THE SCOTTISH VINTAGE BUS MUSEUM - HISTORY
The late 1970s and early 1980s saw a build-up
of vehicles for preservation in Scotland and these were stored in
farms, bus depots, etc. An initial approach to
preservationists about a combined storage/museum set-up was met
with a favourable response - until then they had been working in
small groups or on their own - and the hunt was on for suitable
premises.
Premises were found in Whitburn - mid-way between Glasgow and
Edinburgh - in the shape of a shed large enough to accommodate
forty buses, and after a delay of one year caused by a legal
hitch, buses were moved in during the summer of 1986. The
museum's neighbours were an expanding dairy business, and in 1994
they made an offer - which was too good to refuse - to buy the
museum site, so the hunt was on again.
Lathalmond, an ex Royal Navy stores depot came on the market and
seemed an ideal site. The museum lost out in the bidding to
buy the complete site, but was successful in buying half the site
(approximately 45 acres and several sheds) from the new owner,
with entry on 1st March 1995. Within three
months the move from Whitburn was complete, and in September the
first Open Day was a great success. There are now around
160 buses housed at the museum, the layout of which is shown
below on our promotional leaflet.
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