I remember a ride on a North Western Fleetline through Roughtown on a 157 in the 'sixties and even then being struck by the incongruousness of the experience. Memories of double-deckers going that way had become distant until, in 2000, Stagecoach started to work the 353 and suddenly a bizarre assortment of double-deckers appeared. This bus became quite a common sight on the 353 for a while and was an Alexander-bodied Olympian which had recently been transferred from Busways (Tyne and Wear). The shop on the right has since disappeared, almost without trace - 27th May 2000.