After Greatrex Travel sold it's business it was rebranded as Staffordian and wore an attractive silver and black livery. This former Ribble Plaxton bodied Leopard might have arrived in all-white and bought mainly for schools contracts was given a cheap livery 'facelift' but still looked rather attractive. Another explanation for the livery change is more likely that by this time Staffordian iteslf had been merged with Happy Days with which it had close family links and who initially had to keep the name alive for various reasons. Unlike today's buses the Leyland Leopard was quite loud and this one particularly so as it had a none standard sounding exhaust that boomed even more than usual and in my opinion at least it sounded lovely as one could hear it's roar from miles away.
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