Shamrock and Rambler 3573 RU in Rochdale - July 1972

July 1972 - This Duple Alpine Continental bodied AEC Reliance (3573 RU) of Shamrock and Rambler had arrived in Rochdale one Friday evening in July 1972 from Bournemouth. It would return home as a duplicate on either the Friday night south or Saturday day south back to its home town - a hire arranged by Associated Motorways, the joint operator with Yelloway of the Rochdale to Bournemouth express service. New in April 1963.

The coach is paused on Penn Street having just come from the Yelloway garage having crossed Smith Street which runs across the photograph behind the coach. The portion of Penn Street in the background was later renamed Ink Street. The Slubbers Arms, popular with the coach drivers as the nearest 'watering hole' to the garage after they left work is on Smith Street behind the billboard.