David Slater (Spoddendale)'s photos with the keyword: Alexander (Belfast)

Sunday 5 June 2016 (1428) – G’s Growers (G S Shropshire & Sons), a large fruit and vegetable growers based at Barway, near Ely, operate their own small fleet of buses to transport. GOX 78V is an Alexander (Belfast) bodied Volvo Olympian that had been new to Dublin Bus (Ireland) (RV605 (99 D 605)) in October 1999. Today is was transporting visitors around the factory site during the company’s annual ‘Farm Sunday’ event.

Sunday 5 June 2016 (1526) – G’s Growers (G S Shropshire & Sons), a large fruit and vegetable growers based at Barway, near Ely, operate their own small fleet of buses to transport their workforce. GOX 78V is an Alexander (Belfast) bodied Volvo Olympian that had been new to Dublin Bus (Ireland) (RV605 (99 D 605)) in October 1999. The centre door had been removed but it lacks a window where the door once was. It was transporting visitors around the factory site during the company’s annual ‘Farm Sunday’ event.

Sunday 5 June 2016 (1428) – G’s Growers (G S Shropshire & Sons), a large fruit and vegetable growers based at Barway, near Ely, operate their own small fleet of buses to transport their workforce. GOX 78V is an Alexander (Belfast) bodied Volvo Olympian that had been new to Dublin Bus (Ireland) (RV605 (99 D 605)) in October 1999. Today is was transporting visitors around the factory site during the company’s annual ‘Farm Sunday’ event.

Friday 18 November 1983 - Ulsterbus 3000 (WOI 607) on trial with Ipswich Buses and seen here at Tower Ramparts bus station. It was a Leyland B21 with Alexander (Belfast) bodywork new in February 1982. About nine years later (circa 1991 after continued service in Northern Ireland) Ipswich Buses acquired the vehicle (#148) (later re-registered YBJ 159X).

Friday 18 November 1983 - Ulsterbus 3000 (WOI 607) on trial with Ipswich Buses and seen here at Tower Ramparts bus station. It was a Leyland B21 with Alexander (Belfast) bodywork new in February 1982. About nine years later (circa 1991 after continued service in Northern Ireland) Ipswich Buses acquired the vehicle (#148) (later re-registered YBJ 159X).

Sunday 7 June 2015 – G’s Growers (G S Shropshire & Sons), a large fruit and vegetable growers based at Barway, near Ely, operate their own small fleet of buses to transport their labour force to outlying fields in the Fenland area of Cambridgeshire. Three Volvo Olympian double deckers seen at their processing site at Barway (from left to right): P484 MBY Alexander bodywork new to Metroline (AV4) in October 1996; GOX 78V Alexander (Belfast) bodywork new to Dublin Bus (Ireland) (RV605 (99 D 605)) in October 1999; and N415 JBV Northern Counties bodywork new to London Central (NV15) in November 1995.

Saturday 18 May 2013 (1522) – Stephensons of Essex 827 (N827 FKK), an Alexander (Belfast) bodied Leyland Olympian (possibly former Dublin Bus RA254 (95 D 254) new in 1995), seen at Bury St Edmunds.

Friday 13 May 2011 (0633) - These two Alexander (Belfast) bodied Leyland Olympians operated by Mulleys Motorways started life with Dublin Bus, Ireland in 1990. They were subsequently bought by H C Chambers and Son of Bures, Suffolk, England in whose livery they remain. Left is H542 JBJ, originally Dublin Bus RH50 (90 D 1050), and right H951 PTW, originally Dublin Bus RH35 (90 D 1035).

Thursday 23 September 2010 (1233) – A large fungus attached to a tree (an Ash tree?) in the yard of Mulleys Motorways in Ixworth. Alexander (Belfast) bodied Leyland Olympian H542 JBJ stands alongside which was new October 1990 to Dublin Bus, Ireland (fleet number RH50 (90 D 1050). It was then operated by Chambers of Bures in whose livery it remained.

Friday 16 July 2010 (0723) – Fallen trees, due to strong winds, caused some disruption to Suffolk County Council contracted service 356 on Thursday 15 July with one tree blocking the A1101 near Mildenhall College of Technology for a time. A heavy branch of a much larger tree blocked the road outside Park Farm in the main street of Cavenham resulting in the 356 service being diverted from late morning until the end of the day. Mulleys Motorways H951 PTW, running empty to Worlington to work the parallel school service 956, made a call at Cavenham on a proving run to establish if today’s services would face any further disruption. The remains of the branch frame former Dublin Bus RH35, an Alexander (Belfast) bodied Volvo Olympian, which can be seen on either side of the road. During the mid-afternoon another branch fell in Risby resulting in this bus having to turn back near Hanbury Paddocks when it was operating the afternoon 956 home from Bury St Edmunds. The 1535 service 356 from Mildenhall and 1710 from Bury (operated by Mulleys) and the 1620 from Bury which returns as the 1705 from Mildenhall (operated by Coach Services Ltd) all had to be diverted. However, that tree was removed in time for the 1750 from Mildenhall (operated by Mulleys) and the 1810 Bury St Edmunds-Risby service (operated by Galloway) getting through just as the road re-opened.

Saturday 8 March 2014 (0656) - Mulleys Motorways retains a number of old vehicles in the back area of their Ixworth yard which, over time, get stripped for usable components. Some engine parts had been removed from H951 PTW, an Alexander (Belfast) bodied Leyland Olympian new to Dublin Bus, Ireland in 1990 (Fleet number RH35, registration number 90D 1035). It was acquired from Chambers of Bures and operated by Mulleys in Chambers dark red livery.