One of the best known bus routes in the UK is the marathon Birmingham 'Outer-Circle' Number 11. As a boy a friend of mine took this bus from near Selly Oak to see Aston Villa play but as he caught it going in the wrong direction it was already Half-Time or even later when he finally arrived there. As a celebration of this bit of heritage local transport groups arrange a transport rally to follow the route and in 1979 I photographed two classic buses from the early Fifties, one a celebrity through sheer numbers and a true postcard-celebrity whilst the other a Duple Roadmaster is special because of it's actual rarity compared to it's huge success as a Dinky Toy. In Birmingham RT 1658 looked a bit of place as did South Notts of Gotham Leyland Royal Tiger but it wasn't really as South Notts LOE 900 was new to Jackson of Castle Bromwich in 1951.
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