Vintage Midland Scottish Passenger Bus On Visit To City Centre Of Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K short Summer travel video clip of a blue vintage Midland Scottish passenger bus, LMS 374W a Leyland Leopard, on visit to the city centre Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Midland Scottish Omnibuses Ltd was a bus operating subsidiary of the Scottish Transport Group formed in June 1985 from part of W. Alexander & Sons Midland Ltd, and operated until 1991 when it was renamed Midland Bluebird Ltd. From its head office in Camelon (later Larbert, Midland Scottish was the largest bus operator in Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Falkirk districts and was responsible for urban, rural and interurban services in and around Stirling, the Trossachs, Alloa, Falkirk, and Linlithgow, as well as parts of Argyllshire. Services from these places extended into Glasgow, Edinburgh and Perth. The company also provided coaches for Scottish Citylink express work, mainly north west and central Scotland to other towns and cities in Scotland and England. Bus owners from the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust and the Angus Transport Group arrived in the fair city of Perth for a day with their lovingly restored vintage buses, from the fleets of the former Walter Alexander & Sons buses empire, to celebrate 61 years since 1961 which was the year of the split of the vast Alexanders buses empire into three, namely Midland (blue), Fife (red) & Northern (yellow). All three fleets met at Perth, with Midland having a depot in the city and running in from the north and south, Fife running in from the southeast, and Northern running in from the northeast. And why 61 years ? Well it was intended to do it last year for the 60 year anniversary, but couldn’t due to the pandemic. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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