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Kerbside Titan
An SMT Leyland Titan parks kerbside in this vintage scene at Edinburgh's St Andrew Square. J56G had been new to SMT in April 1939 and joined others of this ilk at Dalkeith depot being used intensively on the Edinburgh/Birkenside/Rosewell group of services. With the arrival of Bristol Lodekkas at Dalkeith the Titan was placed on reserve duties and finds itself taking on a trip to Balerno via Slateford. Note its retention of the G suffix - the garage code for Dalkeith. The Titan was built by Leyland to TD5 specification with a 53 seat body lay-out which included top deck side-gangway and half-drop windows.
The nearside advert displays for James Calder's stout ale, although Calder's brewery was at Alloa most of the ale was supplied from John Jeffrey's Heriot Brewery at Roseburn, Edinburgh (later Tennent Caledonian). Seen to the rear is another Leyland decker but with a rather austere early post-war body by Alexanders of Stirling. J56 was eventually withdrawn from service and given over to the dealer in 1957 by which time most of these Titans had gone in favour of Bristols. Note the litter-bin in the foreground 'In your hands rests the cleanliness of Edinburgh' judging from the spotless streets we can see the slogan was respected!
Kerbside Titan
An SMT Leyland Titan parks kerbside in this vintage scene at Edinburgh's St Andrew Square. J56G had been new to SMT in April 1939 and joined others of this ilk at Dalkeith depot being used intensively on the Edinburgh/Birkenside/Rosewell group of services. With the arrival of Bristol Lodekkas at Dalkeith the Titan was placed on reserve duties and finds itself taking on a trip to Balerno via Slateford. Note its retention of the G suffix - the garage code for Dalkeith. The Titan was built by Leyland to TD5 specification with a 53 seat body lay-out which included top deck side-gangway and half-drop windows.
The nearside advert displays for James Calder's stout ale, although Calder's brewery was at Alloa most of the ale was supplied from John Jeffrey's Heriot Brewery at Roseburn, Edinburgh (later Tennent Caledonian). Seen to the rear is another Leyland decker but with a rather austere early post-war body by Alexanders of Stirling. J56 was eventually withdrawn from service and given over to the dealer in 1957 by which time most of these Titans had gone in favour of Bristols. Note the litter-bin in the foreground 'In your hands rests the cleanliness of Edinburgh' judging from the spotless streets we can see the slogan was respected!