There is great news!  The Biggar Albion Foundation Ltd has been able to buy the Gladstone Court museum premises which is adjacent to our own museum premises just off North Back Road, Biggar.  Our own building is too small to house all our exhibits, and buying the Gladstone Court building has secured the whole site and will enable us to display more exhibits, and to provide a better museum experience for our visitors in Biggar, the home of the founders of the Albion Motor Car Company.

With the help of many generous donors, and by selling our Edinburgh Road Offices, we managed to raise the necessary £100,000 in order to purchase the building. We have set aside some money to kit it out with climate control, displays, etc, then as a future project, we estimate we will need a further £150,000 to link this building with our own.  People have been very generous with donations.  We have some funds of our own, but these will be needed to equip the building with all the requirements of a modern museum, and vitally, a heating system as this is currently lacking in the building. This will protect the exhibits from damp/condensation as well as providing a comfortable environment for the staff and visitors. We hope then to consolidate some of our buildings and this will enable us to provide better opening hours for the museum.  We also plan to have a workshop where visitors can come and see some restoration work being done by suitably qualified experts.

If you want to volunteer, or can help us with donations or loans, large or small, please contact us by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by writing to us at: Building Fund Appeal, BAFL, 19 North Back Road, Biggar, ML12 6EJ

"ALBION OF SCOTSTOUN" - LIST OF CHAPTERS AND NOTES

"ALBION OF SCOTSTOUN" - QUOTES FROM MAGAZINE REVIEWS

"What an excellent book it turned out to be, clean, well printed and laid out."
[Jeremy Bacon, Editor, SAHB Quarterly No.34, Oct/Nov 2002 (Society of Automotive Historians in Britain]

“…a superb history of the company which includes chapters on both the wartime and post-war military vehicles.”
[Classic Military Vehicle, September 2001]

"This great new book chronicles practically all models, including the various MVs... built notably during two world wars. Superbly illustrated with official and other pictures complemented with tabulated data."
[Bart Vanderveen, Wheels and Tracks no.70, published January 2000]

"This excellent A4 size book will surely be regarded as THE work on Albion vehicles. .... a first rate book about a major force in the UK commercial vehicle industry."
[Gavin Booth, Classic Bus, January 2000]

"This book, not to be confused with other recent Albion books, is one of the best books I have ever seen covering the history and vehicle production of a commercial vehicle manufacturer."
[Mike Sutcliffe from the December 1999 issue of the Leyland Society magazine, Leyland Torque]

"170 pages of pure pleasure for vintage vehicle enthusiasts."
[The Scots Magazine, December 1999]

"... this just has to be the book of the year. ... definitely a book that everyone with an interest in this famous manufacturer should have on their bookshelf, even the casual enthusiast will find much to interest them in this outstanding work."
[Richard Wade, Classic and Vintage Commercials, December 1999]

"This is a remarkable book which must be regarded as the definitive work on the subject, and a superb reference book."
[SW Stevens-Stratten, Vintage Roadscene, November 1999]

"It is thoroughly researched, has an excellent selection of well produced photographs, and is finished in hardback with an eye catching jacket."
[Alan Millar, Buses, September 1999]