North Western 570, Charles Street garage, Stockport

The North Western Road Car Company Limited is fading from the memory now, but from the 1920s to the 1970s it was one of the biggest and most famous bus companies in the North of England. Its bus services served a huge swathe of territory from Northwich in the West to the Peak District fringes of Sheffield in the East, and from Rochdale in the North to Matlock in the South.

Its end was brought about because many of it services, and almost all its most profitable ones, were in Greater Manchester and SELNEC wanted to control these - and was willing to buy the part of North Western that was in its area. What was left after that simply wasn't viable, so North Western's owner the National Bus Company split the remainder up between neighbours Trent, Crosville and Potteries.

Its headquarters was in Stockport, as uneasy neighbours with Stockport Corporation Transport, and also its biggest garage. Car number 570 is seen at rest in Stockport garage. It was part of North Western's extensive coach fleet used on private tours and also express routes to London, Wales and the east coast.

570 had bodywork by Weymann of Addlestone to its handsome 'Fanfare' design.

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Stockport Metropolitan Borough (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1957

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