EASTERN COUNTIES ALLOCATION LIST JUNE 1974

Bristol RELL RLE 869 WPW 869H virtually an Ipswich /Felixstowe allocated bus for it's entire life is seen here in Felixstowe in 1981 in what is now the Lidl Supermarket!

Today I'm going to illustrate another classic allocation sheet, this time i will be going back to 1974, now this is an interesting time as we begin to see the ongoing march of one man operated buses particularly the Bristol VR and the first Leyland National's and the withdrawals of the early Bristol Lodekkas the LKD class, it was also only little over six months when the swap with the Scottish Bus Group for their Bristol VR's coming here and the E and F reg Bristol Lodekka FLF class going the other way, strange to think that 12 years later the Bristol Lodekka class out lived those Scottish VR's which Eastern Counties struggled to maintain. Part one today includes the allocations of Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Cromer, Ipswich,Bury St Edmunds, Felixstowe and Saxmundham.

Seen here a year later in 1975 is Bristol Lodekka LFS 109 ENG 109C seen here on a 209 Bexford Works knowing Counties drivers of the time i'm surprised he knew where to find it on the blind, LFS 109 would finish it's days to the west of the region in Cambridge. Photo Copyright Stuart Ray.