FLASHBACK THURSDAY

 Today's First flashback we go back to 1986 when the bus world was changing and I was only 14 years old, today's picture is once again from my colleague at the ITM Stuart Ray's collection and shows the transition between the name changes of the Borough of Ipswich and the 1986 post deregulation name of Ipswich Buses. Pictured on the left is Leyland Atlantean/Roe 22 SDX 22R with the new fleet name and 17 RDX 17R with Borough of Ipswich fleet names.

Today's second flashback takes as back to around 1975/76 in a recent slide purchase we see former Bristol MW coach LS 814 3814 PW after conversion to a bus, the conversion was by Marshall's of Cambridge and saw the fitting of Bus seats and a roof mounted destination blind display, LS 814 lasted only another 3 years before withdrawal.