Rochdale Corporation 1 (HDK 701) at Littleborough - Nov 1966

November 1966 - Rochdale Corporation Transport 1 (HDK 701), an East Lancs bodied AEC Regal IV, seen in Littleborough Square working the High Peak service. All Littleborough local services were numbered 8. One of seven such two door buses new in 1951 and with fleet number 301. Originally passengers entered by the rearmost door (behind the rear wheels) alighting at the front. However, in the mid to late 1950s the rear doors were removed and the buses saw the rest of their operational lives with a traditional single front entrance/exit.