Ambassador Travel LT889 (EAH 889Y) at Earlsfield, Eriswell – 6 April 1985 (15-11)

Easter Saturday 6 April 1985 (approx. 0950) – An unusual working I thought when I saw Ambassador Travel LT889 (EAH 889Y) in ‘Norfolk Flyer’ livery working a duplicate to Norwich on the 0845 Cambridge to Lowestoft service 747. The service was jointly operated by National Express, Percivals of Oxford and Premier Travel Services – the service vehicle for the 0845 trip was normally covered by Percivals and Premier alternating each day. The service coach today was Premier 275 (RVE 297S), a Plaxton Supreme bodied AEC Reliance new in July 1978, the tail end of which is just on the edge of the photograph.

Ambassador LT889 It is one of the eight Plaxton Paramount 3200 bodied Leyland Tigers new to the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company in February 1983 that wore the ‘Norfolk Flyer’ livery to operate services between Norfolk and London. They passed to Ambassador Travel when ECOC was split up in September 1984.

The location was the Earlsfield roundabout at Eriswell near RAF Lakenheath. The coaches are heading into Lord’s Walk which, until the road was closed off as heightened military security measures took hold, linked the Earlsfield Roundabout with the A1065