(01 Sep 2022, 12:51 pm)Driver9*** wrote I remember the days of driving them through Manor Walks car park in Cramlington on the C1/C2, something that would be almost impossible nowadays. Far superior to the Solos that replaced them.

Totally forgot about that, used to catch the 810/811 - believe it was those and not the 442 (one didn't go in there) when I was a kid about 15 year ago. Always wanted to get one, the 810/811 still having the Metroriders on at the time. Remember all the pensioners moaning as they couldn't get on the bus outside the Co-op (now ASDA).

(01 Sep 2022, 2:28 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Quite a few of them still left in the SNE fleet (Sunderland, Shields, Hartlepool) so not quite the end!

They're not MPD's, only the short ones (8.9m) are a MPD. They're either a Dart SLF / SPD, not sure on the length though.