232/01 Premier Travel Services VER 262L in Manchester - Aug 1973

Saturday x August 1973 - Premier Travel Services 232 (VER 262L), an Alexander Y type bodied AEC Reliance new in 1973, moves out of the Yelloway departure bay of Chorlton Street coach station in Manchester heading south on the joint Yelloway/Premier Travel North West-East Midlands-East Anglia service. Summer Saturday mornings always brought forward a very fine array of Premier Travel coaches, particularly at Manchester where the two different services met (the 77 from Blackburn and the 78 from Blackpool) - the latter swollen by the passenger numbers from the famous coastal resort along with the many travellers between Bolton and Leicester). The Saturday southbound services were covered by Premier Travel who worked the northbound service Friday/southbound Saturday and the northbound service Sunday/southbound Monday. This coach carries a colour scheme which was replaced by one featuring two shades of blue.