WNO479 is new to Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Services as a closed top bus working at Southend
01/10/1953
Absorbed into the Eastern National fleet as number 1426 following their takeover of Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Services
01/01/1955
Assigned Fleet Number 2383 as part of a renumbering scheme
01/01/1964
Converted at Central Works to Open Top configuration
01/01/1966
Began working the Southend Seafront Service replacing ex City and Hicks Leyland Titans
01/05/1966
1974 Summer Season spent at Clacton by which time she had been pained NBC white and green
01/01/1974
Replaced at Southend by an open top Bristol FLF
30/09/1978
Moved to Clacton to run the Service 121 to and from Jaywick during the summers of 1979, 1980 and 1981
01/01/1979
Licenced as Class V and used at Southend Carnial to promote Explorer Tickets
01/09/1982
Refurbished and repainted into cream and green
01/09/1983
During 1984 sporadic non PSV use took place
01/01/1984
Re-licenced for PSV use and worked the Highfields to Jaywick route 300 during the summers of 1987 and 1988
01/06/1987
The 300 was revived in 1988, this time with two buses. Moving forward to summer of 1991, 2383 worked a Wednesdays-only circular Heritage tour from Highfields and Clacton to St Osyth, Great Bentley, Dedham, Manningtree, Mistley and Walton (£4.50 for three and a half hours) which was repeated in 1992
01/06/1988
For the winter of 1991 2383 was occupied as a driving training vehicle based at New Writtle Street, Chelmsford
01/10/1991
Daily open top operation resumed at Clacton in 1993 and 1994
01/06/1993
Round Britain Charity Tour in aid of the Princess Diana Memorial Trust – covering 1,639 miles in England, Wales and Scotland
01/09/1998
An even more adventurous trip was undertaken in May 2003, crossing to the Continent and reaching the Czech Republic for the Bohemia International Bus Show and raising money for Cancer Research and the Czech Republic Flood Relief Fund
01/05/2003
In 2010 First Group decided to disband their Heritage Fleet and 2383 (or 90230, as she had become under the Sema numbering system) was bought for preservation by John Day, she resided for some time at Yeldham Transport Museum before that had to be vacated
01/01/2010
2383 changed hands again on 29th January 2022 and left Essex, on a slow journey to Norfolk having been acquired by us and our friend Richard Dixon, with the intention of continued preservation and improvement
29/01/2022
2383 undertakes a trip from Norwich to Surbiton to undergo an exciting transformation for a secret mission! Driven by owners Ivan, John and Richard at 29mph the journey took around 8 hours allowing for breaks!
26/05/2022
2383 collected from Surbiton and driven to a secret location in London for extensive security checks to take place
02/06/2022
Used as a mobile platform by Royal Parks workforce to trim the London Plane trees on Birdcage Walk
04/06/2022
5th June 2022 now idetified as CRNA T10N 2383 undertakes what is arguably her most high profile engagement; a starring role in Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Pageant carrying stars from the 1950s (and later), including Cliff Richard, the Mills sisters, Anita Harris, Gloria Hunniford, Lesley Garrett, Bonnie Langford, Wayne Sleep, Katherine Jenkins, Paul Gambaccini and Chris Eubank