Ship Building on the Clyde
Camley’s cartoon, Herald, 5 July 2025.
Tag: River Clyde
Clyde tops UK rivers for pharma pollutants
This concerning finding was reported in a number of Scotland’s newspapers on the 16th February 2022. With 1 in 5 Scots now taking antidepressants I find myself wondering how much … Continue reading Clyde tops UK rivers for pharma pollutants
for rhubarb
In June 1871, Robert Scott of Boathouse won a prize for his Rhubarb. I recently made a raised bed to grow rhubarb but the rhubarb will be for eating and … Continue reading for rhubarb
Frisky Hall
This photograph of Frisky Hall Inn was taken by Duncan Brown in 1856. This once popular Inn no longer survives. It sat within an orchard on the north bank of … Continue reading Frisky Hall
Time Passes. Listen. Time Passes
On Saturday we watched ‘Scotland from the Sky’ presented by James Crawford. In the first episode James returned to Clydebank where the monumental SINGER factory used to be. It is … Continue reading Time Passes. Listen. Time Passes
‘Bob Dragon’
The Dreghorn Mansion on Great Clyde Street was the last of the old Glasgow Mansions but has now been demolished. It was said to be haunted by Robert Dreghorn “Bob … Continue reading ‘Bob Dragon’
Glasgow Style
This film is a plea for all COMET-seekers to restore ‘GLASGOW STYLE’ to this reach of the Clyde. Glasgow Style: To play this short film please click here or on … Continue reading Glasgow Style
Boathouse
This is a film about Alexander MacCallum Scott, MP, who was born in Boathouse, Blantyre, on the 16th June 1874. To play this short film please click here or on … Continue reading Boathouse