Rossendale Transport 104 (H104 CHG) in Rochdale – 15 Apr 1995 (260-01)

Saturday 15 April 1995 (Easter weekend) – Rossendale Transport 104 (H104 CHG), a Reeve Burgess Pointer bodied Dennis Dart new in June 1991, seen in Rochdale bus station.

Reeve Burgess, based in North Derbyshire, was acquired by Plaxtons in 1980 and built smaller type bus bodywork. The company continued building until 1991 when the Derbyshire site closed and production moved to Plaxtons at Scarborough. In the late 1980s Reeve Burgess developed and launched the Pointer model which became quite successful and more well known as a Plaxton branded product (and later TransBus then Alexander-Dennis)