Grey Green vehicles parked near Cambridge Coach Services yard in Waterbeach – 6 Jan 1991 (135-25)

Sunday 6 January 1991 – Cambridge United Football Club had played (and won) in a F A Cup round at Wolverhampton the previous day and the increased need for additional coaches made it a very busy day for Cambridge Coach Services.

To cover the extra requirements six Volvo B10M coaches were hired from Grey Green Coaches (T Cowie PLC) which would normally have been parked up all weekend as they were normally used on a range of London commuter services during the week operated from various outposts in South Suffolk and North Essex.

The required number of CCS drivers were taken to collect the coaches at some time between Friday evening and early Saturday morning returning them on Sunday afternoon.

The six coaches were B860 XYR (Plaxton Paramount 3500 bodywork); C876 CYX and D879 FYL (Plaxton Paramount 3200 bodywork); and E891/893/894 KYW (Duple 320 bodywork).

Right to left to right in this view B860 XYR, E894 KYW and C876 CYX (D879 FYL is parked alongside the latter). On the edge of the photograph is E893 KYW which I had driven the previous day on the 1045 service 79 from Cambridge to Gatwick Airport returning on the 1445 service 78. On the Friday evening it had operated the 1645 Grey Green service 197 from Millbank to Stanway, near Colchester.
The sixth vehicle (E891 KYW) was parked alongside E893 KYW.