August 1973 – Yelloway Harrington Cavalier bodied AEC Reliance coaches parked in the garage at Weir Street, Rochdale. Closest to the camera is CDK 855C new in 1965, the final year that Harrington supplied their stately Cavalier bodywork to Yelloway. The destination screen shows ‘Torquay’ but it is unlikely that this coach would have visited the Devon resort for a number of years even though it would have been more than capable of doing so. Each year the newer coaches were assigned as the service vehicles on the Torquay and London routes. Progressively as the coaches aged they were assigned to different routes, mid-life coaches covering Cheltenham etc and the oldest covering the Blackpool services and school work.