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I believe it's the junction of Stratford Road and Farm Road .... in Sparkbrook.

There is an interesting booklet about the River Cole, written by John Morris Jones, on the excellent Acocks Green History Society site...

Ref Post #3 : The same section of Cole Bank Lane/Road before it was widened .... showing the old bridge over the River Cole, and...

Ye Olde Royal Hotel in 1956.

Oops I just saw Passey Road - in that case post #2

No, it's looking away from College Road.

The photo is taken looking south along Springfield Road .... the horse and cart are outside the detached house at No 59, which I think...

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...