W and B Pickup HVM 357N in Rochdale - Jun 1975

June 1975 – The immaculate coaches owned by W & B Pickup of Norden, near Rochdale were regularly seen working for Yelloway although this picture was not taken when on Yelloway work. HVM 357N, a Duple Dominant bodied Bedford, is seen on the Esplanade in Rochdale. The Pickup’s (like Abbott’s of Blackpool) always chose registration numbers ending in the lucky ‘7.