Museum curator Tracy Willet on excursion to Revolutions Museum-sitting in restored Scarborough Bus No 15

The Bus Preservation Society of Western Australia shares a story about the Scarborough Bus Service.

"This is the story of a discarded bus that once proudly serviced Perth’s transport system in and around Scarborough Beach, through the Glendalough area to the City and return.  For about 20 years from 1938 to 1958 the bus we call SBS15, was operated by Scarborough Bus Service around Scarborough Beach, Mt Hawthorn, Leederville and Glendalough.  It may also be remembered from World War II days when it also transported servicemen between Pearce and Perth. Buses are part of the history of any city and serve to remind us of the past and of the changes that have occurred over the years. This bus is an outstanding old ‘International D35B ‘bonneted’ bus, SBS15 (Scarborough Bus Service No 15). The bus dates from about 1938 through to 1958 and was operate around Scarborough Beach, Mt Hawthorn, Leederville and Glendalough area.  It will also be remembered by many for its WW2 running, returning servicemen to Pearce from Perth. When Scarborough Beach Services were taken over by the MTT around the late 1950’s the bus was decommissioned and sold off. It was lost for a number of years but from what information is available was used as a mobile workshop on a farm in the Gnowangerup area. Its future was destined to be scrap either as landfill or broken up for its metal content in a scrapyard somewhere but fortunately, in 2003 it was identified, its provenance established and offered to the Bus Preservation Society as a possible restoration project."