Yelloways at Hanley
This is a colourisation of a grainy print. I had some 400 asa film in the camera for a specific job at the time, back at the end of the '70s and needed to finish it off in order to get it processed. It was 'Potters Holidays' and coaches of all sorts called into Hanley Bus station disgorging their passengers and re-loading before departing for multitudes of other places.
Yelloway coaches became a familiar sight here after moving their principal North Staffordshire calling point from Newcastle under Lyme. Very often in the peak season, their services were duplicated and not always by one of their own vehicles. So it was here when Plaxton Supreme bodied AEC Reliance NNC 853P found itself partnered with a Turner's of Bristol Ford R1114 Duple Dominant II. This area of the bus station was at the time 'lay-over' parking, so that would indicate that all the available stands at the coach end were otherwise occupied. Later in time additional departure stands were built here and buses exited via a hitherto lightly used opening onto Birch Terrace (next to the VAS in the background). This whole bus station / multi storey car park and associated shopping precincts have now been buldozed. The present facility, badly laid out, is about half the size on a nearby site.
Yelloways at Hanley
This is a colourisation of a grainy print. I had some 400 asa film in the camera for a specific job at the time, back at the end of the '70s and needed to finish it off in order to get it processed. It was 'Potters Holidays' and coaches of all sorts called into Hanley Bus station disgorging their passengers and re-loading before departing for multitudes of other places.
Yelloway coaches became a familiar sight here after moving their principal North Staffordshire calling point from Newcastle under Lyme. Very often in the peak season, their services were duplicated and not always by one of their own vehicles. So it was here when Plaxton Supreme bodied AEC Reliance NNC 853P found itself partnered with a Turner's of Bristol Ford R1114 Duple Dominant II. This area of the bus station was at the time 'lay-over' parking, so that would indicate that all the available stands at the coach end were otherwise occupied. Later in time additional departure stands were built here and buses exited via a hitherto lightly used opening onto Birch Terrace (next to the VAS in the background). This whole bus station / multi storey car park and associated shopping precincts have now been buldozed. The present facility, badly laid out, is about half the size on a nearby site.