WMPTE 2543, Washwood Heath Road, Birmingham, 1973

            The long demolished 'Beaufort Cinema' is the backdrop to this circa 1973 view of the junction of Washwood Heath Road and Bromford Lane in East Birmingham. Today, the site of the cinema is occupied by a retail shopping complex. 

2543, a former Birmingham City Transport, Guy motorbus would have likely been allocated to Washwood Heath garage at the time of this photograph. New in 1950, 2543 lived on in WMPTE service until its withdrawal in November 1976. Sister bus 2548 lives on in preservation and resides at the Transport Museum at Wythall. 

Behind the 2543 is an Ex Birmingham City Transport Fleetline working the No11 'Outer Circle' service. Although conductor operated, the service generally employed Fleetline buses. However, in a twist of fate, open platform Guy Arabs and Daimler CVG6s would return to work the service until its conversion to OMO in 1977.

In the age of rechargeable batteries, it's easy for forget how much we once depended on 1.5-volt dry-cell batteries. To carry the heavy consignments of batteries, 'Ever Ready' utilised  substantially built delivery trucks, this BMC/Leyland FG would have been typical of the fleet at the time.

Taken on: October 24, 2021

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