Good to see the old buses. When we passed the 11+ and headed for Alnwick Duke and Duchess' schools in 1961, there were too many of us for the United service bus so Craiggs got the contract. I don't know how we squeezed on, especially when it was a domestic science day. Home made cooking perched precariously on top of the baskets! Sometimes getting up to the top of Hawk Hill required a couple of goes too
I had an aunt who lived in Shilbottle and the bus service to and from there was by Ords.