Swift 85 Celebrates 50 ~ Sunday

Sunday was the second day of 50th birthday celebrations for ex Great Yarmouth Transport's AEC Swift 85 WEX 685M. As I said in the previous post it was spending the weekend in the town running on some of its old routes.



I first caught up with it on Crab Lane in Gorleston returning from Bradwell on the 18 with Jamie Vendy at the wheel.



It continued to Market Gates from where it then came back to Gorleston on the 3 for Yallop Avenue and is pictured in the High Street.



I beat it to the terminus at Yallop Avenue and got a photo of it there followed by chat with Jamie. Thankfully he promised to give me plenty of time for me to get a photo of its return via Beccles Road roundabout.



Unfortunately the trajectory of the sun wasn't playing ball so I had to settle for a picture of it on Beccles Road under the cover of a tree!



The final run was from Market Gates to South Denes and No 85 is pictured on South Beach Parade having passed the Pleasure Beach and Premier Inn

It was originally planned to terminate close to the Harbour's Mouth but, with South Denes Road closed to traffic from Hartmann Road southwards, the alternative destination of Nelson's Column was used instead. The photo was provided by Jamie Vendy



The Swift then returned to Caister Road depot where a celebratory cake was cut and very nice it was too!

My thanks to the Jamie for organising the day out and for bringing the bus back to visit its old haunts.

Roy