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(13/11/2014 01:00)MTL0201 Wrote:  Take a look at this map from 1981 https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmc1947/84...6/sizes/k/
quite a few more by the same member uploaded onto that site. Not sure but i think Northern Perimeter Road wasn't a through road as it is nowadays, so buses couldn't extend to Old Roan as they do today. Interestingly at D-Reg the 55 briefly became a circle route with a new number 53 replacing part of the old 28, think was around 1988 when the 55 started to terminate at Old Roan.

Very interesting map. The Northern Perimeter Road was built in sections as the housing estate was built. The first ten metres of the original country lane that existed prior can still be seen close to where the much-awaited Thornton by-pass is being built now. Incidentally, I stand corrected. The 53 went to Netherton Village and the 53A went to Netherton (Magdalene Square).