EASTERN COUNTIES IN THE LATE 90'S/EARLY NOUGHTIES

All photos Copyright Unknown.

On the front of the blog you will now an new addition, of all buses acquired by First between August 1996 and 1999, when i find time i will add the other pages from 2000-2015. so to celebrate the time in question i have added a few pictures from the time in question, although the above photo is from 2003 it represents First Norwich's first foray into Low Floor Easy Access buses in August 1996 seen here is 43437 P437 NEX when new transferred to Ipswich in 2003 was one of the first withdrawals of the batch in July 2011. Ipswich hanged on to the Bristol VR near enough to the end of VR operation finally succumbing to withdrawal in 2002 here we see VR 287 VEX 287X an long time Ipswich stalwart which transferred to Devon & Cornwall, finally below we see an bus bought from First's Beeline operation in 34875 F175 LBL an Leyland Olympian with an Northern Counties body on the 99 when it terminated in Southwold, seen here in Lowestoft bus station.