I had an uncle, whom I used to visit with my father in late 1946, who lived in the Lodge Road area. His wife, my aunt, no longer lived with him but she did visit me at my home. To get to his home meant a journey from the city centre on a 32 tram. At the time this was very exciting as I was more used to buses -Midland Red and BCT. Whilst I saw and went on the Rednal/Rubery trams from time to time, the Lodge Road route, due to the sharp curves encountered, had Fischer bow collectors rather than the usual trolley pole. I was quite disappointed when the route was converted to buses but sadly that would be the order of the day until the final 2/78 and 79 route abandonment's in 1953. Noisy, when moving and particularly so when braking, tramcars had their own charisma and I am blessed, I guess, with memories of them - particularly on the 36 Cotteridge route through Stirchley.