OK you're clear, but probably best to watch the main road now!
A seemingly less than confident driver at the helm of this Berresford's motor prepared to leave Cheddleton garage in the direction of the village and Leek. Leyland Leopard OWW 734K had Plaxton Panorama Elite bodywork but had been updated with a much later Supreme IV GT lower front panel arrangement. It was a modification which I always thought sat well with this type of body in a way in which it didn't particularly seem to do with similarly treated later Supreme IIIs.
OWW 734K had been new to Woods of Mirfield in West Yorkshire and was one of the last 'coaches' acquired by the Cheddleton based firm prior to Jim Berresfords death and subsequent closure. If memory serves me correctly, it came via Barnsley breaker Geoff Ripley, had a blown engine and was missing various parts and therefore requiring quite a degree of resuscitation.
Other buses getting in on the shot here are :- almost off the left hand side - one of the pair of ex Birkenhead Northern Counties Atlanteans, next the ex British Airways PSU4 Leopard WUL 264N, the 'Q' Regd. Bedford YRQ / Willowbrook and the ex Trent ECW bodied Bristol RE coach PCH 418L.
OK you're clear, but probably best to watch the main road now!
A seemingly less than confident driver at the helm of this Berresford's motor prepared to leave Cheddleton garage in the direction of the village and Leek. Leyland Leopard OWW 734K had Plaxton Panorama Elite bodywork but had been updated with a much later Supreme IV GT lower front panel arrangement. It was a modification which I always thought sat well with this type of body in a way in which it didn't particularly seem to do with similarly treated later Supreme IIIs.
OWW 734K had been new to Woods of Mirfield in West Yorkshire and was one of the last 'coaches' acquired by the Cheddleton based firm prior to Jim Berresfords death and subsequent closure. If memory serves me correctly, it came via Barnsley breaker Geoff Ripley, had a blown engine and was missing various parts and therefore requiring quite a degree of resuscitation.
Other buses getting in on the shot here are :- almost off the left hand side - one of the pair of ex Birkenhead Northern Counties Atlanteans, next the ex British Airways PSU4 Leopard WUL 264N, the 'Q' Regd. Bedford YRQ / Willowbrook and the ex Trent ECW bodied Bristol RE coach PCH 418L.