EASTERN COUNTIES PHOTO RECALL THE EARLY FIRST YEARS

Seen here in around 2002 is one of my favorites not! poor old Counties got suckered with these while in South Yorkshire they got shot of them after 10 yrs seen here on my route the 4 to Bixley Farm is 401 M584 ANG.

The end is nigh here by 2000 there was very few Bristol VR's left in Ipswich, i have very happy memories of VR 287 VEX 287X as it was the last ever VR that i rode in in Ipswich when it used to appear quite regularly on the 4 when they took over the route from IB.

In the main these were allocated to Norwich for most of their lives but here is JD7 laterly 507 G707 JAH a Dennis Javelin with Duple body whilst on loan to Ipswich on the 83.

Bought in at the tail end of the 90's were these all Leyland Olympians from Thamesway H101-04 HVX seen here a little later on 2004 with it's Sema Voyager number 34901.

Seen here when comparatively new is National Greenway LG 784 UFX 854S working a private hire.

Just before the end of the nineties Eastern Counties snapped up the vast majority of these Volvo B10Ms with Plaxton Premiere bodies from First Essex seen here in 2004 is 20106 N606 APU.

Also coming in around 1999/2000 were the affectionately known puddle jumpers not Wright's best ever looking body however the finished off a lot of Eastern Counties native mini buses seen here is 45337 JDZ 2337, followed by a type now come increasingly rarer within First Group is the Scania L113 with Wright Ultralow bodies is 65549 P549 RNG straying from it's intended 88 route, on the 75 to Felixstowe.

This blog should of gone out earlier in the week but some how went into the unpublished zone so here it is  better late then never.