H C Chambers and Son (later Go-Ahead)

Friday 16 February 1990 - H C Chambers and Son Limited of Bures, Suffolk has operated a motor bus service between Bury St. Edmunds and Colchester via Lavenham, Sudbury and Bures since the 1920s although the business began in 1877 with horse drawn vehicles between Bures and Sudbury. C668 WRT, a Duple Dominant bus bodied YMT new in June 1986, was seen on Angel Hill, Bury St. Edmunds ready to work the service to Colchester. Chambers operated a few of this type each seating 63 passengers achieved by the use of a 3+2 seating layout. Despite the lady in the photograph seeing me actively taking photographs, and despite the fact that she was the only waiting passenger, she didn’t offer to move for me so there she is forming her own orderly queue.

Friday 16 February 1990 - H C Chambers and Son Limited of Bures, Suffolk has operated a motor bus service between Bury St. Edmunds and Colchester via Lavenham, Sudbury and Bures since the 1920s although the business began in 1877 with horse drawn vehicles between Bures and Sudbury. C668 WRT, a Duple Dominant bus bodied YMT new in June 1986, was seen on Angel Hill, Bury St. Edmunds ready to work the service to Colchester. Chambers operated a few of this type each seating 63 passengers achieved by the use of a 3+2 seating layout.

Wednesday 27 September 1995 (approx. 1506) – Sudbury bus station. Left to right; Eastern Counties Omnibus Company VR243 (JAH 243V), an Eastern Coachworks bodied Bristol VR new in November 1979. Beestons Coaches of Hadleigh Leyland Nationals LDW362P (New to Cynon Valley (17) in January 1976) and WGY 594S (New to British Airways (C049) in June 1978). H C Chambers and Son of Bures D172 LTA, a Reeve Burgess bodied Dodge S56 new to Plymouth City Transport (72) in October 1986.

Wednesday 27 September 1995 (approx. 1515) – Sudbury bus station, Suffolk and competitive services to Long Melford (or Melford as it is known locally). Left: H C Chambers and Son Limited of Bures D176 LTA, a Reeve Burgess bodied Dodge S56 that had been new to Plymouth City Transport (76) in October 1986. Right: Felix Coaches of Long Melford (Golynia and Warnack) F301 RMH, a Reeve Burgess bodied Mercedes-Benz 709D new to Felix in October 1988.

Wednesday 27 September 1995 (approx. 1504) – H C Chambers and Son Limited of Bures, Suffolk D172 LTA seen in Sudbury bus station working service 171 to Springlands, a round trip of 20 minutes. It is a Reeve Burgess bodied Dodge S56 that had been new to Plymouth City Transport (72) in October 1986.

Wednesday 27 September 1995 (approx. 1510) – H C Chambers and Son Limited of Bures, Suffolk E87 KGV, a Leyland Lynx new in March 1988, seen in Sudbury bus station when operating the 1415 service 753 from Colchester to Bury St. Edmunds. Chambers has operated a motor bus service between Bury St. Edmunds and Colchester via Lavenham, Sudbury and Bures since the 1920s although the business began in 1877 with horse drawn vehicles between Bures and Sudbury.

Wednesday 27 September 1995 (approx. 1510) – H C Chambers and Son Limited of Bures, Suffolk E87 KGV, a Leyland Lynx new in March 1988, seen in Sudbury bus station when operating the 1415 service 753 from Colchester to Bury St. Edmunds. Chambers has operated a motor bus service between Bury St. Edmunds and Colchester via Lavenham, Sudbury and Bures since the 1920s although the business began in 1877 with horse drawn vehicles between Bures and Sudbury.

Wednesday 27 September 1995 (approx. 1615) – H C Chambers and Son Limited of Bures, Suffolk has operated a motor bus service between Bury St. Edmunds and Colchester via Lavenham, Sudbury and Bures since the 1920s although the business began in 1877 with horse drawn vehicles between Bures and Sudbury. The company re-introduced double deckers to their fleet in 1989 after a gap of around 17 years when three new Alexander RL bodied Leyland Olympians were taken into stock. F243 RRT was the first of these new double deckers which entered service in February 1989 and is seen here passing the company’s garage and office when working the 1515 service from Bury St. Edmunds to Colchester. This bus was subsequently acquired by Mulleys Motorways and it became one of the buses I often drove when I was at Mulleys.

Saturday 8 July 1989 (1630) - H C Chambers and Son Limited of Bures, Suffolk has operated a motor bus service between Bury St. Edmunds and Colchester via Lavenham, Sudbury and Bures since the 1920s although the business began in 1877 with horse drawn vehicles between Bures and Sudbury. The company re-introduced double deckers to their fleet in 1989 after a gap of around 17 years when three new Alexander RL bodied Leyland Olympians were taken into stock. F243 RRT was the first of these new double deckers which entered service in February 1989 and is seen here on Angel Hill, Bury St. Edmunds prior to leaving for Colchester. This bus was subsequently acquired by Mulleys Motorways and it became one of the buses I often drove when I was at Mulleys.

