Wow what a trip down Memory Lane! I used to catch the number 11 at the Kings Head Bearwood ( after the 9) every weekday and go to Harborne to catch the 12 to go to school (Bartley Green). But I regularlly caught it to go to the cinema in Selly Oak or meet friends in Cotteridge. It was also part of my journey to the Ritz in Kings Heath. And like others , when I was 11 or 12, if it was a really cold night together with a few friends we would sit on the top deck at the back of the bus on the long seat and do the circuit with a bottle of pop and maybe an orange ... it was a warm night out!