MORE ON 1985 AND OH WHAT A YEAR

Eastern Counties LN 593 WAH 593S braving the snow as heads to Dennington on the 273, yes in those days buses ran! I must thank again Peter Horrex for this picture for which it remains his copyright. Yes and what a year 1985 was who remembers the awful snow which inflicted misery in the January the big film of the month of March was Mad Max 3 Welcome to the Pleasuredome, with Mel Gibson and Tina Turner who also sang the theme tune and the number one was PWL's first number one You Spin Me Round Like a Record by Dead And Alive.

Ipswich Buses got themselves into a lot of bother during the end of the year when late deliveries of the Dennis Falcons meant the hiring in of Buses particularly AEC Swift's from Great Yarmouth, but also Northampton and this Bristol RE from Southend JEH 179K which originated with PMT but was bought from Oxford in 1984, photo and copyright Stuart Ray.

Photo copyright Peter Horrex.
This rather handsome all over advert from Interlink appeared on Eastern Counties VR 255 PCL 255W during the year, seen at the Felixstowe Dock terminus.

Photo Copyright Stuart Ray.
Here we see the last remaining IBT  ex Leeds Atlantean 44 UNW 404H for which i had a soft spot for this must of been one heck of strain lugging that over the Orwell Bridge with it's notorious heavy steering and lack of ventilation.

NORWICH RUNNING DAY  TIMETABLE