Prince Philip was a committed petrol head, and owned cars including an Aston Martin Lagonda. Above: The Duke sitting behind the wheel of an Aston Martin race car in 1963.
If buses had a mind of their own, this one would be living the retirement of its dreams, after Lorie Norton rescued it from a quarry, restored it and took it for a drive that has so far clocked up 29,000 kilometres.
Thursday, March 17, 1972, was an important day for bus driver Barry Taylor of Cleator Moor, as he drove the very first Leyland National ‘super bus’ out of Workington Bus Station on its inaugural journey to Whitehaven via Lowca.