Tony Wilson writes: Two buses from Chesterfield along with a number of Transpire members, the 123 Group and others attended the annual Potteries (POPS) event at the Wedgwood Visitor Centre near Stoke-on-Trent on Sunday 9th May 2010. Transport was provided in the shape of Chesterfield 93, the Leyland Panther and Blackpool 353 the Leyland Atlantean, driven respectively by Lee and Shayne. A prompt start from the town hall at 9.00am saw us travel in convoy via the A61/A38/A515/A50 arriving just on 11.00am. An event worth attending in pleasant and busy surroundings and blessed with a fine-weather day. Plenty of stalls, the Visitor Centre and of course quite a wide variety of buses and coaches to view. And indeed to travel upon as there were a number of services operated throughout the day to various locations along with a shuttle service to/from Stoke Railway Station and a mystery tour. Likewise a variety of vehicles were used on these services including the Chesterfield Panther and the Blackpool Atlantean. Shayne also managed to grab the opportunity to take the visiting Midland Red NBC liveried Leyland National out for a spin. Not literally of course. Attached are several images of local interest vehicles, to give a flavour of the day including a number of comparison shots, such as two minibuses of quite diverse age and livery changes to the Potteries fleet over the years. There were a number of other vehicles from far and wide that attended including such a long-wheel based Preston Bus Olympian, a fine pair of West Country Bristol Ks, a host of bonneted charabancs, at least two Dorsal-finned coaches and of course the obligatory Routemaster. However, these last were not your bog-standard type, one being the coach RMC class version, the other in the mid-90s Kentish Bus livery. Being a Potteries based event there was a fine selection of buses from the PMT company and surrounding area that ranged over several decades from Leyland PD through the era of the RE and VR to the Optare Delta.

We are grateful to Colin Sellers for providing photographs 1 to 17,
and to Tony Wilson for photographs 18 to 34