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The realms of transport were not yet conquered by the enterprising Jimmie Sutherland, who, with his familiar ..

... to make the byways of Buchan accessible to the humble traveller. Nevertheless, Jimmie was not idle. He announced that a horse omnibus would ply between Peterhead and the Ellon cattle sales on Mondays, leaving the Buchan Capital at 7.30 a.m., arriving at ...

from our Turret ittbolu __ IN last Thurs.._-.• day's News Advice column we stated that we could find no

... reader draws By the death of Mr William attention to the fact that around Leslie ( - Leo) Hunter in Edin-1870 a three-horse omnibus burgh Royal Infirmary yesterday. operated from Duncan Street via the 8.8. C. in Scotland have lost a Clerk Street, Nicolson ...

Published: Wednesday 08 February 1956
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1246 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

lI?THE MOTHERWELL TI

... opened at Femiegalr beyond the junction and through running between Glasgow (South Side) and Lesmahagow commenced, and the horse omnibus between Hamilton and Femiegalr was discontinued. GOODS AND MINERAL It was not until 1854 that several local colliery owners ...

Published: Friday 22 July 1960
Newspaper: Motherwell Times
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 991 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

‘The University that never was

... college. There were no penny trams in those days, WILLIAM FOSTER meets DAVID ST JOHN THOMAS E] David St John Thomas and the horse omnibus fares in the 1840's cost as much as a day’s lodgings for a student, It was simply a question of walking. Add to this the ...

Published: Saturday 24 October 1970
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1818 | Page: 17 | Tags: none