Sealandair and Bowen coaches at Red Lodge - 12 Aug 1989

Saturday 12 August 1989 – West Midlands based L F Bowen operated a Saturday holiday service from its native area to the Norfolk coast and over the years the coaches made a toilet and refreshment stop at either Red Lodge or Barton Mills. In this view, taken at Sanara Services in Red Lodge, Bowen’s own coach is seen with two duplicates provided by Sealandair of West Bromwich. The coach nearest the camera is a Plaxton Paramount 3500 bodied Volvo B10M, one of the company’s latest coaches at the time. Next to it is their PFK 174W, a Plaxton Supreme bodied Ford R1114 new in August 1980. Furthest away is Bowen’s EOI 4362, a Volvo chassis with bodywork badged ‘Moseley’. The UK coach dealership Alf Moseley of Loughborough imported Spanish and Portugeuse coaches for the UK market which it badged with the Moseley name. Sanara Services was previously named the Suffolk Punch and stood across the road from where the Doctor’s Surgery was constructed in later years. The Sanara site is occupied by residential homes now.