Was speaking to my grandma the other day, about old bus services. She remembers her one and only visit to the Galleries in Washington... Even though she drove a massive Rover at one point (you wouldn't have thought it looking at her now, sorry grandma), she was a bit uneasy on the Washington area as a whole, so as she was meeting a friend there, she caught a ''bus to Houghton-le-Spring'' then ''something ending in a 4'' to Washington. She overall disliked the experience and ended up getting the same buses back.

Also, her first ever ride on the bus when she was a young girl. After her brother was born, her mam had sent her to the offices in Chester-le-Street to sort out the whole thing. She just remembered being absolutely terrified because she's never used the bus before. She lived in Birtley as a child, so I would guess it was a Northern service.