Neal’s Travel T665 WVA in Mildenhall – 9 Sep 2000 (430-15A)

Sunday 9 January 2000 (approx. 1000) - Neal’s Travel T665 WVA, a Plaxton Beaver bodied Mercedes-Benz Vario O 814D new in July 1999, seen parked outside the Bussens and Parkin store in King Street, Mildenhall prior to moving along to the lay-by to work the 1009 Suffolk County Council Sundaybus service 357 to Lavenham.

This service had been revised from Sunday 3 October 1999 and comprised the following trips:

0840 Stowmarket-Mildenhall (0946) service 358
1009 Mildenhall-Lavenham (1110) service 357
1145 Lavenham-Mildenhall (1246) service 357
1309 Mildenhall-Lavenham (1410) service 357
1445 Lavenham-Mildenhall (1546) service 357
1609 Mildenhall-Lavenham (1710) service 357
1745 Lavenham-Mildenhall (1842) service 357
1843 Mildenhall-Stowmarket (1943) service 358

Bussens and Parkin closed around December 2021 although the buildings still stand. Snushall's Fish and Chip shop is visible on the right. A fish and chip shop still trades there but with different owners and part of the building also features a coffee shop and a barbers shop.