The poster seems to be advertising "An Exhibition of Soviet Russian Education". Why would it be advertised on the Crescent in the 1930s? Interesting. Viv.
The Bull Ring in 1931 and crowds stand around people making a speeches which could have been about politics or maybe about religion. Some diamond shaped adverts on that van parked near the meetings.There were frequent political meetings in the 1930's. Their popularity waned in the late 1930's, when most folks could see which way the wind was blowing. They were generally either far right or far left in the political spectrum and it was not unknown for brawls between the two sides. My father once witnessed such as brawl in the Bull Ring when a faction tried to break up a Mosley led meeting.
The front cover of one of Ian Allan's spotters reference books of Birmingham City Transport has a picture of a number 7 at that stop and I am sat by the window upstairs, it is in the loft at the moment but when I can gat back up there I will find it and put it on the forum. The bus stopped there because it was the split for buses going down New Street and those heading for Broad Street. But is the painting wrong because the stop appears to be on the wrong side of the reservation? Comments please.