Lodge Lane in Delph is an unlikely throughfare to see a bus service and as a consequence such use has been recorded regularly as seen in this gallery. GMT National 110 climbs up the road which is, reassuringly, one-way! Photo courtesy Paul Wreghitt.

Leyland Nationals were the mainstay of these particular services. Here is 1313 at Oldham Market Place serving as reminder that these services used West Street in Oldham as their stopping point. Photo courtesy Paul Wreghitt.

Symbolising the PTE's road and rail integration of the period is 179 heading into Oldham from Diggle whilst a Cravens DMU, so typical of the Manchester-Oldham-Rochdale line, passes overhead. As evidenced by the fresh stonework, this is the new bridge built at Mumps to permit the creation in 1970 of the roundabout we all know and love! Photo courtesy Paul Wreghitt.

National 154 breasts the summit at Lydgate with an excellent panorama behind - the Civic Centre on the skyline and Rome Mill nearer, with its Crown Wallpapers sign facing the other way. The Morris Marina behind is painted in a colour redolent of the period. Photo courtesy Paul Wreghitt.

1309 was one of the Leyland Nationals delivered in plain white and it seems to want to return to that livery here on Oldham Road, Grasscroft.

The 431 service has exactly two weeks to go. Deregulation caused a huge change and the process of renumbering bus stops had to start well in advance. 431 on this stop at the top of Brookway in Grasscroft has already been replaced by 427.

It was still a through Carrcote to Diggle service when 116 descended towards the Farrar's Arms and so it is displaying 432.

Waiting to turn up Oldham Road at the Farrar's Arms is 129.

Seen from an unusual and experimental vantage point is one of the ECW-bodied Leyland Leopards which broke the monotony of the Leyland National on these services. It is just below the Farrar's Arms and a Leyland National is headed the other way, probably towards Ashton.

My mother had passed this accident on her way home from work at lunchtime and found it a little amusing! Leyland National 178 has been hit in the rear by a lorry from Strivens Abbatoir in Royton and the little Jimpny has made it a meat sandwich.

The same combination seen from the other side, at the top of Oaklands Road in Grasscroft.

There were three of these ECW Leopards at Oldham, 81, 82 and 87. 81 is on Oldham Road near Greenfield station and has just passed the vintage Atkinson "Chinese Six" lorry operated by Barratt's of Delph, who were actually based at the bottom of the hill here.

143 is near Greenfield station heading towards Oldham.

Atlantean 8640 was one of the last style of Atlantean with gasket-glazed windows. It is about to cross the railway at Greenfield station.

8672 swings round the same corner during the last weeks of operation of the 431.

Both the Mercedes O305s passed this point within a few minutes on this occasion. One is shown in the 438 collection, but here EX54 is at Greenfield station on a 431 from Diggle to Carrcote. Unlike EX55, this one has received a GMT fleetname.

Saddleworth viaduct is behind the photographer here, whilst the view looks over what was at the time the short navigable section of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal at Brownhill. The building on the right is now known as the Brownhill Countryside Centre. Almost lost in the Saddleworth landscape is a Leyland National heading for Diggle via Dobcross and crossing the canal bride carrying Dobcross New Road. This bridge has latterly proved rather troublesome. Photo courtesy Paul Wreghitt.

With the demise of the 433 and 434 all journeys on these services served Dobcross village. National 123 enters the square on its way back to Oldham. Note the sign for the Post Office, which was located just around the corner at that time. Photo courtesy Paul Wreghitt.

A rear view of 120, which has just left Sugar Lane and will immediately turn right into Diggle village. Photo courtesy Paul Wreghitt.

120 returns from Diggle. Photo courtesy Paul Wreghitt.

128 is seen from a distant viewpoint above the mouths of the Standedge railway tunnels. It will turn onto the bridge to reach the turning circle, but in North Western days buses would often use this junction at the end of the bridge to turn round, even when one-man operated. Warth Mill is prominent in the background - this was rebuilt after the original burnt down and was used by the CWS for flannel production, then from 1928 by Tanner Brothers for tyre fabric production. This ceased in the 1970s. Photo courtesy Paul Wreghitt.

This attractive photo shows 1336, an early Leyland National (in fact the twentieth production example) heading towards the turning circle at Diggle past the former railway cottages. Photo courtesy Paul Wreghitt.

5004 leaves the turning circle area at Diggle and is working a 433 journey. Photo courtesy Geoff Lumb.

5004 is seen again at the turning circle. This bus still carries Manchester red livery, but it was new to that operator in the two-tone blue and silver livery used for airport coaches. In the batch of ten, four had single doors and the remainder had dual doors; all the latter came to Oldham in 1970/1. Photo courtesy Geoff Lumb.