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Wigan Corporation Bus
Wigan Corporation Bus
Photo: RON HUNT
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Item #: 29652
Photograph of a Wigan Corp. Bus Location unknown No doubt someone will recognise it?

Comment by: Zoonie on 16th August 2017 at 13:28

It looks like Rochdale from the early 60s

Comment by: Albert. on 16th August 2017 at 13:59

The only words that I can make out is, something Borough, on the bus shelter, and the word Equitable, and possibly printer, on the facing building. Could it be Leigh?.

Comment by: Mick on 16th August 2017 at 14:02

Definitely Rochdale town centre, before they ripped the place apart, and ruined it.

Comment by: Mick on 16th August 2017 at 14:47

Albert - the building with 'Equitable' on it is the Rochdale Co-op (Equitable Pioneers) building.
The cinema which can be seen on the right of the photo (the old Regal cinema) is now a Wetherspoon's pub called the Regal Moon.
To the left of the photo, out of shot, is Rochdale town hall.

Comment by: Veronica on 16th August 2017 at 14:54

You can tell its the early sixties with suits the lads are wearing....don't they look smart.

Comment by: Cyril on 16th August 2017 at 15:03

That's the Society of Equitable Pioneers Albert, the local Co-op which was founded in Rochdale.

Comment by: Philip Gormley. on 16th August 2017 at 15:26

Rochdale's Regal Cinema is shown on the extreme right; it closed in 1992.

Comment by: RON HUNT on 16th August 2017 at 16:24

Probably transporting Mill Workers. I know at that time a lot of people traveled from Wigan to Rochdale to work in the mills.

Comment by: Zoonie on 16th August 2017 at 16:41

The bus shelter caption is Littleborough which is near Rochdale

Comment by: John D on 16th August 2017 at 18:45

To the left of the photo, also out of shot is the River Roch which has recently been exposed. It was previously culverted and is now something of a showpiece.

Comment by: Ray on 16th August 2017 at 20:38

The cream coloured AEC Double Deck bus at the rear of the
picture is one of many AEC buses of Rochdale Corporation.

Comment by: NORMAN GERRARD on 16th August 2017 at 23:17

THE BUS IS JP 6032 THE PRESERVED No 34 IN ROCHDALE THERE IS A ROCHDALE REGENT V BEHIND PROBABLY ON HEATON PARK RALLY RUN

Comment by: arthur on 17th August 2017 at 00:04

THE BUS IS ON THE TRANS PENNINE RUN I WAS DRIVING

Comment by: Maureen on 17th August 2017 at 10:27

Yes Veronica they do look smart.. better than jeans with holes in them,and shorts with the crotch down to their knees..all dress pride seems to have gone.

Comment by: Veronica on 17th August 2017 at 16:31

And they watched their language in front of women Maureen!

Comment by: Mr X on 6th December 2017 at 23:46

This bus is a Leyland bodied low height lowbridge, ie side upper gangway, Leyland Titan PD1, being one of 75 purchased in 1946/47, JP5550-5537, and JP6000-6036, being the last one to be withdrawn in 1967 and survives in preservation today.

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