Ellen Smith (Rossendale Transport) coaches - 16 Apr 1995 (261-00)

Easter Sunday 16 April 1995 – Rossendale Transport bought the old family business of Rochdale based Ellen Smith (Tours) Limited in 1991 and continued to use the well respected name. Plaxton Supreme IV bodied Leyland Leopard LFS 487T was new to Ellen Smith in 1979 and became Rossendale 308. In this view it carries the Ellen Smith livery but with Rossendale fleetnames although the front showed Ellen Smith on the glass panel beneath the windscreen.