Eastern Counties OEX 792W - 2 Apr 1994

Saturday 2 April 1994 (1846) (Easter weekend) - Eastern Counties Omnibus Company LW792 (OEX 792W) was a Willowbrook bodied Leyland Leopard PSU3E/4R that was new as a National Express liveried coach in November 1979 (with fleet number LL792). In the split of ECOC LL792 passed to Ambassador Travel for continued use on National Express services between Norfolk and London. However, it later returned to ECOC for use on bus service work. It was seen by St. Mary’s Church in High Street, Mildenhall when working the 1820 Newmarket to Thetford service 200. The red fibreglass timetable case hangs forlorn on the bus stop pole although it was now devoid of a bus stop sign following a bout of vandalism. There is a blue plate attached to the upright part of the pole which advises people that express services now picked-up in King Street. Eastbound express services previously picked-up near this point and westbound services somewhere on the opposite side of the street all before the time I moved into the area in April 1979.