Barton No.784 (XAL 784), a 1957 lowbridge AEC Regent V, one of a pair (see No.785 below). Photo in Nottingham, Aug 1967 by Peter Esposito, via Chris Stanley.

Barton No.785 (XAL 785), a 1957 lowbridge AEC Regent V, one of a pair (see No.784 above). Photo in Nottingham, Aug 1967 by Peter Esposito, via Chris Stanley.

Barton No.791 (YAL 791), a 1958 Northern Counties-bodied rebuild of a much earlier Leyland Tiger PS1/1. Photo in Nottingham, Aug 1967 by Peter Esposito, via Chris Stanley.

New to Cumberland in 1936 and given a new lowbridge ECW body in 1949, this Leyland Titan TD4 was bought by Barton in 1959 and became their No.816 (BRM 596). It is parked near the old LT Museum at Clapham in 1968, and had presumably brought an enthusiast tour to the museum, since it was already in preservation then, and still is. Photo by Peter Esposito, via Chris Stanley.

Barton No.853 (853 FNN), a 1960 AEC Regent V / Northern Counties. Photo in Nottingham, Aug 1967 by Peter Esposito, via Chris Stanley.

Barton No.861 (861 HAL), a 1961 Dennis Loline II / Northern Counties. This bus has since been preserved. Photo in Nottingham, Aug 1967 by Peter Esposito, via Chris Stanley.

Barton No.903 (903 LRR), a 1961 Barton / Northern Counties creation called a BTD2, their equivalent of the Southdown "Queen Mary". Photo in Nottingham, Aug 1967 by Peter Esposito, via Chris Stanley.

Barton No.943 (FWT 184), a 1947 all-Leyland Titan PD2, originally Todmorden No.12. It was numerically only the 9th PD2 built. Photo in Nottingham, Aug 1967 by Peter Esposito, via Chris Stanley.

Barton No.964 (964 RVO), a 1963 Bedford VAL14 with Yeates body. Photo in Nottingham, Aug 1967 by Peter Esposito, via Chris Stanley.

Midland Red CM5 motorway coach 4834 (834 HHA) pulls into Victoria Coach Station on 1 June 1968. Photo by Peter Esposito, via Chris Stanley.

Midland Red CM5 motorway coach 4834 (834 HHA) at Victoria Coach Station on 1 June 1968. Photo by Peter Esposito, via Chris Stanley.

Standerwick 1960 No.16 (SFV 412), the very first of their glorious "Gay Hostess" Leyland PDR1/1 Atlantean coaches, on an express run to London. Photo 1 June 1968 by Peter Esposito, via Chris Stanley.

Tynemouth & District 1955 Guy Arab No.205 (FT 9005). Photo (probably at Crystal Palace train yard in October 1968) by Peter Esposito, via Chris Stanley.

West Riding No.336 (CHL 721) Leyland TS8 Tiger, new to B&S in 1939, rebodied by Longford in 1949, and acquired by West Riding in 1950. Alongside is Roe-bodied 1956 AEC Reliance No.815 (JHL 715). Photo in the early 1960s by Neil Halliday.

West Riding Roe-bodied Guy Wulfrunians, as far as the eye can see. A great picture, and a rare sight, from the early 1960s. Photo by Neil Halliday.