Yes it seems ironic that at the time the Selnec PTE was formed not only was Manchester Corporation taking delivery of sophisticated ultra-modern looking Mancunian rear-engined double-deckers just down the road Stockport was still buying traditional half-cab buses which shared a very similar crisp red and white livery. it would be churlish of me to say I prefer preserved Atlantean 1001 but no I'm sticking with proper buses as this East Lancs bodied PD3 is superb although a bugger to drive no doubt whereas the Atlantean as Leyland boasted is more like 'Childs Play'. Yes this bus was very much a Lancashire icon as is the Co-operative Society whose offices it stands outside but of course formed in nearby Rochdale.
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