Ever the optimist.
This photo in B&W form came into my possession if I recall correctly via the PMT archive, having already been scanned by someone else into digital form. Regrettably, when I came to attempt a colourisation, I found disappointlingly that it was of very low resolution. However, the subject matter spurred me on!
The Potteries Motor Traction Co. Ltd. of Woodhouse Street Stoker on Trent were the worlds largest customer for the Daimler Roadliner. In addition to all the buses they bought, they also took six coaches. The 1967 delivery comprised three with Plaxton Panorama 1 bodies, whilst the following year saw three (as here) with Duple's Commander III. If nothing else, they were imposing machines for the day. If the buses led short and often ignoble lives, the coaches served for an even shorter time, about four years from memory.
Here numerically the middle one of the 1968 Roadliner coaches, PVT 101F, makes its way along Woodhouse Street past the old Tramway power house seemingly being driven by an engineering foreman. It appears to be hoping to make the trip across country to Great Yarmouth which would be about a 500 mile round trip from Stoke with pick-ups.
Ever the optimist.
This photo in B&W form came into my possession if I recall correctly via the PMT archive, having already been scanned by someone else into digital form. Regrettably, when I came to attempt a colourisation, I found disappointlingly that it was of very low resolution. However, the subject matter spurred me on!
The Potteries Motor Traction Co. Ltd. of Woodhouse Street Stoker on Trent were the worlds largest customer for the Daimler Roadliner. In addition to all the buses they bought, they also took six coaches. The 1967 delivery comprised three with Plaxton Panorama 1 bodies, whilst the following year saw three (as here) with Duple's Commander III. If nothing else, they were imposing machines for the day. If the buses led short and often ignoble lives, the coaches served for an even shorter time, about four years from memory.
Here numerically the middle one of the 1968 Roadliner coaches, PVT 101F, makes its way along Woodhouse Street past the old Tramway power house seemingly being driven by an engineering foreman. It appears to be hoping to make the trip across country to Great Yarmouth which would be about a 500 mile round trip from Stoke with pick-ups.