I never had occasion to use the No.8 The only thing I can associate with it is when I was a teenager and there was a horrific murder somewhere in Brum and the murder weapon or some evidence was found under a No.8 bus seat. I can't remember the exact details but I'm sure there are forum members who do.
Would that have been the Wheeley's Rd murder in the YWCA , Stephanie Baird victim . Patrick Joseph Byrne murderer.
He was supposed to have got the No 8 on Bell Barn Rd bloodstained shortly after commiting the murder . He was reported to have said
to his mother while they were watching the story on the news at home , what a good job he had done, mutilation and decapitation
the copper who got to the scene first fainted. There were door to door enquiries made , my brother in law was interviewed by the CID
I'll never forget that crime , namely because there was such a manhunt . JamesM I might be wrong but I'm sure this is the crime you're
relating to