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Where is this 53

Lloyd

Lloyd

master brummie
Preserved 1937 Birmingham Corporation Daimler no 1107 is seen here in 1976 on a special 'Golden Jubilee' run round the outer circle 11 route, which was then 50 years old. Yes, I know that's 32 years ago! The bus was 70 last year!
Where is it though? As it's easy I want the name of the road and the building behind.
 
just a guess Lloyd. is it yardley with the old yew tree pub. not very good at these so im prob wrong. wales.
 
The bus is parked on Lordswood Road just south of Hagley Road, Bearwood. The pub in the Kings Head.

Fat Mark
 
Spot on, fatmark. Todays prize is a free entry in the outer circle marathon - it's 26 miles round and like the buses, you have 2 hours 10 minutes to do it.
 
Lloyd said:
Spot on, fatmark. Todays prize is a free entry in the outer circle marathon - it's 26 miles round and like the buses, you have 2 hours 10 minutes to do it.
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I can't believe the buses do in that time these days, you can wait 2 hours for a blinking bus, when one comes they come in bunches. BANANA ROUTE
 
That was another lucky one - I drove past the Kings Head yesterday! I was glad to see it re-open after being boarded up for a while...

A handy hint for helping confirm guesses of photo locations, one I use a lot when working on my website - Google Maps satellite images are your friend! Check out this view of the photo location:-
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&...2089,-1.967899&spn=0.001008,0.001998&t=h&z=19

You can see the bus stop and the bit of the roof and the chimney in the old picture (the latter more clearly if you zoom in)! HTH.

Fat Mark
 
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