RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted June 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) I probably travelled on the same buses at some time. Stoney Lane was where the 15 crossed the Outer Circle at the Yew Tree, Yardley. I lived near there 1973-75. The other side was a bit off my usual run, although sometimes I went by Number 11 from Harborne to Witton to get to Villa Park or going to Soho Depot in Winson Green. I think the 15 crossed the Outer Circle at Hamstead Road / Handsworth Wood Road so you weren't far out. Edited June 2, 2018 by TheSignalEngineer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted June 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2018 Hi Yes done the 11 right round because I could and a second time took a friend visiting Brum - a £2.40 day out and a great show. I missed on the tour but a service bus between school hours is fun. At school time it is not !!!! About 8 years ago the Mailbox in central Birmingham a large display was based on the 11 route with youngsters given camera and told to take what ever interested them and around 300 picture tiles created - from lovely shots of flowers and trees in gardens to burnt out cars and a lost shoe it was a great window on the city. In the way they have not yet finished building the city the display was removed when the mailbox shopping centre got a post riots rebuild ... ho hum Back on topic the model looks super - "top notch" as the chaps say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidotrains Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 Hi Yes done the 11 right round because I could and a second time took a friend visiting Brum - a £2.40 day out and a great show. I missed on the tour but a service bus between school hours is fun. At school time it is not !!!! About 8 years ago the Mailbox in central Birmingham a large display was based on the 11 route with youngsters given camera and told to take what ever interested them and around 300 picture tiles created - from lovely shots of flowers and trees in gardens to burnt out cars and a lost shoe it was a great window on the city. In the way they have not yet finished building the city the display was removed when the mailbox shopping centre got a post riots rebuild ... ho hum Back on topic the model looks super - "top notch" as the chaps say. Speaking of burned-out cars, we passed a weird thing around Aston. There was a row of seemingly new houses surrounded by a fence and obviously unoccupied. Within the fence was a burned out caravan. Anyone know what that was about? -Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Savoyard Posted June 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3, 2018 I probably travelled on the same buses at some time. Stoney Lane was where the 15 crossed the Outer Circle at the Yew Tree, Yardley. I lived near there 1973-75. The other side was a bit off my usual run, although sometimes I went by Number 11 from Harborne to Witton to get to Villa Park or going to Soho Depot in Winson Green. I think the 15 crossed the Outer Circle at Hamstead Road / Handsworth Wood Road so you weren't far out. Thanks for the info I can now see where I travelled from and too, not having a present day 15 route it wasn't easy to locate the stops. I will now be searching for an old WMPTE timetable! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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