Phil..
Found this info (see below) which goes along with the # 28 route you mentioned. So there must have been another bus that whent to Castle Brom via Saltley, as well.
Malc.
Re: 28 bus route
<blockquote>Just spoken to my Exhusband who did his 'routes' as a bus driver almost 50 years ago.
He recalls
The Markets Edgbaston Street to Small Heath
Golden hillock road,
St Benedicts Road
Green Lane
Belchers Lane
The Pelham
the Fox and Goose
Newport road
Chester road, Pype Hayes
turn left at the 'Pavilion'
right at Station road crossroads,
Erdington Red Lion
Short heath road
Kingstanding
Dyas Road Terminus. </blockquote>