David Slater (Spoddendale)'s photos with the keyword: Coach Services Limited

Sunday 27 June 2004 - ‘The Brecks Warrener’ was a project sponsored by a number of conservation and community bodies to enable people to visit the Breckland Forest area located between Brandon and Thetford. As part of the project a scheduled mini-bus service offered four round trips linking Thetford-High Lodge Forest Centre-Brandon-Brandon Country Park-Weeting-Hockwold-Lakenheath at weekends/holidays in May and daily from 29 May to 5 September 2004. In addition there was also a ‘Demand Responsive Service’ during the same period which operated at weekends until the end of October capable of carrying bicycles and wheelchairs. This was provided with YS02 UCF, an Optare Alero licensed as a community bus in the care of Forest Heath Dial-a-Ride. It was first registered in April 2002 to Optare possibly for use as a demonstrator. Seen parked on the forecourt of what had been Bridge Farm Dairies in Worlington Road, Mildenhall. The logos of various local authorities were carried on the sides (Suffolk Coastal, Babergh, Forest Heath, Mid Suffolk and St. Edmundsbury on the offside. Those of Suffolk County Council and the East of England Development Agency were carried on the nearside. On the rear were those of Suffolk Business Link and Waveney Borough Council and on the front Suffolk Acre). The ‘Brecks’ (Breckland) is the name for the area on the Suffolk/Norfolk border that has a history going back to the Stone Age. From Neolithic times flint was mined in the area and around 2000 years ago it was the heartland of the Icenci people led by Queen Boudicca. Rabbits were introduced to the area by the Normans in the 12th century farmed for their meat and fur nurtured in special enclosures called Warrens. The largest concentration of warrens in Britain was in the Brecks where the dry sandy soil was easy for making burrows. The Warrener provided skilled management of the warrens.

Sunday 27 June 2004 - ‘The Brecks Warrener’ was a project sponsored by a number of conservation and community bodies to enable people to visit the Breckland Forest area located between Brandon and Thetford. As part of the project a scheduled mini-bus service offered four round trips linking Thetford-High Lodge Forest Centre-Brandon-Brandon Country Park-Weeting-Hockwold-Lakenheath at weekends/holidays in May and daily from 29 May to 5 September 2004. In addition there was also a ‘Demand Responsive Service’ during the same period which operated at weekends until the end of October capable of carrying bicycles and wheelchairs. This was provided with YS02 UCF, an Optare Alero licensed as a community bus in the care of Forest Heath Dial-a-Ride. It was first registered in April 2002 to Optare possibly for use as a demonstrator. Seen parked on the forecourt of what had been Bridge Farm Dairies in Worlington Road, Mildenhall. The logos of various local authorities were carried on the sides (Suffolk Coastal, Babergh, Forest Heath, Mid Suffolk and St. Edmundsbury on the offside. Those of Suffolk County Council and the East of England Development Agency were carried on the nearside. On the rear were those of Suffolk Business Link and Waveney Borough Council and on the front Suffolk Acre). The ‘Brecks’ (Breckland) is the name for the area on the Suffolk/Norfolk border that has a history going back to the Stone Age. From Neolithic times flint was mined in the area and around 2000 years ago it was the heartland of the Icenci people led by Queen Boudicca. Rabbits were introduced to the area by the Normans in the 12th century farmed for their meat and fur nurtured in special enclosures called Warrens. The largest concentration of warrens in Britain was in the Brecks where the dry sandy soil was easy for making burrows. The Warrener provided skilled management of the warrens.

