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John Smith and his three-wheeler about to board the Erskine Ferry. The words "Erskine Ferry, River Clyde" are handwritten on reverse.
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The Erskine Bridge is a multi span cable-stayed box girder bridge spanning the River Clyde in west central Scotland. The bridge connects West Dunbartonshire with Renfrewshire and can be used by all types of motor vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians. As well as crossing the Clyde, the bridge also crosses the Forth and Clyde Canal and the North Clyde railway line. A small part of Kilpatrick railway station is situated underneath the bridge at the north side. The bridge is part of the A898 road. On completion the bridge replaced the Erskine to Old Kilpatrick ferry service. [Wikipedia]
Two porches erected in Scotland, manufactured by McDowall Steven & Co., Milton Iron Works, Glasgow. 2 pages from the firm's catalogue, 'Architectural & General Castings, Section IV: Ornamental Castings and Constructional Work' [c.1890]. 'Westmount House' was the home of Hugh Steven, a partner in the company.
This sandstone relief bears an inscription that marks the completion of a section of wall measuring 4411 Roman feet (HD071333; RIB 2208):
Imp(eratori) C(aesari) | T(ito) Ae(lio) Hadria|no Antonino Aug(usto) Pio p(atri) p(atriae) | vex(illatio) | leg(ionis) XX | V(aleriae) V(ictricis) fec(it) | p(er) p(edum) IIII (milia) CĐXI
"For the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, father of his country, a detachment of the Twentieth Legion Valeria Victrix built this for a distance of 4411 feet."
Found Old Kilpatrick, Scotland, along the line of the Antonine Wall (see Old Kilpatrick on Pleiades).
Dated generally between 139-161 CE by Antoninus Pius' titulature.
More info from the Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Collections, GLAHM F.15.
On display at The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Given by the Third Marquis of Monrose, before 1684
A cyclist and a pedestrian on the highest point of the Erskine bridge.
Starkey - Satie - Gnoissiennes No. 1 (Starkey remix)
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Lovely bit of tenement close tilework, Old Kilpatrick, Scotland #wallytiles #decorativetiles #artdeco #artdecostyle #tenement #tenementmuseum #tenementclosesofglasgow #tenementtiles #thefinishingtouch #scottishsrchitecture #craftsmanship #tiles #oldkilpatrick
On the canal towpath at Old Kilpatrick.
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, Pietro Mascagni
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Tug Flying Phantom making her way down river assisting RFA Cardigan bay out from Govan shipyard for delivery voyage.
John Smith posing with his mud-caked Morgan in front of a large, stone-built house. He appears to be holding books in his hands. The words "At Durness n/w Sutherland Parkhill Hotel" are handwritten in pencil on reverse. The building in the background is still in use as a hotel today.
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Dressed To Thrill
The Domos were delighted today when I suggested a hike up to Loch Humphrey - the lake in the hills above where we are staying. They all wanted to come, and decided they wanted to get dressed up for the occasion - perfect for this week’s 52 Weeks Theme, Dressing Up. More info. Ref: D1097_37
Houses on the canal-side.
Joep Beving - Kawakaari
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Inside Dunglass castle's water-gate, there are indications that it was well defended by its own gatehouse. In fact I suspect that these were the castle's principal buildings, prior to the construction of the tower-house. The scale of work here, with all the corbelling and the stone window seats, is more than one would expect for a wee room over a gate occupied by some loon, whose job it was to identify those approaching and let them in when appropriate! Dunglass Castle's construction was all about its position on the Clyde, so it would make sense that the principal rooms were on this side, facing the river.
Photographed over the pits in Gavinburn Depot of Central SMT is N36, SNS 822W a Leyland National 2 NL116L11/1R with B52F seating and new in December, 1980.
Flying Phantom on the Clyde at Old Kilpatrick heading for Glasgow to assist with the launch of HMS Daring.
DD6-10 in the Central Scottish fleet were five Dennis Dorchester SDA806 with Alexander TE C49F bodies delivered in 1984.
DD9 was registered A109 UYS and was photographed in Helensburgh.
The Erskine Bridge from the derelict jetties at the disused, former MOD Old Kilpatrick Oil Fuel Depot.
An often overlooked feature of the bridge are four public telephone boxes situated on the twin footpaths running adjacent to the roadway on either side of the river, in addition to the regular 'SOS' phones seen on motorways. Each kiosk features an advert from the Samaritans and are provided as a service to those who may be considering suicide. The bridge is one of Scotland's most notorious suicide spots: estimates suggest that more than fifteen people commit suicide there each year.
This has also led to the Samaritans placing signs at each path leading onto the Erskine Bridge walkway. In September 2011, work started to install higher barriers along the length of the bridge, to prevent future suicide attempts.
Sporting some low impact accident damage to it's front end is Central SMT, D14.
It is a 1981 Dennis Dominator DD137B with Alexander RL-type H45/34F bodywork and registered TYS 267W.
It is seen in the confines of the Gavinburn Depot in Old Kilpatrick some time in 1985.
We found this elderly Volvo B10M with coachwork by Van Hool hidden away behind the former Gavinburn bus garage at Old Kilpatrick.
New to Cotters Tours, Glasgow as WAY877 in April 1982.
At the north-west corner of the site, stand the most extensive remains of the castle. These consist of a late 16th century L-plan tower-house, to which later additions have been made within the re-entrant angle.
