(01 Sep 2022, 6:46 pm)Storx wrote Nah wouldn't say Renowns, as far as I'm aware there wasn't ever any in the Darlington or Sunderland areas much.

The only other two I'd say are Olympians and Streetlites aswell. The second are all over the place now pretty much; Percy Main, Jesmond, Deptford, Stockton, Redcar, Darlington, Riverside, Durham, Consett, and also been based at Hexham and Ashington for a bit. No doubt Jesmond's will be moving to Blyth aswell next month to tick off all the Arriva / GNE depots.

The Olympian (both Leyland / ECW and Volvo / Northern Counties) were my childhood buses.

These are the routes I grew up with and these vehicles:

Leyland Olympian
- Go Coastline - 301/302/308 and occasional show on 325/326

Volvo Olympian
- Northumbria / Arriva - 44/306/356
* Also the ex 602 M***FTY batch during their short stay at Blyth on the 308
- Go Coastline - 308

The ones I've got the most attachment to were GNE's Volvo Olympians as I used to love sitting on the single seat downstairs opposite the staircase whereas Northumbria's/Arriva's had an extra luggage/buggy compartment instead.