Yelloway FDK 416D and Northern General NCN 814L in Rochdale - Jul 1973

A Saturday evening in July 1973 on the fuel pumps at the Yelloway garage in Rochdale. Left is Yelloway FDK 416D, an AEC Reliance with Plaxton Panorama body new in 1966. This was the coach involved in a bad accident on the A56 near Bowden in Cheshire when working a London bound express a few years previously. It was returned to Plaxtons for repair and came back to work a few months later. Note the destination blinds both read 'Yelloway'. It was customary to set them thus when a particular destination name wasn't available. A most unusual visitor on the right is Northern General 114L (NCN 814L), a Bristol RELH6G with Plaxton Panorama Elite bodywork in National coach livery just a couple or so months old. It shows Torquay on the destination blind but it was heading home to the north-east of England.