Sunday 27 June 2004 - ‘The Brecks Warrener’ was a project sponsored by a number of conservation and community bodies to enable people to visit the Breckland Forest area located between Brandon and Thetford. As part of the project a scheduled mini-bus service offered four round trips linking Thetford-High Lodge Forest Centre-Brandon-Brandon Country Park-Weeting-Hockwold-Lakenheath at weekends/holidays in May and daily from 29 May to 5 September 2004. In addition there was also a ‘Demand Responsive Service’ during the same period which operated at weekends until the end of October capable of carrying bicycles and wheelchairs. This was provided with YS02 UCF, an Optare Alero licensed as a community bus in the care of Forest Heath Dial-a-Ride. It was first registered in April 2002 to Optare possibly for use as a demonstrator. Seen parked on the forecourt of what had been Bridge Farm Dairies in Worlington Road, Mildenhall. The logos of various local authorities were carried on the sides (Suffolk Coastal, Babergh, Forest Heath, Mid Suffolk and St. Edmundsbury on the offside. Those of Suffolk County Council and the East of England Development Agency were carried on the nearside. On the rear were those of Suffolk Business Link and Waveney Borough Council and on the front Suffolk Acre). The ‘Brecks’ (Breckland) is the name for the area on the Suffolk/Norfolk border that has a history going back to the Stone Age. From Neolithic times flint was mined in the area and around 2000 years ago it was the heartland of the Icenci people led by Queen Boudicca. Rabbits were introduced to the area by the Normans in the 12th century farmed for their meat and fur nurtured in special enclosures called Warrens. The largest concentration of warrens in Britain was in the Brecks where the dry sandy soil was easy for making burrows. The Warrener provided skilled management of the warrens.

Sunday 27 June 2004 (approx. 1043) – ‘The Brecks Warrener’ was a project sponsored by a number of conservation and community bodies to enable people to visit the Breckland Forest area located between Brandon and Thetford. As part of the project a scheduled mini-bus service offered four round trips linking Thetford-High Lodge Forest Centre-Brandon-Brandon Country Park-Weeting-Hockwold-Lakenheath at weekends/holidays in May and daily from 29 May to 5 September 2004. In addition there was also a ‘Demand Responsive Service’ during the same period which operated at weekends until the end of October capable of carrying bicycles and wheelchairs. In this view Coach Services Ltd of Thetford W727 XCE, an LDV mini-bus, was seen arriving in Lakenheath spot on time on the first trip of the day. It displayed a fine array of destination cards showing ‘445’, ‘LAKENHEATH’ and ‘VIA HIGH LODGE’. The ‘Brecks’ (Breckland) is the name for the area on the Suffolk/Norfolk border that has a history going back to the Stone Age. Around 2000 years ago it was the heartland of the Icenci people led by Queen Boudicca. From Neolithic times flint was mined in the area and the buildings in the background are typical of many still found in the area today. Rabbits were introduced to the area by the Normans in the 12th century farmed for their meat and fur nurtured in special enclosures called Warrens. The largest concentration of warrens in Britain was in the Brecks where the dry sandy soil was easy for making burrows. The Warrener provided skilled management of the warrens.

Sunday 27 June 2004 (approx. 1048) – ‘The Brecks Warrener’ was a project sponsored by a number of conservation and community bodies to enable people to visit the Breckland Forest area located between Brandon and Thetford. As part of the project a scheduled mini-bus service offered four round trips linking Thetford-High Lodge Forest Centre-Brandon-Brandon Country Park-Weeting-Hockwold-Lakenheath at weekends/holidays in May and daily from 29 May to 5 September 2004. In addition there was also a ‘Demand Responsive Service’ during the same period which operated at weekends until the end of October capable of carrying bicycles and wheelchairs. In this view Coach Services Ltd of Thetford W727 XCE, an LDV mini-bus, was seen at Lakenheath Post Office awaiting departure on the 1050 service to Thetford. It displayed a fine array of destination cards showing ‘445’, ‘LAKENHEATH’ and ‘VIA HIGH LODGE’. The ‘Brecks’ (Breckland) is the name for the area on the Suffolk/Norfolk border that has a history going back to the Stone Age. From Neolithic times flint was mined in the area and around 2000 years ago it was the heartland of the Icenci people led by Queen Boudicca. Rabbits were introduced to the area by the Normans in the 12th century farmed for their meat and fur nurtured in special enclosures called Warrens. The largest concentration of warrens in Britain was in the Brecks where the dry sandy soil was easy for making burrows. The Warrener provided skilled management of the warrens.

