The sleek Laser was one of Duple's best coach designs and personally I much prefer the earlier generation with the chrome slatted grill like these two examples seen at Bretonside Bus Station in Plymouth during those summers not so long ago when it heaved with visiting coaches. The Laser though didn't have a long production run only being manufactured for about three or four years, and it was this unnecessary chopping and changing that cost Duple many of it's loyal customers. So the type was never that common and I was quite lucky to see two contrasting Tigers parked together like this and especially so as the Ulsterbus example was unusual in having only single headlights altering the front profile considerably. Partridge Coaches from East Anglia were a regular sight in Plymouth.
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