Leroy (P J Brown) of Barway D204 NON in Ely – 21 May 1995 (265-10)

Sunday 21 May 1995 - Leroy (P J Brown) of Barway D204 NON, a Carlyle bodied Freight Rover Sherpa new in January 1987 to Manchester Minibuses.

In the background is Ipswich Buses 229 (K100 LCT), an Optare MetroRider that was new to Lancaster City Transport (ML1) in September 1992, working the 1836 service 156 to Ipswich which was part of the Suffolk County Council supported ‘Sunday Bus’ network (which also ran on Bank Holiday Mondays).

The County Councils of East Anglia (Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire Essex and Hertfordshire) subsidised networks of Sunday services to enable people to make day trips to the countryside, seaside and other places leisure interest. The purchase of a Sunday Rover Ticket then allowed journeys to be made without further payment on whatever buses were used.