Steam Bus outside Leek Railway Station

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Date:1904

Description:The Straker steam bus operated in the Staffordshire Moorlands from 1904 to ferry passengers to the newly built Manifold Valley railway. The routes were Leek and Ashbourne to Waterhouses and Buxton to Hulme End. The gentleman walking towards the camera, with the parcel under his arm is Mr Gould of Compton.

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