These PD2s were the last buses delivered with the traditional Manchester style of bodywork. They disappeared from the Saddleworth services by 1956 with the transfer of operation to Rochdale Road garage and I never saw one until, astonishingly, the SELNEC era when one appeared on a Greenfield run in 1970!

This shot taken on 15th June 1955 typifies the old order at Manchester. The intermediate blind is unusual on this vehicle as the Limited Stop lettering is smaller than normal.

Photograph courtesy of the late Ray Dunning (via Peter Thompson).