THE SHORT FLIGHT OF THE BEE LINE BUZZ - Part 07 of 18: Photographs and story

Stockport Depot in Portwood, named The Hive. Stockport depot actually opened several months after the launch date, when initial planning application for a site on Greg Street Reddish was refused by Stockport Council in early March. Amongst the builders rubble can be seen not only a line of 18 seat Sherpas but examples of the 22 seat Northern Counties bodied Dodge based buses. In all The Hive was home to 112