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View of Old Square looking towards Upper Priory.
Centre of Picture is a "Trackless Street Car"
The picture(s) are of American origin - hence the name used.
The double picture is for viewing with a "stereo picture viewer"
This trolleybus appears to be one of the first of a batch of Birmingham's trolleybuses received in the last three months of 1922. Numbered 1 - 12 OK 4823 - OK 4834; they ran for around ten years before withdrawal on the 7 Nechells route.
The photo shows a bus after its first major overhaul when it got a repaint in the more familiar BCT style. The original paint scheme had more cream on the lower panels. They ran on solid tyres all their lives!!
Old Square is located at the busy junction of Corporation Street and Priory Queensway. It’s a fairly innocuous and simple crossroads that many use to get from one bus stop to another. There a…