This month celebrates the 20th anniversary of the 66 to Martlesham, and in those days travelling was done by Dennis Darts with Plaxton Pointer bodies, above shows DP 79 M379 YEX and already the destination display is playing up which was more often than not, these were part of a batch of batch of six, which were followed by another two the following year in N625/26 GAH plus an additional bus from Bristol in 1997 415 L501 VHU however by 2000, bigger and Low Floor buses were needed and so the Darts were shipped off to Norwich and Scania L94UB/Wright Axcess buses in 591-999/601 W591-99/601 SNG came in to replace them seen here is a picture from James Long is W591 SNG when fairly new at Ipswich Garage, these were replaced in turn in late 2003 by the current incumbents the Volvo B7TL'S 32479/86-94, seen at the bottom albeit with no branding is 32490 AU53 HKH, and as a bonus at this time many strange and wonderful buses appeared with Eastern Counties especially in the mid 1990's but none as strange as this unusual Mercedes/Alexander articulated bus K1 GRT from Aberdeen or what was then Grampian which I believe is now preserved by First, it also appeared at Norwich first, and then came to Ipswich, time went on to show that while First did buy Articulated buses they did buy any of that type and so it remained unique.
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