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I’ve read (although I wasn’t born) there was lots of negativity, perhaps more so when the old corporation colours of Greater Manchester were wiped out and replaced with orange and white back in 1969. History seems to be repeating itself. Over the years in Bolton I’ve seen the various shades of...
To be fair they’ve never had a full repaint since new. First Manchester seem to spend more time painting B7RLEs than anything else. Their paint shop was at Bolton so I’m presuming nothing from Oldham has been repainted since the sale of Bolton.
Diamond have been very busy painting their own...
It’s been designed by We are Buzz who are a local company in Salford.
Personally I like it, although a fair bit of the orange will be covered by adverts.
Only Barbie in GM are the handful of Solos at Oldham, everything else is in the newer livery.
Arriva only have 2517/2596 at Bolton in the original livery too.
Reported Bury and Tameside. No mention of Rusholme as far as I'm aware. Bury has been on the cards for years due to the redevelopment of the town centre. Plenty of capacity at Bolton, Queens Rd and Oldham to accommodate the fleets.
There has been rumours over the years that Bury would close due to the location in the middle of the retail area of the town. Also lack of investment in Bury's fleet over the years has been evident.
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