One of the large jumbo sized Bristol VR'S finished it's day's in good old Ipswich here we see ex Norwich and Yarmouth VR 309 LFS 281F heading out to Shotley in 1980 a year before withdrawal.
I thought i would add a few things to my report from yesterday, two other NBC companies United Counties and Bristol were also due to send Bristol FLF's to Scotland but as the buses were Bristol 6LW engined the deal didn't proceed, many of the received VR's were in a very poor states as the good old Scottish rock salt had caused a great deal of corrosion, one today is preserved by Julian Patterson originally numbered VR 303 LFS 303F
this became VR 308 when the last batch of VR's received by Eastern Counties took the numbers up to VR 304. Below you can one of the original liveries carried by the Scottish VR's shortly before they transferred down to England, this particular VR BN 367 NGM 167G in the Central SMT livery was one of five originally destined for Eastern Counties that went to Lincolnshire in exchange for five Lodekkas, this one became 1981 in the Lincolnshire Road Car fleet, while below that in a shot from Graham Walker you see one of the ex Lincolnshire Road Car Lodekka's FLF 431 VFE 459 in Cambridge in 1982.
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In other news photo's of the last two of Ipswich Buses Dart SPD's ex Lothian of 134/35 show that 134 entered service today i believe and 135 yesterday if anyone out there has photos of them i would be grateful if you could get in touch.
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