First Midland Red 69460 (WX59 BZO) - 27 Jul 2019 (P1030248)

Saturday 27 July 2019 (1139) – Leicester Heritage Bus Running Day at the First Leicester Citybus garage

First Midland Red 69460 (WX59 BZO), a Wright Eclipse bodied olvo B7RLE new in new in November 2009 to First Bristol, carries a livery for operation on service 144 from Worcester to Birmingham branded the ‘Salt Road’.

First publicity tells that salt deposits in the Droitwich area were thought to have been exploited in the Iron Age and in Roman times salt became a valuable resource. The road between Worcester and Birmingham is said to have been known by the term ‘Salt Road’.