BrummieGeoff

A photo of the Birmingham General Omnibus depot in Taunton Road, Balsall Heath .... dated 1903. It shows a Stratford Road omnibus, and...

For those interested in Bournville Village housing, there is a very detailed ebook called "The Model Village and its Cottages...

Birmingham Daily Mail, November 1906, Horses supplied by the Birmingham Omnibus Company from Sparkbrook Depot. The horses daily work...

The Taunton Road omnibus depot is referenced in the (excellent and very detailed) thread "Midland Red Early Days", but the photo was...

We see in post 55 that the Birmingham Omnibus Co. has horses that daily work the omnibuses on the Ladypool Road route from their depot...

The aerial view is interesting in so far as the wall on the left hand side of the original picture is concerned. If you go W along...

For reference, here's a later aerial view of the scene dated 1946 .... the Clifton pub is indicated by the arrow. Credit: Historic England

Just to add something. I feel it is not just the bus that has been added, but also the buildings to the left. the maps below show the...

couple of photos showing horse drawn trams/buses from John Bright st to Balsall Heath

Excellent Geoff! You have greatly added to our knowledge of the image. I suspect that it could be created by a skilled photographer...

Whether you consider the Post1 picture a fake or not it does show some Birmingham history that has not been brought up before. The...

I would like to encourage people to post images for discussion without imputing blame. We don't know who created the picture posted on...

The photo was included in a 2019 post on Graham Knight's excellent FB page "Birmingham Old Prints, Photographs and Maps 1600-1900's". I...

The first FB appearance I can find for this photo is in a post dated 1 September 2019.

I think you are correct in that the cause of questioning is the difference in foreground and background clarity, in particular the...