1920s/30s

The Scot was a sidewheel mower made in the early part of the 20th century by Alexander Shanks and Co of Arbroath, Scotland. 

This model was a cheaper version of the Shanks Britisher, iteself a very popular machine and still readily found by collectors today. The Scot is less common. One interesting feature (for collectors at least) is that examples can be found with different name badges. Early machines tend to have badges with fairly ornate designs while later machines featured plainer badges. A number of Shanks sidewheel mowers followed the same pattern.

By 1939 the Shanks Scot was being offered in 10, 12, & 14 inch sizes at prices ranging from £1.16.6d to £2.4.0d (with plain bearings) and £2.1.3d to £2.6.9d (with ball bearings). Like many sidewheel mowers during this period the grass boxes and delivery plates were sold separately which added to the price.

Shanks was one of the oldest and most successful manufacturers in the first 100 years of lawn mower history. Many of the company's machines featured patriotic names while others (particularly sidewheel machines) were named after birds (eg Hawk, Wren etc).