Scottish Leylands in the West Country
The 28th June 2022 offered the chance to enjoy an enjoyable day of photography using two 1930's buses originating from Scotland. The David Williams photographic charter started at 09:45 and ventured into the Blackdown Hills skirting Devon and Somerset. The locations visited included Culmstock, Hemyock, Dunkerswell, Broadhembury and Kentisbeare finishing around 17:15.
The colourful pair looked at home in the Devon countryside and sparked much interest in the local villagers and other road users. The weather for the trip was changeable with sunny spells, building with dark low clouds arriving by mid afternoon and then heavy rain in two spells. The conditions lent themselves to a wide range of photography, which produced some interesting results.
The colourful pair looked at home in the Devon countryside and sparked much interest in the local villagers and other road users. The weather for the trip was changeable with sunny spells, building with dark low clouds arriving by mid afternoon and then heavy rain in two spells. The conditions lent themselves to a wide range of photography, which produced some interesting results.
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VD3433 is a 1934-built Leyland LT5A half-cab single decker which carries the attractive deep blue livery of W Alexander of Falkirk. It was originally part of an order of 110 vehicles placed jointly by the Lanarkshire Traction Company and Central Scottish Motor Traction (SMT). VD 3433 was withdrawn from service with Central SMT in 1945 and sold to Walter Alexander and Sons who Fitted it out as a 36-seater rather than the original 32-seater as built. The vehicle was later transferred to David Lawson of Kirkintilloch, a subsidiary of Walter Alexander, in 1953. By 1959 the bus was employed to tow a fairground living van by a showman based in Stirling, a task which it performed until the mid-1960s. It is now in the care of Quantock Heritage.
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WS 4522 dates from 1935 and is the former Scottish Motor Traction H110. Itis a TS7 with a Cowieson B34RD body and this also passed to W Alexander after the Second World War. A number of these vehicles were rebuilt and rebodied as double-deckers, so WS 4522 is a rare survivor in this form.
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Culmstock
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Hemyock
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Dunkerswell
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Broadhembury
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Kentisbeare
From A Different Viewpoint
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