Starlings Coaches XPP 289X in Mildenhall - Jun 1987

June 1987 – Starling’s Luxury Coaches of North Walsham, Norfolk XPP 289X seen parked at the end of Churchill Drive adjacent to North Terrace in Mildenhall. The chassis wasn’t unusual being a Leyland Tiger TRCTL11/R although the Italian built Padane (Carrozzeria Padane) bodywork was not overly common in Britain. XPP 289X was registered in April 1982 to Ensign of Grays and was entered in the Brighton Coach Rally that year sporting the fleetname of Ebdon’s Tours of Sidcup. Towards the end of its career it worked for Delta Coaches of Stockton-on-Tees registered FIL 8694 and sporting a Plaxton Paramount III front lower panel which changed its appearance somewhat!