Don't remember it going down Buxton Lane.. ?
My memory is it starting/finishing At Marple Ridge High School.. Along Hibbert Lane, left at Stockport Road, then left into Cross Lane, UP Buxton Lane turning left at the top back onto Hibbert Lane..
then in later years
Starting/Finishing At Marple Ridge High School.. Along Hibbert Lane, down Stockport Road, left into Cross Lane then Peacefield left onto Woodville Drive turning left at the top back onto Hibbert Lane..
Always Loved the bike race.. it would be great to see that again.