When I read a type set list such as these I take the information as "gospel" BUT in table 5 I trust my memory over the information given for the extension of Route 15B on 29/08/1948 to Sheldon Heath. As a family we moved to Garretts Green on 4th December 1948, our first house, and I have a distinct memory of walking to Bilton Grange to catch the 15B to town for the first few weeks of our time there.On the table of routes, unfortunately Table 1 ( if there was one) seems to have gone missing, but here are Tables 2,3,4,5
Thanks Lloyd this is very interesting.Trolleybuses (& a motorbus!) parked inside Arthur Street depot. Post war photograph.
These ran as a 'feeder' service to the Bristol Road trams, which only ran to Selly Oak at first. As the line was later extended to Northfield, and then Longbridge, the bus service was adjusted. The Daimler chassis of these buses were commandeered by the army in 1914 at the start of 'the Great War' and were replaced in 1915 by Tilling Stevens petrol-electrics, which the military favoured less. These took the bodies and registration numbers of the Daimlers, the licencing regulations allowed such things back then! Here is another of the same batch carrying an ex-Daimler body. (Note: In the photo above the registration looks like "OA 1802", but is actually "OA 1602".)One of the first rust Corporation buses on the Selly Oak/Rednal/Rubery route. Viv.
These transit maps are very revealing clearly showing the expansion of the city and surrounding areas! Progress marches on.Bus Route maps, 1923. 1929 and 1939 . the file names have become a bit distorted, but this seems to be right