(25 Nov 2025, 4:35 pm)L469 YVK wrote Maybe and possibly Blyth at the time still had a fair few ECW & Alexander Leyland Olympians kicking around.

I do remember when the ex London & Country East Lancs and then the ex 602 Palatines featured quite heavily on the 308. Interestingly IIRC, 372 which carried the Pennine livery was the only one which had an Almex fitted  - whereas the rest came with Wayfarer 3's fitted after the 602 got the awful Tridents!

Aye remember those things as a kid as they used to be pretty grotty and seriously outdated compared to the L113's which the 363/364 had on most the time. Like two completely different era's even known they weren't that far apart.

We rarely, if ever got the Tridents or Palentines though - what makes me think they were for the 308 etc. 

Ignoring, the serious design flaws of the Cityzens to the stage they were falling apart, them and their single cousins were really modern at the time. Even compared to the likes of the Palantines and the ex London/Midland Fox lot, they were years apart really. Arguably, some of the first 'modern era' buses interior wise really.