Description:Hagley Road, Edgbaston, seen in postcard view in 1903. The location is the Ivy Bush, looking eastwards towards the city centre. However, the destination on the front of the bus reads 'New Street', an early example of the misleading destinations on buses that Birmingham people were quite accustomed to. The caption on the card indicates that a motor bus was at this time something worth noting. The first application to run a motor-bus service along Hagley Road had been in 1901. It was proposed to charge a 1d. fare from the Fountain (Sandon Road) to Five Ways - the horse buses charged 2d.