Ambassador Travel LL754 (MCL 936P) in Mildenhall – 28 April 1985 (16-32A)

Sunday 28 April 1985 – Ambassador Travel LL754 (MCL 936P), an Alexander T type bodied Leyland Leopard new to Eastern Counties in May 1976. Transferred to Ambassador when ECOC was split up in September 1984.

It was seen in Mildenhall when operating the 1745 Cambridge to Thetford section of the 1240 National Express Gloucester to Thetford service 747. (I don’t think it had worked west of Cambridge).

Memory escapes me what the shop on the extreme left was but the other businesses in the photograph include a ladies clothing shop (Gaywear) which removed its name when the word ‘gay’ entered everyday vocabulary meaning something quite different from when the business started. The Gandhi Indian Restaurant and the butcher’s shop still remain in 2021. The other shops occupied here by the ‘Discount Bargain Centre’; the electrical components/video/film shop; Dales Greengrocers; and the Chess Gallery changed their occupants and roles.