(20 Sep 2023, 11:39 pm)solsburian wrote I would imagine historically busses would have used the Great Lime Road to Dudley before the A189 and associated infrastructure was built, though I am speculating.

Not sure they would've as it would've just missed Burradon for no real benefit.

The A189 ran via Burradon, Annitsford and High Pitt - have to remember Cramlington and Killingworth didn't exist at all pretty much so not much point going via Dudley North.

I'd assume the services would've still been the X25/X26/363/364 on those respective routes on whatever number they had back then.

Map of the area in 1965: https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/index.php?view=55.04163,-1.56686&map=NPEMap&zoom=13&layer=36