IPSWICH BUS STORY IN VIEW 1950-70

Photo Copyright Geoff Lumb

Another slightly different blog that this time charts the progress off the Ipswich fleet through photographs the first picture illustrates the first Ipswich motor bus No 1 ADX 1 an AEC Regent III/Park Royal on the 1B to Maidenhall during the 1960's in what is now the Crown Street Lay by.

Copyright Malcolm King 

Spot the difference time now while looking the same as ADX 1 above the difference being on the later batches of the AEC Regent III's is shown here with 14/16 CDX 514/16 having a different arrangement of opening windows.

Copyright Malcolm King

After 1957 Ipswich concentrated on the AEC Regent V with Park Royal body seen here is 29 GPV 29 outside the Cricketers pub on a now abandoned route the 3 to Rushmere Heath .

The last batch of AEC Regents were Neepsend bodied being 65-68 DPV 65D which is now preserved seen here at Tower Ramparts during the 1970's

Seen here late in his life time is AEC Regal/Park Regal 19 DDX 19 this was part of the second batch of the type in 1956? and were the last Single Deckers for 11 years.

The next single deckers in 1967 were again AEC's this time the Reliance which were not as successful as the Regal's sadly the last known one 72 HPV 72F was broken up a few years ago, seen here is Massey bodied 70  HPV 70F on the 2A to the Airport during the late 1970's

During the late 1960's Ipswich had to cut their connection with AEC and went with the ever popular Leyland Atlantean with ECW bodywork numbered 74-76 LDX 74-76G were painted in a trial livery of more cream and less green, later of course ICT went for something like this went the third batch of Roe bodied Atlanteans 4-7 HDX 904-07N were painted into a predominantly cream  and green livery. Next time well in the future i will catalogue the period 1970-95.