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FLEETNEWS SCOTLAND

Hebridean standardised on Willowbrook-bodied Bedford SBs for several years. CJS 344C on the left was a Leyland-engined SB13 new in 1965, while 1971-delivered MJS 113J was an SB5 with Bedford engine. JOHN SINCLAIR

Stornoway-Point

From the mid-1920s every crofting township in Lewis had its own bus service to/from Stornoway, transporting people, animals, cloth, hay, goods and mail; generally offering one return trip each day except on the Sabbath; often on an express carriage basis. Even in the decade after regulation in 1930, townships in the Point area on the Eye Peninsula were linked to Stornoway by around 22 operators, some only running for a few years. Most enduring were Campbell, Portnaguran (service from Broker); Graham, Portnaguran (Portnaguran); MacDonald, Garrabost (Garrabost); MacDonald, Sheshader (Sheshader); A. & J. MacKenzie, Lower Bayble (Bayble); MacLeod, Flesherin (Portnaguran); MacLeod, Portvoller (Portvoller); MacMillan, Lower Garrabost (Garrabost); MacMillan, Upper Bayble (Bayble); and MacMillan, Shader (Shader).