HFF: Charterplan 100 (476 CEL) (HNE 642N) on Manchester Road, Rochdale – 16 Apr 1995 (261-10)

Easter Sunday 16 April 1995 – Charterplan (GM Buses South) 100 (476 CEL) seen on Manchester Road, Rochdale. It is a Duple Dominant bodied Leyland Leopard which was new in June 1975 registered HNE 642N fitted with an Eastern Coachworks body. It was rebodied by Duple in 1981 featuring disabled access doors on the nearside. Apparently the drivers called the vehicle Daisybell.

In the background is GM Buses North 508 (M508 PNA) heading for Manchester on service 17. It is a Wright Endurance bodied Volvo B10B, one of the flagship ‘Superbus’ branded vehicles, new in January 1995 it was only a few weeks old.

New Barn Lane is on the right. My Great Aunt lived in Dunster Avenue which is the gap between the houses beyond the bus stop lay-by. (The house directly behind the nearside of the bus with the dark gable end fitted with the burglar alarm which is where a girl in my class at school once lived).