Bu-Val Buses L803 FBA in Rochdale – 29 Feb 1996 (302-22)

Thursday 29 February 1996 – Bu-Val Buses L803 FBA seen in the Town Hall Square in Rochdale. It is a is a locally built Mellor bodied Iveco Turbo Daily 59.12 new in June 1994.

I seem to recall that buses were using these temporary departure points during the upgrading of the bus station. History was repeating itself as in the very early 1970s similar stops were used during redevelopment of the town centre area was taking place.

The bus shelter advertisement panel is for a Granary bread and features a model recreating the famous 1960s Christine Keeler pose with a caption ‘It tastes great with nothing on’.