Mine would have to be growing up through the Go Ahead Northern Coastine & Northumbria era. And watching both eventually change to Go North East (still branded Go Coastline until 2003/04) and Arriva Northumbria.

The early Arriva Northumbria days, the NMS livery was kept but 'ARRIVA' was often placed in the window. I remember riding one of the P4** CCU palatines when the first one was repainted into the then 'new' Arriva livery.

Funnily enough, I do also remember riding a P4** CCU Palatine still in NMS livery in early 2001 even with the then new Wayfarer ticket machines when most of the fleet was in the 'new' Arriva livery.