The Hidden Glasgow Forums

This forum did not really get my attention untll now although its been going for some time. I often have a quick look at war memorials in places I visit. A common type which often attracts me is a soldier with reversed rifle. one of this type is in Killin. One I do have a pic of one in Carnforth. Wh...

The "head" is on south side of river I think there is a park or golf course there!

Couldn't find anyything in forum about this, Can anyont tell me anything about a large face carving on the banks of the Clyde just downstream of Renfrew ferry area? difficult to see in the summer when trees have their leaves

Just to let you all know the Ferry no8 aka Kelvinhaugh is back on base beside Riverside museum. Extensive hull repairs and paint job done. Will be in use when weather improves but not as commercial vessel. may be open Wednesdays for looksee if you ask at ship, and volunteers aboard are not too busy.

With regard to the small passenger ferrys, The last working example (No8) is at present at Rothsay Dock undergoing hull repairs and repaint. however the propellers and prop shafts also need a good deal of renovation (costly). Should be back in the water before springtime. While there I witnessed the...

Reply to the last two posts (I am one of the volunteer crew). At the moment (mid Oct) the ferry is out of the water in Rothsay Dock, for inspection and hull painting, There are a couple of issuses which need to be resolved before it goes back in the water. Hopefully we will be offering trips next su...

isn't this post a bit remote from Glasgow?

Visited the Panopticon Music Hall on Open doors day. Outside I noticed the New Wynd entrance was cobbled but looked newly laid. The other side of the theatre was a pend also cobbled (note the "Blue Plate "on the wall, refers to the theatre). On Argyle St are New style cobbles in the parkin...

DCP_0176 by frankquinn24, on Flickr
Plate on a Steam Hammer used as a "sculpture" in Kirkie access to canal path @ Townhead Bridge I assume we can take Kirkintilloch as a Legit. location for the site

DCP_0020 by frankquinn24, on Flick
Nicholas St. off High St. could be a good site for an Oliver Twist type film

just trawled through this project and found it interesting, I did a series of outreach talks for the "Tall Ship" on the Cluthas (A future historic project when I get notes/pictures back together again if anyone is interested). One thing missing so far was some of the history of the bridge ...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6073/6116310387_268db3e503_z.jpg plates by frankquinn24 , on Flickr not exactly manufacturer's plates but small replicas. I take it the diamond shaped NB Loco plates were used for Polmadie works round plates for Springburn I don't know if the numbers used were for rea...

I even tried to get a route from Kirkintilloch to Drumchapel, both on the north of Glasgow. Guess what! it wanted me to take the M80 to the M8 over the Bridge past the airport until I came to the Erskine Bridge onto Great Western Road and so on. id take that sat nav back to the shop if i where you ...

Now the thing is in operationI live on the North side ,and now find it easier to use the M80/M8 to go to Govan rather than go through my previous "rat run" via Springburn, Keppochill Rd, Possil Rd, Garsbcube Rd, then a run down St Georges Rd, a quick turn into Dobbies loan switching into t...

Re Kincardine Power Station, I liked to take Trainee Engineers to this site (in the1980s) as it had such a variety of plant showing the development of the control system from seperate turbine and boiler panels, back to back with each other in control rooms (Nos1-3)to the early integrated "unit&...