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EASTERN WINNERS
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ENTHUSIASM and hard work by engineering staff at Eastern National Omnibuses' Southend and Hadleigh bus depot was rewarded when the companies vehicles won two of the main awards at last weekend's annual Southend bus rally.
Winner of the "Southend Cup" for the best omnibus of the show was an Eastern National 1953 Bristol KSW5G open top double-decker. The bus is still in service on Southend seafront every summer.
Of the two class awards for psvs still in service the award for vehicles registered before 1970 again went to Eastern National's immaculately prepared 1965 Bristol FLF6G double-decker from Hadleigh.
Runner-up was another. Bristol FLF6G operated by Essex independent Sulton's Coaches of Clacton.
In the class for post-1970 psvs in service, the winner was a 1974 Leyland Leopard Willowbrook-bodied singledecker operated by Hedingham and District Omnibuses.
Runner-up was a spotlessly clean and well prepared 1975 Bristol RE Plaxton coach operated by S & M Coaches of Thundersley in Essex. Highly recommended was a 1973 Daimler Fleetline operated by Southend Borough Transport.
The rally attracted over 110 entries from all over the South of England, of which 37 were still in regular service.