going to mess up a favoured cycling route for me as well).

Interesting. Was wondering exactly how HS2 was going to impact on the site.

Used to go down to watch training every school holiday in late 90s and early 2000s so it will run exactly through where the car park and pitches were and we've moved everything up 200 yards.

I do a lot of walking in the area and initial HS2 works are becoming increasingly noticeable over the last 12 months. Walking out of Middleton towards Middleton Hall some initial groundworks are taking place. A bit further north I walk the Heart of England Way to Lichfield, just a little east of Weeford where you cross the old A5 the path takes you past a farmhouse and outbuildings all now abandoned and surrounded by metal fencing. Big JCBs a few hundred yards away are very busy. Just south of here the original path has been recently diverted and a lot of tree planting has been done. Also walking down the canal path towards Curdworth I can work out where it crosses, again plenty of big yellow diggers at work.
« Last Edit: March 12, 2021, 06:19:01 PM by Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air »

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Re: Drone footage of Bodymoor Heath
« Reply #24 on: March 12, 2021, 07:44:13 PM »
Thanks, ALITA, that’s the one!
Looks lovely, very smart.

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Re: Drone footage of Bodymoor Heath
« Reply #25 on: March 12, 2021, 08:55:40 PM »
That's fantastic footage.

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Re: Drone footage of Bodymoor Heath
« Reply #26 on: March 12, 2021, 09:16:08 PM »

(Going to mess up a favoured cycling route for me as well).

Are you local to Bodymoor Heath then? Do you go out into Middleton or the other way towards the Whitacre’s?

Great Barr but I have cycled to Kingsbury via the back of Walmley and the Belfry and sometimes stop at Middleton Hall for the cafe. It will be interesting how steep the bridge will be compared to the Canal or M5 on the same road.

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Re: Drone footage of Bodymoor Heath
« Reply #27 on: March 14, 2021, 09:18:59 AM »

(Going to mess up a favoured cycling route for me as well).

Are you local to Bodymoor Heath then? Do you go out into Middleton or the other way towards the Whitacre’s?

Great Barr but I have cycled to Kingsbury via the back of Walmley and the Belfry and sometimes stop at Middleton Hall for the cafe. It will be interesting how steep the bridge will be compared to the Canal or M5 on the same road.

Ah I see. As ALITA said the work and destruction all around here is quite extensive. Boils my piss tbh.

 


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