The Bus Caf? in Mulbarton
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The Bus Caf? in Mulbarton
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 12 Mar 2016
It was recently opened by Rachel Ives and her friend Sam Smith and is housed in a 1956 Bristol Lodekka double-decker bus, with a kitchen and a small seating area on the ground floor and room for about 25 people upstairs. The bus was used for transporting children to and from school and Blakeys is believed to have operated in Lowestoft. After it was retired from the fleet it was converted into a driver training vehicle. It was fully restored in 1999 and then sold to a pub where it was used as a smoking shelter. But it fell into disrepair and last October was rescued from the scrap heap by its current owners. The project has received the backing of Mulbarton Parish Council, who listed a café as a priority for the village in its neighbourhood plan, and its permanent home is now on the grounds of the Mulbarton social club. Update February 2018 - the bus café is currently advertised as for sale.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.56135
Longitude
1.237374