Sunday 27 June 2004 (approx. 1048) – ‘The Brecks Warrener’ was a project sponsored by a number of conservation and community bodies to enable people to visit the Breckland Forest area located between Brandon and Thetford. As part of the project a scheduled mini-bus service offered four round trips linking Thetford-High Lodge Forest Centre-Brandon-Brandon Country Park-Weeting-Hockwold-Lakenheath at weekends/holidays in May and daily from 29 May to 5 September 2004. In addition there was also a ‘Demand Responsive Service’ during the same period which operated at weekends until the end of October capable of carrying bicycles and wheelchairs. In this view Coach Services Ltd of Thetford W727 XCE, an LDV mini-bus, was seen at Lakenheath Post Office awaiting departure on the 1050 service to Thetford. The ‘Brecks’ (Breckland) is the name for the area on the Suffolk/Norfolk border that has a history going back to the Stone Age. From Neolithic times flint was mined in the area and around 2000 years ago it was the heartland of the Icenci people led by Queen Boudicca. Rabbits were introduced to the area by the Normans in the 12th century farmed for their meat and fur nurtured in special enclosures called Warrens. The largest concentration of warrens in Britain was in the Brecks where the dry sandy soil was easy for making burrows. The Warrener provided skilled management of the warrens.

Saturday 8 May 1993 (approx. 1600) – The King Street lay-by in Mildenhall could barely occupy two full sized vehicles and when two vehicles were in the lay-by others had to load on the road alongside. In this view is Neal’s Travel H475 KSG, a Carlyle bodied Iveco (Ford) Transit, employed on the town service in Mildenhall and out to the adjacent villages. Behind it is Premier Travel Services 371 (G371 REG), a Plaxton Expressliner bodied Volvo B10M, working the 1445 Norwich to Oxford National Express service 747. Loading on the road is Coach Services Limited of Thetford EGV 190T which had just arrived from Kings Lynn on service 298. In the background, just left of the tree, Ron's mobile fish and chip van can be seen parked. For many years he served the outlying villages around Mildenhall, certain days to certain villages almost to a regular timetable just like the buses. He would travel a route and stay a while at regular places (like the Barton Mills Village Hall car park Thursday teatime). At smaller places people would be waiting by the roadside at a certain time (like at Lackford). I read somewhere that he called it a day around March 2013.

Saturday 5 September 2015 (1154) - At work in Bury St. Edmunds. Coach Services of Thetford YT59 NZG, a Wrightbus bodied Scania K230 new in September 2009 passes Stephensons of Essex 414 (EU03 CFY), a Transbus built Plaxton Pointer/Dennis Dart MPD new in March 2003.

Saturday 5 September 2015 (1328) - Coach Services Limited of Thetford LX59 CPU seen near Bury St Edmunds railway station when working the 1315 service 84 from West Suffolk Hospital to Thetford. It is a Scania N230UD Omnilink new to Stagecoach East London (15158) in January 2010.

Saturday 5 September 2015 (1328) - Coach Services Limited of Thetford LX59 CPU seen near Bury St Edmunds railway station when working the 1315 service 84 from West Suffolk Hospital to Thetford. It is a Scania N230UD Omnilink new to Stagecoach East London (15158) in January 2010.

Saturday 5 September 2015 (1301) - Coach Services of Thetford YT59 NZG, a Wrightbus bodied Scania K230 new in September 2009, seen near Bury St. Edmunds railway station when working the 1245 service 86 from West Suffolk Hospital to Brandon.

Saturday 5 September 2015 (1301) - Coach Services of Thetford YT59 NZG, a Wrightbus bodied Scania K230 new in September 2009, seen near Bury St. Edmunds railway station when working the 1245 service 86 from West Suffolk Hospital to Brandon.

Saturday 5 September 2015 (1154) - Coach Services of Thetford YT59 NZG, a Wrightbus bodied Scania K230 new in September 2009, seen in St. Andrews Street North, Bury St. Edmunds.

Saturday 17 May 2014 (1157) - A recently delivered vehicle to Coach Services Limited of Thetford. YX14 RXK, an ADL Enviro200, seen in Bury St Edmunds bus station departing on the 1155 service 86 to Brandon.

Saturday 17 May 2014 (1157) - A recently delivered vehicle to Coach Services Limited of Thetford. YX14 RXK, an ADL Enviro200, seen in Bury St Edmunds bus station departing on the 1155 service 86 to Brandon.

Saturday 17 May 2014 (1157) - A recently delivered vehicle to Coach Services Limited of Thetford. YX14 RXK, an ADL Enviro200D, seen in Bury St Edmunds bus station departing on the 1155 service 86 to Brandon.