These PD2s were the last delivered with the traditional Manchester style of bodywork.  They disappeared from the Saddleworth services by 1956 with the transfer to Rochdale Road garage and I never saw one until, astonishingly, the SELNEC era when one appeared on a Greenfield run in 1970!  This shot typifies the old order at Manchester.  The intermediate blind is unusual on this vehicle as the Limited Stop lettering is smaller than normal.  Photo courtesy the late Ray Dunning (via Peter Thompson).
These PD2s were the last delivered with the traditional Manchester style of bodywork. They disappeared from the Saddleworth services by 1956 with the transfer to Rochdale Road garage and I never saw one until, astonishingly, the SELNEC era when one appeared on a Greenfield run in 1970! This shot typifies the old order at Manchester. The intermediate blind is unusual on this vehicle as the Limited Stop lettering is smaller than normal. Photo courtesy the late Ray Dunning (via Peter Thompson).
15th June 1955
13 & 183 - Manchester to Uppermill and Greenfield via Scouthead
Saddleworth Buses
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