Eastern Counties VR189 (RPW 189R) and TH908 (C908 BEX) at Mildenhall -13 Jul 1991 (144-22)

Saturday evening 13 July 1991 – King Street, Mildenhall. The drivers of two Eastern Counties Omnibus Company Limited buses chat whilst the passengers transfer from one vehicle to the other.

TH908 (C908 BEX), a Ford Transit with Robin Hood van conversion bodywork new in February 1986, was covering the Mildenhall-Bury St. Edmunds portion service 151. The King’s Lynn-Mildenhall portion had been worked by Eastern Coachworks bodied Bristol VR VR189 (RPW 189R).

The mini-bus was an ‘instation’ vehicle from Bury St. Edmunds garage. The VR was temporarily acting as a Mildenhall ‘outstation’ vehicle and was normally allocated to Ipswich garage possibly covering for a Bury bus which was under repair at Ipswich. It was one of the buses ordered by Waveney District Council which had ceased operations before the bus was delivered in November 1976. (ECOC took over the order for two such buses which became their VR189 and VR190).