Kicking off here with a photo from my chosen year of 1979 by now the Lodekka was becoming increasingly rare in Ipswich with only four allocated by the first half of 1980 all had gone. Here's FLF 441 GPW 441D climbing up Felixstowe Road on the 252. Photo courtesy of Flickr from Crewcastrian's collection. The Bristol MW's were also on their way out and would transfer out to Norwich by the end of the year replaced by new Leyland Nationals.
FLEET ALLOCATION OF IPSWICH/FELIXSTOWE/SAXMUNDHAM
VR 139/182(SAX)/185/186/187/188/189(FEL)/191(FEL)/192/207/302/304(SAX)/309/332(SAX)368/377/396/398/405
FLF 440/441/444/473
LHS 932
LH 531/534/700/917(SAX)918(SAX)919/927(FEL)
LM 622/630
LN 539/549(FEL)/586(FEL)/587(FEL)/598/599/781/782
RL 501/506/507/513/667/679/680/721/737/738/739
RE 848/849/850(SAX)
RLE 746/747(SAX)869(FEL)/875
LL 750/838/840
LH 534 FNG 534K seen here at Norwich was allocated to Ipswich in 1979 having just worked in from Ipswich.
RL 507 was one of the 11 Bristol RL class at Ipswich at the end of 1979, seen here outside the old depot now demolished in the Old Cattle Market bus station.
RL 680 RAH 680F spent it's whole career at Ipswich and was one of the last to be withdrawn in 1984.
RE 850 SAH 850M seen here at Ipswich Old Cattle Market Bus Station about to work back to Saxmundham depot.
Bristol VR 189 RPW 189R was originally ordered by Lowestoft Corporation before the order was transferred to Eastern Counties and spent virtually it's whole career in Suffolk before a brief spell at the end of it's life at Kings Lynn subsidiary Rosemary Coaches.
VR 405 KPW 405L was a recent allocation to Ipswich having just moved from Norwich.
VR 304 LFS 293F was a series one VR which was involved with the swap for Eastern Counties Lodekkas in 1973 in general terms the majority didn't last long with the earlier Lodekkas outlasting them, seen here at Aldeburgh on a 264.
Seen here much later in it's career is LN 586 WAH 586S which at the time was an Felixstowe allocation.
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