A poster advertising the Mail Run outside the Swan
The Norwich Union Mail Coach Run, The Swan Inn, Brome - 15th June 1996
John Parker and his team of Hungarian grey horses commemorate the 150th anniversary of the last mail run from London to Norwich (in 1846). Much of the A140 is still on the original coaching route, and the Swan at Brome was one of the original stops. There's a great turnout for the event, and the entourage includes athlete Kris Akabusi. The whole run is completed after covering the 139 miles in a record-breaking 21.5 hours.
next album: A Welly Boot of Beer at the Swan Inn, Brome, Suffolk - 15th June 1996
previous album: The First BSCC Bike Ride to Southwold, Suffolk - 10th June 1996
Hanging around, waiting
Crowds hang around outside the Swan
A Town Cryer announces the arrival of the coach
The A140 slows to a crawl
The Swan in the summer sun
More milling throngs
Colin and Jill
DH, Wavy, Paul and Colin
Another crowd scene
The coach pulls in off the A140
The coach and four enters the pub car park
John Parker and the mail coach outside the pub
John Parker and Kris Akabusi
Kris Akabusi signs Spammy's autograph book
Danny Flint meets Kris Akabusi
Danny Flint gets a pat on the back from Kris Akabusi
Hungarian grey horse
Kris Akabusi and the crowds
John Parker has a slurp of tea before heading off
The coach sets off
The coach heads off up to Norwich on the A140
Spammy and John Willy are on the barbeque
John Willy turns a sausage
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A poster advertising the Mail Run outside the Swan
A poster advertising the Mail Run outside the Swan
Hanging around, waiting
Crowds hang around outside the Swan
A Town Cryer announces the arrival of the coach
The A140 slows to a crawl
The Swan in the summer sun
More milling throngs
Colin and Jill
DH, Wavy, Paul and Colin
Another crowd scene
The coach pulls in off the A140
The coach and four enters the pub car park
John Parker and the mail coach outside the pub
John Parker and Kris Akabusi
Kris Akabusi signs Spammy's autograph book
Danny Flint meets Kris Akabusi
Danny Flint gets a pat on the back from Kris Akabusi
Hungarian grey horse
Kris Akabusi and the crowds
John Parker has a slurp of tea before heading off
The coach sets off
The coach heads off up to Norwich on the A140
Spammy and John Willy are on the barbeque
John Willy turns a sausage