Manchester: How liveries have changed

These once familiar liveries are but a memory now and surprisingly even though I detested it at the time I've come to almost like those Stagecoach stripes on certain types of bodywork especially the more squared designs that typified the operator like Alexander R'Series, The Dash and of course these Mercs. First's unexciting tomato soup garb didn't look any more appetising or bright with blue looking like purple.