Yelloway TDK 687J at Newcastle-under-Lyme - Sunday 31 Oct 1971

Sunday 31 October 1971 - With the moon shining above, Derek looks back to see if everyone is on board after making a refreshment and toilet stop at the Potteries Motor Traction (PMT) owned ‘Four in Hand’ café in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. This café was very popular as a coach stop before the days of the M6 motorway with various services of different companies calling there on their way to the south-west or London. We had departed Cheltenham at 1431, the scheduled time 1430. Having no passengers to set down at Stafford we were able to arrive at the coach stop in School Street, Newcastle at 1610 instead of 1642. The PMT café was reached just four minutes later at 1614. We were there for 31 minutes leaving again at 1645.