Dexter St. Clair wrote:tombro wrote:RDR,
I'm sure the lowline buses (those with a sidewalk on the top deck) of SMT services date back beyond that. I remember them on Red Buses from Clydebank to Glasgow (I think the Waterloo Street Depot) before I left Glasgow for Australia and that was in 1960. I also remember that, on the lower deck, there was a wide seat behind the driver's cabin that faced to the back of the bus. That would suggest they were not Bristol Lodekkas as I think those buses (made famous in 'On The Buses') did not come into service until the mid-sixties.
Tombro
Mutiny on the Buses on Now and every other day on ITV4.
the bus in mutiny on the buses was a bristol but it isnt a lodekka the film holiday on the buses features an open top lodekka which stan and jack were employed by the holiday camp to crew if you look on the scottish vintage bus museum website there are several photos of the bristol lodekka which was originally an alexanders bus used in kirkcaldy ive been on it during the open weekend and it doesnt have a single aisle on the top deck
stagecoach bought several lodekkas so that they could run buses across to edinburgh as it has doors which can be closed over the rear entrance which was required so that they could use the forth road bridge