Step into the museum today and you will see Bus No 3496, a 1958 model and one of 50 Leyland PD2’s fitted with Burlingham bodywork unique to Manchester. The Leyland 0.600 9.8 litre detuned engine produces a modest 100bhp. The bus once served 12 year around the comfortable Manchester suburban streets of Didsbury, and perhaps not so comfortably as a football events bus, before being eventually sold to the City council recreation department to be fitted out as a canteen and workshop. Happily it has now been restored back as a 65 seater.

One of the club visitors to the museum was David Whitehead’s 1956 Standard Super 10, that made the 68 mile round journey that day over the Pennines in wet and very windy conditions, to join the other eleven cars of the Manchester Standard club that also took shelter in the museum that day. This four seater Standard 10, with its 948 cc engine produces just enough 33 bhp, and has for 14 years been very carefully preserved under the ownership of David.

The museum provides a fantastic collection of historic public transport vehicles and memorabilia from bygone days. Our members, along with the visiting public, all enjoyed excellent mugs of tea and hot pies made available in the old bus drivers canteen, and an historic bus ride around Manchester.