Subject: Stagecoach Red & White 158 (N158 MTG)
Chassis: Mercedes-Benz 711D
Body: UVG Citi-Star B27F
Location: Caerphilly, Pontygwindy Road
Date: 31-Dec-1997

In the poor light of New Year's Eve most shops are quiet but the hair salon has plenty of customers preparing for the evening's celebrations. 158 passes having returned on one of the six journeys a day from Bryn Glas in Bedwas.

In the background is Cardiff 560 (C560 GWO), an East Lancs-bodied Leyland Olympian which will almost certainly be heading for Tredegar on what was by then the 26 but had traditionally been known as the 36.

Photograph by courtesy of John Jones