Hartlepool 4, TUP859, one of four AEC MD3RV Regent Vs with Roe H35/28R bodies new in 1956 at West Hartlepool in the blue and cream livery of the Corporation.
These four comprised the total Hartlepool fleet having replaced four ex-London wartime Bristols acquired in 1953 which were operated on behalf of the Council by Bee Line Roadways (Tees-side), West Hartlepool. All four AECs passed to the County Borough of Hartlepool under local reorganisation in April 1967 and the operational arrangement with Bee Line ceased.
Photo taken by John Kaye, Sunday 25 July 1965, West Hartlepool