3253 is one of the PD2s which I would have expected to be normal fare for this service and is seen on 15th June 1955, the same month as the previous photo. At this time the Manchester contribution to the service came from Queens Road garage. Only odd-numbered buses would be seen as the garage was split into two sub-sections (odd and even) as not all destination information could be fitted on one blind with the heavy linen then in use.

Photograph by Ray Dunning, courtesy of Peter Thompson.