This photograph of Oldham PD3 104 was taken in the very early days of SELNEC on 4th February 1970, before that organisation had made its presence felt. The location has changed out of all recognition and in fact did so only months after this shot was taken at the end of Lees Road approaching Mumps Bridge. The bus would now be in mid-air as the roundabout at Mumps which replaced this section of road was a lower level here. The "new" part of Lees Road can be seen under construction on the right. At the end of 2011 the roundabout closed to give way to a new traffic-light controlled junction following the removal of Mumps Bridge.

The pub behind the bus is the Railway which soldiered on bravely in what became an isolated location, but eventually became derelict and was demolished. Difficult to miss to the right is the huge LNWR goods warehouse opened in 1887. That has also been demolished and the site is now occupied by the Post Office sorting centre on Hamilton Street. 104 has its cab in primer, presumably following accident damage, but the remainder of the bus is in the traditional Oldham Corporation crimson and white and was one of the few buses left in that livery by that date.