HISTORY OF EASTERN COUNTIES BRISTOL VR IN IPSWICH 1969-76

Taken by Stuart Ray, in its brief time at Ipswich is Eastern Counties Bristol VR 375 UAH 375G the first of it's kind to be allocated to Ipswich in June 1969 and lasted just over a year being the only one of two series one VR allocated from new to Ipswich, it was replaced by VR 368 TNG 368G from  Norwich in October 1970, a bus which would then serve Ipswich on and off for it's 16 year career, VR 370 TNG 370G arrived in January 1971 and stayed for three years until transferred to Wisbech in 1973, VR 368 transferred to Bury St Edmunds just over a year from transfer from Norwich,replaced by a brand new in a series 2 VR in VR 387 BNG 448J  another which would transfer to Bury St Edmunds three years later and reappear back in Ipswich towards the end of it's career, no more transfers occurred until 1973 when VR 365/72 TNG 365/72G arrived from Norwich for a three year spell, followed by VR 378 VNG 378H also from Norwich in 1974 before moving to Bury St Edmunds in October 1975, VR 396 ENG 396K arrived from Great Yarmouth for just one month then moving to Peterborough, with VR 380 XAH 380H coming in the other direction for a month before going back to Peterborough. This is just the first part of the history of the Bristol VR in Ipswich which finally finished in Ipswich just under 14 years ago, the second part will take us from 1976-1981 with the arrival of the first series three VR's and the withdrawal of the series one VR's.

VR 370 TNG 370G during 1972 in the Ipswich OCM.