Ray Smyth:
This Leyland National was delivered new to Ribble in the deep red that the company had used
for may years. At the time, Ribble had started to paint their buses in National Bus Company
“Poppy Red”, so this bus was painted in the new colour prior to entering service. I, like many
others would have liked it to remain in the colour seen here. Ray Smyth.
As a native and resident of Frenchwood, I do remember some of the very first ones arriving outside the depot entrance in Selborne Street (as opposed to the HQ and Central Workshops around the corner in Frenchwood Avenue)
I do remember them arrriving in the traditional red, and I’m sure I have a recollection of at least one of them having a cream roof