Percivals Motors 74 (XWL 539 ex CJO 322V) in Mildenhall – 5 Apr 1985 (15-3)

Good Friday 5 April 1985 (approx. 0935) – Not a very good shot at all but I include it as the coach was passing the place where I worked for 19 years on Field Road, Mildenhall. At the time named Kirby-Warrick Pharmaceuticals Limited the company later became Schering-Plough Limited

Percivals Motors (Oxford) Limited 74 (XWL 539) was working the 0845 Cambridge-Lowestoft service 747, a cross-country service between Bristol and Lowestoft worked jointly with Premier Travel and National Express.

This was day 2 of a diagram that alternated with Premier Travel and covered the 0845 Cambridge-Lowestoft (1230) run returning as the 1310 Lowestoft-Oxford (1955) run.

It is a Plaxton Supreme bodied Bedford YMT that was new to Percivals in April 1980 registered CJO 322V. Nowadays vehicles that have carried a cherished re-registration will revert to the originally assigned number when the cherished registration is transferred. This wasn’t the case back then and this coach subsequently became GBW 96V.