H C Chambers and Son F243 RRT in Bury St. Edmunds - 8 Jul 1989 (90-23)

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.