I wasn't on that. I'd pretty much stopped going on the Seagull Specials when we got to the 1st division, I used to drive instead. Also I think they stopped being direct 'special' trains and we just got coaches added to standard services, and often they didn't start until London so we had to make...
Yeah, I don't remember too many (if any) breakdowns. (I was on a coach to Forest). There were loads of delays, and the buffet car caught fire once on the way back from Grimsby, but all-in-all they were 'happy days' indeed. Dear old Stavros, what a legend he was. And who can forget that trip...