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Venture Bus Co
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By 1919 Venture Bus Co owned 19 buses. It ran services between Falkirk and Airdrie and, from 1928, Falkirk to Bathgate. In March 1930 it was taken over by Alexander's of Falkirk.
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Central SMT Ltd
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Alexander Callander
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Alexander Callander was a Teller with Falkirk Banking Co (in 1811) and Curator Bonis of his father.
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Jock Watson
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driver for Shields Bus Co.
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Wilson, Marshall & Company
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Owned Venture Bus Co.
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James Bell
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James Bell was a farmer at Pocknave Mill and owned Dalquhairn/Paixhole Farm, 1831-1845 and Mains of Bothkennar until 1843 when it was sold to Carron Co.
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Alexander Balloch
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Grazier
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Joseph Dawson
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Manager for Carron Co.
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Bonnybridge Amateur Dramatic Association
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James Bald
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Alexander Monro
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Writer
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Trustees of James Oliphant Trust
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James Oliphant is described as Millwright or Engineer in the legal papers held in Falkirk Archives. The properties appear to have been in the Oliphant family for about 50 years.
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Andrew Mitchell
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Second son of Thomas Mitchell who owned subjects in Laurieston.
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Trustees of Thomas Taylor of Bankhead Trust
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SMT Co Ltd
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Scottish Motor Traction Co Ltd was founded in Edinburgh in 1905 and ran buses across the central belt of Scotland.
Following legislation, which allowed railway companies to invest in bus operators, the LNER and LMSR took a major stake in SMT in 1929. At nationalisation in 1949, the company became part of Scottish Omnibuses Ltd. Subsidiary companies included area operational companies including Central SMT in Lanarkshire and Western SMT, whilst the east of Scotland services remained as SMT until the early 1960s, when the fleet name "Eastern Scottish" was adopted. In 1962 the SMT operations became part of the state-owned Scottish Bus Group in 1962; this later became the Scottish Transport Group in 1969 following the addition of ferry services. The Transport Act 1985 led to the deregulation of bus services across the UK, followed by privatisation of the bus-operating Scottish Transport Group subsidiaries. Western Scottish (formerly Western SMT) was sold to its local management in 1991, and was bought out by the Stagecoach Group in 1994, which renamed it Stagecoach West Scotland. Eastern Scottish briefly reverted to its former name SMT. It was bought out by the First Group, who rebranded it First Edinburgh. Dryburgh Abbey Hotel was owned by SMT.. The garage in Falkirk had an extensive range of used cars, quality tested and also had self-drive hire cars. - Vauxhall make. |
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Agnes Marshall
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John Marshall's widow. John Marshall was a merchant and baker in Larbert.
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William Graham
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Architect
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George Fairbairn (senior)
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Mr George Fairbairn, of Camelon Park, was ordained an elder in Falkirk Parish Church on 20th April, 1823. He was head of a large nail-making establishment in Camelon, then the staple industry of the village. His son, Mr George Fairbairn, was inducted to the eldership in Falkirk Parish Church in 1869, having been previously ordained to the office some time before at Bridge of Allan. He was for many years representative of Falkirk Iron Co in the north of Scotland and also in Ireland.
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Alexander, W & Sons Ltd
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Walter Alexander began running buses in the Falkirk area in 1914. The first Charabanc New Belhaven (convertible to lorry) arrived in the spring of 1913 and another Belhaven (second hand) also convertible to lorry, was acquired in either 1915 or 1916. During the First World War the company was limited to private hires and haulage and a service was run on Saturdays and Sundays between Falkirk and Bonnybridge. Another charabanc, a W.D. Leyland, was introduced to replace one of the Belhaven's in 1919. Walter Alexander took a private party to John O'Groats in the summer of 1919 and it is supposed to be the first charabanc to have arrived there.
The company of W Alexander & Sons Ltd was formed in 1924. The routes expanded to include Stirling-Glasgow in 1925 and Perth - Glasgow in 1926. In 1927 the company acquired Elliott & Begg of Perth. In 1929 W Alexander & Sons were acquired as a subsidiary of SMT (The Scottish Motor Traction Co) and became the area company for most of the east of Scotland north of the Forth. Other bus companies acquired by SMT as subsidiaries to W Alexander & Sons included The Pitlochry Motor Co, Simpson's & Forresters (based in Fife) and the Scottish General Omnibus Group (based in Falkirk). The Scottish General Omnibus Group included Dunsire of Falkirk, the bus section of Wemyss Tramways, Penman of Bannockburn, the bus section of Dunfermline Tramways, the General Motor Carrying Co of Kirkcaldy and the Northern Omnibus Services of Elgin. From 1930 to 1949 as a subsidiary of SMT, W Alexander & Sons Ltd acquired its own subsidiaries. These included David Lawson Ltd which had been incorporated in 1923, and was acquired by W Alexander & Sons Ltd in 1936. David Lawson Ltd was re-named Clydeside Omnibuses Ltd in 1961. A & R Graham Ltd was acquired by W Alexander & Sons Ltd in 1938 and integrated with David Lawson Ltd in 1942. In 1949 SMT was acquired by the British Transport Commission as part of the nationalisation of transport and a new company, Scottish Omnibuses was set up. Prior to this the bodybuilding work was separated out and was sold to a new company, Walter Alexander & Co (Coachbuilders). In 1961 the British Transport Commission created a new holding company, Scottish Omnibuses Group (Holdings), re-named the Scottish Bus Group in 1963. The subsidiary bus companies were re-structured and as part of this process existing dormant companies were re-used and re-named to avoid creating new companies. W Alexander & Sons Ltd was divided into three companies: W Alexander & Sons (Midland) Ltd (from the dormant company of Wordie & Co), W Alexander & Sons (Fife) Ltd (from W Alexander & Sons Ltd) and W Alexander & Sons (Northern) Ltd (from the dormant company Youngs Express Deliveries (BTC) Ltd). The other member companies in the Scottish Omnibuses Group were Central SMT Co Ltd, Western SMT Co Ltd, Highland Omnibuses Ltd and Scottish Motor Traction Co Ltd. In recent years, W Alexander & Sons (Midland) was taken over by the First Bus Group and re-named. The registered office of First Bus Ltd is in London. First Bus Ltd was incorporated in 1983 with the registration number 01752801. [Source: Stewart J Brown. "Alexander's Buses"] |
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Peter Burd
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Subjects in the north Back Row of Falkirk were conveyed by William Glen of Forganhall to Peter Burd in liferent and to his son Peter James Burd in fee.
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