Eastern Counties OEX 793W in Mildenhall - 11 Feb 1995

Saturday 11 February 1995 – The laying of a new water pipeline right through the centre of Mildenhall created quite a few hold ups for a while. During the work traffic movement was controlled by temporary traffic lights. This was the scene in the High Street near the Methodist Chapel and the Manor Court shops.

Eastern Counties Omnibus Company LL793 (OEX 793W) passes through the works whilst working the 1242 Newmarket to Thetford service 200. It was a Willowbrook bodied Leyland Leopard that was new to ECOC as a National Express liveried coach in October 1980. In the ECOC split of 1984 it moved to Ambassador Travel (Anglia) Limited and then, when it became too old for National Express work, it returned to ECOC and continued its days on bus service work.