Edinburgh Transport - Tram and Bus Routes 1932

Adverts on the back of the Map
© A large proportion of the adverts on the back of this 1929 map were for Edinburgh Corporation Transport's services and tours. Please see the list below and the thumbnail images at the foot of this table.
1. Adverts Edinburgh Corporation Transport, 2 St James Square
First and Last Buses
Early Morning Cars
First and Last Regular Car Services to and from Post Office
Buses to Blackhall, Davidson's Mains, Lauriston Castle and Cramond
Motor Coach Tours: Circular Tour 1, Circular Tour 2, Granton & Cramond Circular Tour Fare 1/6, Children 9d
Special buses for Sight-Seeing, Picnic and Dance Parties
Motor Coach Tours: Old Town and a drive round Arthur's Seat (with photo) Fare 1/-, Children 6d
Electric Car Services 1, 12 and 25 to Zoological Park
We Carry Parcels by Tramway Car
List of Electric Tramway Routes
Bus Service between Braids Terminus and Hillend Park on the Afternoons of Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, Weather Permitting

2. Adverts All other than 'Edinburgh Corporation Transport' Adverts
Company	Product	Address
WJ Stoddart	Publicity and Travel Consultant Official Advertising Contractor for Edinburgh Corporation Guide Book	Waverley Market
Calder of Leith	Blinds, Sunshades, Marquees, Tents, etc.	21-25 Commercial St.
James Waldie	Fuels House Coals, Cokes, Nuts, Red Blaes, Limeshell, Limestone, Rockery Turf, etc. Delivered to Edinburgh and district by Motor Lorry and Steam Wagons	57 Haymarket
Lawson's	Drapers, Clothiers, House Furnishers	1 Castle Terrace
Edinburgh Savings Bank	Bank Total Funds £11,591,820	16 North Bank Street
Westfield Autocar Co	Car Dealer See Scotland on a Morris Minor, Prices from £125.	108/110, Lothian Road
Albion	Petrol A little goes a long way on any car! Be fair to yourself and give it a trial. 1/4.5p per Gal Commercial 1/5p per Gal Private	Henderson Place + Annandale Street
Manclark	Gents' Taylors	64 South Bridge
Corporation Bureau for Apartments	Catalogue of Hotels, Boarding Houses, etc.	2, St James Square
City of Edinburgh	Official Guide to City of Edinburgh	City chambers, High St
Crawford's	Biscuits "Crawford's Biscuits are Good Biscuits"	(address not given)
Scottish Motor Traction	Bus Services The Tramways of the Edinburgh Corporation are recognised as the finest service in Great Britain. What the tramway service is to Edinburgh, the SMT BUS SERVICE is to the Lothians. All towns and villages within a radius of 50 miles are served by a CONSISTENT SERVICE of superb buses.	45 Princes Street
Kingsley Hotel + Thackery Hotel	Hotels Bed, Breakfast + Attendance from 8/6 per night	London
Wm Taylor & Son	Bird Seed Song Bird Seed, 2d, 4d, 8d Parrot Mixture, 2.5d, 5d, 10d Linnet, Finch, Goldfinch: 2d, 4d Taylor's Love Bird Mixture (for all foreign birds), 4d	Glasgow
Conclusion I estimate the date of this map to be 'approximately 1930-32. Comparison with the 1931 map held by the National Library of Scotland may reveal whether my map was published before or after the NLS map. The first advert on the back of my map refers (in very small print) to W J Stoddart as being "Official Advertising Contractor for the 1929, 1930 and 1931 editions of the Edinburgh Corporation Guide Books and for the 1928 and 1929 editions of a Catalogue of Boarding Houses. So a date of approximately 1930-32 seems plausible for my map. Knowing in which year Edinburgh Corporation Tramways and Motors became Edinburgh Corporation Transport Department might also help to establish the date of my map above. The assets quoted in the Edinburgh Savings Bank Advert may also help to date this map.