The main block is orientated north and south and can be seen on the left of this shot. The wing extends off to the east at the north end - the beginning of its roof can be seen here. Because of the shape of the site, the angle between the two arms of the L is not 90°, as is the norm, but rather more - which makes for a rather confused view from the north, as will be seen later. The gable concealing the rest of the wing, belongs to the later, 19th century work.
The 16th century work is two storeys and garret high. The main block has a round tower on its south-west angle (seen here on the extreme left) and a turret on its north-west angle (see next photo), as well as a rectangular tower half way along its west side. When the castle was restored in the early 19th century and the additions built within the re-entrant, the older parts of the building were also restyled. All the dressed stone on the angles, gables, dormer pediments and chimneys will be of this period.
The brickwork in the windows is very recent - within the last ten years, intended to help preserve the building until its future is decided.
Thomas Cook
Airbus A321 (WL)
G-TCDC
Glasgow Airport (EGPF)
28.12.2013
Seen taxing for departure wearing the full new colours of Thomas Cook UK is this A321 with sharklets, G-TCDC. The aircraft was only delivered to Thomas Cook on 22.11.2013.
Photographed at Gavinburn depot is Central Scottish D24 which was registered FGE 424X.
It was one of a batch of Dennis Dominator DD137B chassis which carried Alexander RL H45/34F bodywork and was new in 1982.
The Saltings - a nature reserve which surrounds the site of the Erskine Bridge in Old Kilpatrick.
Abel Korzeniowski - Evgeni's Waltz (W.E)
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Slightly unexpectedly, my exploration round the seaward side of the castle resulted in the discovery of this water-gate. Like all the rest of the castle's immediate grounds, it had been fenced off, but the fence/gate had been been 'pursuaded open' by some previous explorer! It seemed silly, churlish even, not to go and look inside!
There was apparently a 'landing' here at one time, although I could see no sign of any sort of jetty there now (with the possible exception of the stones to the left of the doorway in this view). Quite apart from providing the means of crossing the Clyde, in the days before any form of decent road, boats were the most convenient form of transport in these parts, particularly when most parts of the west coast of Scotland are never far from water.
This is the north side, or front, of the 16th century castle, with the main entrance to the courtyard to the left. The gable to the right is the north end of the main block, with the wee turret on its north-west angle, and the bit with the bricked up window is the wing.
As mentioned before, the two section of the building do not join at right angles, which is why the chimney stacks appear to be have been cross-threaded when they were screwed on!
Dunglass was once the chief stronghold of the Clan Colquhoun. From 1439 onwards it was the seat of Sir John Colquhoun, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland and one of the most distinguished men of his time. The tower-house is said by Tranter to have been the work of Sir Humphrey Colquhoun, 16th of Luss, who, he goes on to tell us "in 1592 was slain at Bannachra (a castle now much more ruined than this, that lies between Helensburgh and Loch Lomond) by MacFarlanes and MacGregors as he went upstairs to bed, a tampered with servant carrying a light which intermittently silhouetted the laird at the stairway's arrow-slit windows - unneighbourly conduct but phenomenal shooting!"
An intriguing story, about which I immediately wanted to know more! Here's the full story:
In July 1592, a party of Macgregors and Macfarlanes came down upon the low country of Dumbartonshire, and committed vast ravages, especially upon the territory of the Colquhouns. At the head of his vassals, and accompanied by several of the gentlemen of the neighbourhood, Sir Humphry Colquhoun attacked the invaders, and after a bloody conflict, which was only put an end to at nightfall, he was overpowered by his assailants, and forced to retreat. To quote from Mr Fraser's Chiefs of the Colquhouns –
"He betook himself to the castle of Bannachra, a stronghold which had been erected by the Colquhouns at the foot of the north side of the hill of Bennibuie, in the parish of Luss. A party of the Macfarlanes and Macgregors pursued him, and laid siege to his castle. One of the servants who attended the knight was of the same surname as himself. He had been tampered with by the assailants of his master, and treacherously made him their victim. The servant, while conducting his master to his room up a winding stair of the castle, made him by preconcert, a mark for arrows of the clan who pursued him, by throwing the glare of a paper torch upon his person when opposite a loophole. A winged arrow, darted from its string with a steady aim, pierced the unhappy knight to the heart, and he fell dead on the spot. The fatal loophole is still pointed out, but the stair, like its unfortunate lord, has crumbled into dust".
The story goes that the death of the chief was brought about by his second brother, John. At any rate an entry in the diary of Robert Birrell, burgess of Edinburgh, dated 30th November, 1592, mentions that "John Cachoune was beheidit at the Crosse at Edinburghe for murthering of his auen brother the Lairde of Lusse." Further confirmation of the tradition that John was the guilty man is to be found in the fact that Sir Humphrey was succeeded, not by his second but by his third brother, Sir Alexander Colquhoun.
Sun rising on an October morning over the Erskine Bridge with a little bit of mist rising from the water and some interesting cloud and jet trail formations.
This is the angle turret on the north-west corner of the tower-house's main block. This is what is referred to as chequer corbelling, the pattern made from a mixture of continuous corbels and individual corbels, although the term is more often used when there are multiple courses of individual corbels, offset from one another, to create the chequer effect.
Although indistinguishable now, the lowermost corbel course has a representation of the Colquhoun arms, with the initial C, and next to it, a man's face. They were still visible in the late 19th century and were drawn by MacGibbon and Ross.