Here goes with my request from 1978, which hopefully someone please can kindly answer.
Back in the Autumn of 1978 BR ran Blackpool Illuminations merrymakers from Ipswich and Great Yarmouth/Norwich on two Saturdays 23rd September and 7th October 1978, with the respective portions attaching at Ely. The return working on both dates departed Blackpool North late on the Saturday evening at about 23.00 hrs with the Norwich/Great Yarmouth portion being detached at Ely in the early hours on the Sunday morning.
Did any forum members travel on the Saturday 7th October 1978 merrymaker to Blackpool and still please have their notes and or photos which might identify the loco(s) that worked this train, especially the Great Yarmouth/Norwich portion to and back from Ely?
I’ve already tried the Ipswich Transport Society, however their records only go back to 1981.
Many thanks
Mark