(13 Jun 2016, 4:24 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote The Ceatano Compass Darts ended up round Jarrow area services when I was little ( 2002 to around 2008 ish I think )
Mostly operated Service 524 ( Jarrow? to Horsley Hill ) while Service 528 ( Monkton Lane - South Shields ) was in the hands of the then brand new 52 and 04 Batch of Wright Cadets.
The Ceatano Darts then transferred to Percy Main after there stint round my area, Before being withdrawn around late 2010.
And how nice them Cadets were when they were new was unbelievable, Shame they were " a bit knackered " when they returned to my local South Tyne around 9 years later.
I regularly suffered those darts when they were on the X35, not very suitable for a thrash along the Durham coast road!