All roads led to the 80s in Dundee at the weekend, as the owners of iconic local buses recreated the glory days of a former Tayside bus company.
The streets of the city turned blue and orange as a group of enthusiasts came together to mark the 30th anniversary of the Strathtay company, which was founded in 1985.
It once ran services throughout Tayside, with its distinctive livery seen on buses in and around depots in Arbroath, Blairgowrie, Crieff, Dundee, Forfar, Montrose and Perth.
The Strathtay name disappeared from sight, however, when the firm was acquired by the Yorkshire Traction Company in 1992, which was itself taken over by Stagecoach in 2005.
To celebrate the anniversary, however, a range of free services on preserved Strathtay buses was run from the Seagate Bus Station on trips to Gauldry, Muirhead, Monifieth, Kingoodie and Liff.
Every one of the buses taking part once ran local routes for Strathtay, but arrived on this occasion from new homes as diverse as Glasgow and Chesterfield.
Some had been specially repainted in the company’s distinctive colours for the event and many were being seen in public for the first time in years.
Transport fans travelled from as a far as Paisley to see, photograph and ride on the buses, which they said had “something special” about them.
Jed Scott, 28, who is from Errol, was among the bus owners and one of the key organisers of the celebration.
He said: “There are six of us from the Dundee and Angus area who own preserved buses and when we realised it was 30 years since Strathtay was formed we decided to have a bit of fun and put the buses back on the roads for the public to enjoy.
“Some of the buses are now very rare and many of them won’t have been seen for years so I’m not surprised we’ve been turning so many heads.”
Jed admitted that it is “a huge job” to keep the buses on the roads and said he and his fellow enthusiasts had been working day and night to have the vehicles looking their best.
One example which years ago served as a “Berry Bus” was scrubbed down and repainted to hit the road for the first time in 15 years.
The event had the full support of Stagecoach, which currently runs bus services in the former Strathtay area and allowed the buses to gather at the bus station.
Some members of staff volunteered to drive and conduct the bus services in their own time, while bosses even repainted and refurbished one double-decker model as a special anniversary gift.