Saturday 8 July 1989 (1630) - H C Chambers and Son Limited of Bures, Suffolk has operated a motor bus service between Bury St. Edmunds and Colchester via Lavenham, Sudbury and Bures since the 1920s although the business began in 1877 with horse drawn vehicles between Bures and Sudbury. The company re-introduced double deckers to their fleet in 1989 after a gap of around 17 years when three new Alexander RL bodied Leyland Olympians were taken into stock. F243 RRT was the first of these new double deckers which entered service in February 1989 and is seen here on Angel Hill, Bury St. Edmunds prior to leaving for Colchester. This bus was subsequently acquired by Mulleys Motorways and it became one of the buses I often drove when I was at Mulleys.

Saturday 8 July 1989 (1630) - H C Chambers and Son Limited of Bures, Suffolk has operated a motor bus service between Bury St. Edmunds and Colchester via Lavenham, Sudbury and Bures since the 1920s although the business began in 1877 with horse drawn vehicles between Bures and Sudbury. The company re-introduced double deckers to their fleet in 1989 after a gap of around 17 years when three new Alexander RL bodied Leyland Olympians were taken into stock. F243 RRT was the first of these new double deckers which entered service in February 1989 and is seen here on Angel Hill, Bury St. Edmunds prior to leaving for Colchester. This bus was subsequently acquired by Mulleys Motorways and it became one of the buses I often drove when I was at Mulleys.

Wednesday 27 September 1995 (approx. 1320) – Market Day in Bury St. Edmunds. For many years, before the opening of the bus station in St. Andrew’s Street, Angel Hill was the focal point for quite a number of services operated by the independent bus and coach companies. Prominent in this view is H C Chambers and Son Alexander bodied Leyland Olympian G864 XDX bound for Sudbury, Bures and Colchester (new in November 1989) and Rule’s Coaches Plaxton Supreme bodied Leyland Leopard LIB 1611 bound for its home village of Boxford. (New to National Travel (North West) as SFV 202P in May 1976). I was about to take a trip on the latter to Boxford and after a visit to the Rule’s garage I then travelled into Sudbury on Eastern Counties service 90 (worked by VR243). From Sudbury I travelled to Bures on Chambers G760 VRT finally returning to Bury St. Edmunds on that same bus after spending some time looking round the Chambers garage. On the extreme left is Hedingham Leyland Lynx (L150) and on the extreme right Coach Services (Thetford) Bova Futura F900 RDX.

Saturday 16 January 1999 – A poor scanned shot but the only one I have of this bus with H C Chambers and Son Limited. In 1997 Chambers acquired two Alexander RV bodied Volvo B10M-50 Citybus double deckers from Rhondda Transport which had actually been new to Great Yarmouth Borough Transport in March 1989. www.ipernity.com/doc/davidslater-spoddendale/49874796 F51 ACL is seen on layover at Bury St. Edmunds bus station.

Sunday 16 August 1998 (approx. 1346) – Suffolk County Council sponsored a network of Sunday bus services for a few years which brought some different operators into Mildenhall. H C Chambers and Son of Bures Whittaker converted Mercedes-Benz 609D is seen at King Street prior to returning to Colchester on the 1346 service 757.

Sunday 16 August 1998 (approx. 1350) – Suffolk County Council sponsored a network of Sunday bus services for a few years which brought some different operators into Mildenhall. H C Chambers and Son of Bures Whittaker converted Mercedes-Benz 609D is seen leaving Mildenhall returning to Colchester on the 1346 service 757.

Wednesday 21 February 1990 – Market Day in Bury St. Edmunds. For many years, before the opening of the bus station in St. Andrew’s Street, Angel Hill was the focal point for quite a number of services operated by the independent bus and coach companies. The vehicles in this view were operated by Colin Petch of Hopton (MMJ 538V); David Clarke of Elmswell; H C Chambers and Son (G760 VRT); and Hedingham (BNO 703T).

Saturday 20 April 2002 - H C Chambers and Son W124 JDX seen in Bury St. Edmunds. It was an East Lancs Cityzen bodied Scania N113DRB new in July 2000, it was the last of four of the combination acquired a few months after W87/89/91 HRT that arrived in the previous April. W124 JDX had not yet been painted in the deep red livery of Chambers.

December 2000 - H C Chambers and Son W89 HRT is an East Lancs Cityzen bodied Scania N113DRB new in April 2000. It was seen in St. Andrew’s Street North in Bury St. Edmunds. The area behind is now occupied by the Apex Centre and Arc Shopping Centre. Chambers operated four vehicles of this combination (H89/91/93 HRT and W124 JDX)