The First Atlantean Wallasey No1 FHF 451. The First Leyland Atlantean into service 

I was a conductor on Wallasey buses around 66 and I've guarded No1 lots of times much better than the back loading 7ft 6es. I don't know if anyone noticed but No1 on the back had the route number on the right. All other Wallasy Atlanteans had it on the left. Don't know why lovely to see the bus again in such lovely condition.

Beautiful Bus and so ahead of it’s time. Nobody can do it like us !

Excellent, this vehicle has certainly been well restored. Manchester, where I've lived since I was born in 1953, didn't get the Atlantean until 1959, even then they only appeared initially in the south of Manchester. Then in 1963, a few were sent to Queens Road Depot in North Manchester, and started serving routes in the north of the city, in the area where I still live, 60 years later. Most of these early ones were scrapped by the early 1970s. Manchester had the first double decker, the Mancunian, in 1968, which was specifically designed for one man operation and had two sets of doors, one for entry, one for exit. Prior to 1966, in the UK, only single deckers could be one man operated, but the law was changed that year, allowing double deckers to be one man operated. By the mid 1970s, in most areas, virtually all buses were one man operated, by the late 1970s, all were, certainly in Greater Manchester.

That ran on the Ribble L3 route, Crosby to Skelhorne Street, Liverpool for a few times. Was on it a couple of times going to school. They also ran a Royal Tiger on that route for a few times. Nice to see a well restored Atlantean, well done. Ex. Leland Bus employee now expat in Florida.

Wasn't John Nolan one of the group that preserved FHF? His son Rob was my line manager at Sefton Health, and when Rob discovered that i was a bus nut, he recommended that i visit the museum.

Brilliant restoration on this bus and these were my favourite bus in the 60s and 70s and as I'm from Kent i ride on them regularly as Maidstone and district as a large fleet of these

I love Atlanteans, great to see the Wallasey No 1 has been preserved. I remember the London version (XA) on the 24s as a kid. A true British bus classic.

As a kid growing up in the 70s in Sheffield, always sat on the back near the warm engine. Great memories.

Drove Atlanteans in Manchester in the 80s/90s. Great Buses if they were maintained properly!🙂👍

hi there, great video, the bus looks and sounds great with typical leyland 680 engine, i remember Maidstone and District had some, as i lived in the south of england on the coast, i cant remember Southdown ever having any, but they did like Leylands like the PD3 and tiger cub which i remember in the early 60s as a child,loved the 4 spoke steering wheel which they all had, the 0.600 engine was popular at the time,

What a great video! Thanks for sharing.

Very nice buses. Including the old London Routemaster buses.

Imagine a bus from 1893 lasting so long, the Benz Viktoria carried 6 passengers! Leyland technology,

FHF looks like it was fitted with the SCG style gear selector. As fitted to the Bristol RE. Western Welsh Atlanteans had the selector on a Leopard style pedestal.

Great Video !!!!

Great video. Would of liked to of come Along on this little tour

Would be nice to note the first in service driver

She’s a beauty ,moquette seats too,I’m not a fan of them PVC seats some companies had ,too cold or hot on the old bum😂,new Brighton is that where watching the 80s comedy was filmed by Granada ,blimey I’m getting old ,as always mate a great video ,have a lovely Christmas 😊🎅🏼 Mark 😊😊

14.13 in is that Martin Connollys voice ? Great video by the way thanks for sharing.

Sixty five years old - it should be getting its pension, and free bus pass lol!

Was XTC rear engined? If so, seems strange that it has a half cab style.

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Passed my bus test in an Atlantean in 1992

Hi There Again my name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't all of you and your teammates can still be Rebuilding and Repainting a nice fresh shiny Volvo TD102KF, Volvo D10A, Scania N230UD, Gardner 6LXB and Gardner 6LX 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colour's just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the East London bus route's such as 168, 141, 20, 210, 24, 173, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 188 of Those Volvo TD102KF, Volvo D10A, Scania N230UD, Gardner 6LXB and Gardner 6LX 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses Please? We desperately Need your and your Teammates' help and support in Bringing back those grey-green 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses again because we are Bigger fans of the patterns of those interesting colours of these Buses to be brought back again for all of us Grey Green bus Lovers out there in North London and East London bus route lovers so Please can Really Really bringing them back again for all of us Grey Green Bus route lovers out there in North London and East London lovers Pretty Please? and can you and your teammates could you and your teammates also put most of them on the London Bus routes such as the London bus route 123, N41, 86, 221 and that is including the North London Bus route 41 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers out there in North London and East London Pretty Please? Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour and put them on the London Bus Routes which are the 341, N41, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 262, 147, 396, 41, 56 and N26 for all of us in North London and East London Grey Green Bus Lovers out there because it would be a Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colours. I am a Big Fan of all of those Volvo TD102KF, Volvo D10A, Scania N230UD, Gardner 6LXB and Gardner 6LX 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very much for your time, help and support?