David Slater (Spoddendale)'s photos with the keyword: Rochdale Corp

November 1966 - Rochdale Corporation Transport 1 (HDK 701), an East Lancs bodied AEC Regal IV, seen in Littleborough Square working the High Peak service. All Littleborough local services were numbered 8. One of seven such two door buses new in 1951 and with fleet number 301. Originally passengers entered by the rearmost door (behind the rear wheels) alighting at the front. However, in the mid to late 1950s the rear doors were removed and the buses saw the rest of their operational lives with a traditional single front entrance/exit.

November 1965 - Rochdale Corporation Transport 23 (ADK 723B) seen at Falinge Park Gates working the Healey to Wardle service. It was an East Lancs bodied AEC Reliance new in October 1964.

November 1965 – In 1951 Rochdale Corporation added five East Lancs bodied AEC Regent IIIs to the fleet (233-237). 234 (HDK 834) was seen here turning from Falinge Road into Sheriff Street when working service 10 from Syke to Turf Hill. Service 10 had once used Hudson Street in both directions but in the early 1960s it was made one-way (eastbound) and was used by buses bound for Syke. Likewise Sheriff Street was made one –way for the westbound traffic and the buses bound for the Town Centre and Turf Hill were required to travel on three sides of a rectangle (Falinge Road-Sheriff Street-Spotland Road) to get from one end of Hudson Street to the other. A lot has changed on the right and in the background of the photograph but the house on the left, 26 Falinge Road where the Rush family lived at the time, can still be seen today between Higher Sheriff Street and Green Lane. The lorry parked in the background was operated by J & T Sharrocks Hauliers whose yard was alongside. Sharrocks later re-located to Shawclough.

November 1965 – Rochdale Corporation 288 (NDK 988), a Weymann bodied AEC Regent V new in 1956, is seen on Holland Street during a route diversion of service 10. At this time major alterations were taking place in St. Mary’s Gate area with the construction of the new market, shopping centre and inner ring road taking the buses away from their established route. The block of flats is Mitchell Hey and the houses on the extreme left of the photograph form part of East View.

November 1966 - Rochdale Corporation Transport 332 (EDK 132C), a Weymann bodied Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX new in December 1965, seen in Littleborough Square. It was around 1300 and the bus was heading for Summit on service 6A. Rochdale operated 22 double deck Fleetlines which were numbered 323-327 (new 1964), 328-334 (new 1965) and 335-334 (new 1968). All passed to the SELNEC PTE receiving fleet numbers 6223-6234. In addition there were four single deck Fleetlines in the fleet.

November 1965 – What appears to be one of the NDK registered batch of Weymann bodied AEC Regent V buses bought by Rochdale Corporation in 1956 seen on a route diversion of service 11A turning from College Road into Holland Street. At this time major alterations were taking place in St. Mary’s Gate area with the construction of the new market, shopping centre and inner ring road taking the buses away from their established route. The former cricket ground on Dane Street is visible on the left beyond the power station. The River Roch, running along the back of Mitchell Hey Mill, is above the bus engine.