Scottish Bus Rally

**Mr. Kilt** · 19th August 07, 05:12 PM

Great pics, Alex! It's nice to see all the old restored buses. Most times they just end up in a scrap yard.

I rode on one of those export model "Las Vegas" double deckers when we were there in April, I'll post a picture when I can.

**David Dalglish** · 19th August 07, 10:38 PM

Great photos Alex

**CelticRanger66** · 20th August 07, 12:03 AM

Love old vehicles!! Great Pictures!!

**Phil** · 20th August 07, 01:03 AM

A few nostalgic pictures there. Thanks for the memories. Did they have any of those buses with the long seats upstairs and the side corridor? Used to be great fun trying to get out at your stop.

**Arlen** · 20th August 07, 02:36 AM

Fantastic pictures, Alex.
I really love some of the old wartime buses.
They just look that much nicer.

**haukehaien** · 20th August 07, 09:47 AM

Those are very cool pictures! I really like older vehicles like those, they seem to have more character than modern ones.

If I ever get to visit Scotland, I'll make sure to add the Bus Museum to my list of things to see. Conveniently, it's in the area my family came from; the earliest ancestor we've managed to trace so far was living in Carnock in 1694. The family later moved to Dunfermline, then Paisley and then emigrated to the US in the early 1800s.

**cessna152towser** · 20th August 07, 12:13 PM

Did they have any of those buses with the long seats upstairs and the side corridor? Used to be great fun trying to get out at your stop.

Yes, there were a pair of them in the old Alexander Midland Bluebird colour scheme doing some of the runs to Dunfermline and Kelty.

The family later moved to Dunfermline, then Paisley and then emigrated to the US in the early 1800s.

My own ancestry research shows that three of my four grandparents were born and brought up in Paisley in families which had already been established in Paisley for several generations (with the fourth being born to an Irish family who had moved from Lurgan, Ireland to Renfrew, Scotland shortly before his birth). Many of my ancestors were weavers, including some who worked in the Paisley shawl industry, while others were carters around the Paisley area.

**Phil** · 21st August 07, 06:25 AM

Originally Posted by cessna152towser

Yes, there were a pair of them in the old Alexander Midland Bluebird colour scheme doing some of the runs to Dunfermline and Kelty.

Thanks. I really wish I had gone but I was stuck in Edinburgh all weekend. I used to get one of those Alexander's buses to school every day. The clippies had their cardboard tickets in a wee tray and you didn't dare give them any cheek! "Feece" they used to shout (meant fares please) and they shouted at you when you jumped off the platform as the bus slowed down for a corner.