The end of October in 1969 saw the demise of municipal bus operations and a profound change across the local network. All of the local bus operators across the metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester with the exception of Wigan Corporation had lost their municipal status, and were amalgamated to become one collective operation within South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire - hence the name SELNEC as it later became known under the Passenger Transport Executive.

The PTE network was divided geographically into four zones using a colour-coding system to represent each zone. The blue zone became the Central division which covered both the Manchester and Salford areas, the green zone became the Southern division which covered Oldham, Ashton under Lyne and Stockport whereas the purple zone became the Northern division which covered the Rochdale, Bury, Bolton and Leigh areas and, the brown zone became the Cheshire division which covered the areas south of Stockport and areas within the Borough of Trafford.

Regardless of which municipal operator they were from previously, the vehicles were repainted into the PTE's orange and white livery to emphasise their uniformity across the network. When SELNEC was taken over by Greater Manchester Transport on the 1st April 1974, Wigan vehicles were added to the PTE fleet, but the livery remained unchanged until the early 1980s.

The vehicle liveries are a mixture of both municipal and PTE in this collection.

Metro-Cammell is a name that has been synonymous with the bus and rail industries across the transport infrastructure, and the photos in this collection are of vehicles associated with the Midlands-based bodywork manufacturer from the 1950s through to the 1980s courtesy of the Aston Manor Transport Museum which was staging this event as a tribute to the company's achievements in vehicle production. The Metro-Cammell plant is no longer in operation.

Photos in this collection are of vehicles that were part of the West Midlands PTE fleet when it came into being from 1969. Vehicles included are those from Birmingham City Transport, West Bromwich, Midland Red and Walsall Corporation as well as those that were delivered new to the West Midlands PTE.

Photos in this collection are of the Classic and Modern vehicles that were on display at Duxford air field during the annual Showbus Rally.

Photos in this collection are of the classic and modern vehicles that were in attendance at this annual event in Heaton Park, Manchester.

Photos in this collection are of vehicles that had taken part in this year's Outer Circle Rally at the Aston Manor Transport Museum including Birmingham City Transport's Daimler CVG6 No 3225 MOF 225 and Guy Arab IV No 2533 JOJ 533 amongst other vehicles.

Photos in this collection are of the AEC London Routemasters that were on display and had participated in the circular tour of Manchester during the course of the event. The participant vehicles were RM467, RM1414, RML2514, RML2515, RML2518, RML2716 and T910. Among the display vehicles inside the museum were RM531, RM1097, RM2180, RML2400, RML2452 and RT410.

Photos in this collection are of a few heritage vehicles that were on display during the course of this event including Manchester Corporation's Leyland Atlantean No 1001 HVM 901F with a Park Royal H45/28D body and, Stockport Corporation's Leyland PD3 No 91 MJA 891G with an East Lancs H38/32R body. Both of these vehicles were rostered on the shuttle service from the museum to Manchester Victoria station over the two days.

Photos in this collection will comprise of the buses that were an integral part of the London scene in years gone by. There are currently two "Heritage" routes in Central London on which the Routemasters are still in use. They are the No 9 which runs from Aldwych to The Royal Albert Hall and the No 15 which runs from Tower Hill to The Strand. Among the locations outside the capital where photos of the Routemasters were taken are, Duxford in Cambridgeshire, Birmingham and Manchester.

With regard to technical details, the Routemasters were basically formed into two distinct groups in relation to their seating configuration. The RM with a 27ft body length had an H36/28R Park Royal body whereas the RML with a 30ft body length had an H40/32R Park Royal body.

As the title suggests, photos in this collection are of Leyland Atlantean vehicles from numerous fleet operators within the UK network. Buses that were built by the established body builders such as Park Royal, Metro-Cammell, Northern Counties and East Lancs are featured in this collection amongst others.

The Leyland Atlantean 50 event was held at the Museum of Transport in Manchester to the north of the city centre for which a free heritage bus service was provided using Leyland Atlanteans from regional operators across the North West of England.