I used the 34 bus in the 1960s to get to college in Gosta Green. I used to catch it at the Warley Odean stop on Hagley Road West.
The route, if I remember it correctly, was Hagley Road, Islington Row, Bath Row, Holloway Head, Suffolk Street, Swallow Street, Hill Street, New Street, Corporation Street then the 33 route out of Birmingham. I would get off in Lancaster Place opposite the Central Fire Station.
If I remember correctly the return journey must have been Dale End, High Street, New Street, Stephenson Place, Stephenson Street, Navigation Street, John Bright Street Holloway Head and return as above.
One morning I was on the 34 (showing 33 as it was a cross city service) when on the turn from Swallow Street into Hill Street, the driver appeared to have got his gearbox in a twist or something because the bus could not move and was stopped foul of the junction which must have brought Birmingham to a stop that day. Realising that he was not going to move, I got off and walked across the city centre to college.
The 34 Hagley Road tram and the Dudley Road tram ) used to meet at the Kings Head but were never connected
The 34 Tram at Kings Head Bearwood
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The 29 Tram on Bearwood Road near the Kings Head
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