Dont know if this is of interest..
I ran coach to Wigan via the Cats from the second week it opened until the end of February 74..
I came from Gloucester at the time & we also picked up from Cheltenham..
There was a large crowd that had been going to the Catacombs especially after The Torch & the Junction in Crewe had closed.
I was a young 15 year old at the time & it seemed the easiest way to get there!!
Seems so young these days but remember back then you left school at 15/16
The coach cost a princely £40..from a company called Edwards..
I was charging £2..so was easy to break even or even make some cash..
Would leave The Catacombs at midnight..
The Wolvo crowd would pile on & even more on the return .There were 3 on each seat & people standing!!
One morning we came out & the coach had been nicked!!
The police recovered the vehicle but not before someone had taken a dump on the backseat...made for a fragrent return journey..
One night on way to the Casino & leaving Knutsford Services D.S.pulled coach over & everyone was taken off & searched.People had gotten wise by then & all gear had been necked.prior to the services..
I know Colin James ( Jamo) from Wolvo then ran the coach to Wigan
Steve Smith certainly ran the coach from Gloucester for a while..
After the Cats had closed..we used to meet in The Vine & Gethro had started running the coach..
