DGR 84D
Sunderland Corporation's double deck orders were rather less individual than those for dingle deck vehicles. Like South Shields the preference was for Roe bodywork on Daimler Fleetline chassis, this one new in March 1966. The front lower deck screen is imho an unattractive piece of design. Here 1284 as the vehicle was in the Tyne & Wear PTE fleet after it's formation is seen in Beaumont St with the succinct destination of TOWN. Behind is a LAWS Supermarket, a Gateshead based company which had a fair number of stores in the NE, it was taken over by Scottish company William Low and the latter was eventually bought out by Tesco. 12 1/2p for a can of beans, bargain! Date and photographer not known. (Collection).
DGR 84D
Sunderland Corporation's double deck orders were rather less individual than those for dingle deck vehicles. Like South Shields the preference was for Roe bodywork on Daimler Fleetline chassis, this one new in March 1966. The front lower deck screen is imho an unattractive piece of design. Here 1284 as the vehicle was in the Tyne & Wear PTE fleet after it's formation is seen in Beaumont St with the succinct destination of TOWN. Behind is a LAWS Supermarket, a Gateshead based company which had a fair number of stores in the NE, it was taken over by Scottish company William Low and the latter was eventually bought out by Tesco. 12 1/2p for a can of beans, bargain! Date and photographer not known. (Collection).