Last year, friend Peter Rose and I made the trip over the border to visit the ‘Scottish Vintage Bus Museum’ which is at Lathalmond in Fife.
Located close to the historic town of Dunfermline it is housed in a very large complex that at one time was home to a Royal Navy storage depot.
There are many buildings that survive from that time some of which are used to house the museums collections.
The surviving roadways are put to good use on open days by allowing a comprehensive bus service to enable visitors to get around the site.
My very first visit to Scotland was in 1965 where I stayed in Falkirk. At that time the company of ‘Walter Alexander and Sons Ltd’ were major players on the bus scene.
I was much impressed by the ‘Midland’ branch of the organisation who’s buses were painted in a lovely shade of blue with a cream contrast.
Time moved on and ‘Alexander Midland’ became ‘Midland Scottish’ but the colours stayed the same.
It impressed me then and it still does.
New in 1960 registered WLT 560 to ‘London Transport’ as RM560.
EDS 50A ‘W. Alexander and Sons (Midland) Ltd’ No. MRC23. AEC Routemaster / Park Royal
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
WFS 145W ‘Midland Scottish’ No. PE453. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ‘Y’ type
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
GLS 265S ‘Midland Scottish’ No. MPE 265. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ’T’ type
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
AWG 393 ‘W. Alexander and Sons Ltd’ No. R0607. Guy Arab 3 / Craven /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New in 1948 and built in my hometown, the City of Sheffield.
Who says that Cravens bodies don’t last !!!!
AWG 393 ‘W. Alexander and Sons Ltd’ No. R0607. Guy Arab 3 / Craven /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
AWG 393 ‘W. Alexander and Sons Ltd’ No. R0607. Guy Arab 3 / Craven /3
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
AWG 393 ‘W. Alexander and Sons Ltd’ No. R0607. Guy Arab 3 / Craven /4
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
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