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from yesterdays Clydebank Post http://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/thisweek/articles/2010/09/01/404569-cooper-centre-on-bronze-age-site-/ AN archaeological excavation is to be carried out on the land for the proposed Davie Cooper Centre as it is on the site of an ancient Bronze Age burial ground. Th...

liked this old newspaper clipping I came across

Section of diagram that shows at least part of the Pitt Street tunnel was constructed by the cut and cover method or trenching down from the surface as described on the drawing

some pics from the basement under renovation…….nothing much of interest in the hidden/secret department http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq354/toomse/98%20Buchanan%20St%20Borders/IMG_0774.jpg http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq354/toomse/98%20Buchanan%20St%20Borders/IMG_0775.jpg http://i463.phot...

This is the south tunnel section under construction from Dial House viewing south down Bishop Street toward the Clyde. It drops to 11m depth just south of Bishop Lane so this would be the only cut & cover section in the tunnel network with the possible exception of the short Pitt Street tunnel. ...

thanks purplepantman - there's 240 in total! this is stamped on the back of the pics with varying dates http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq354/toomse/Tunnel/Construction/Book%202/01rear.jpg I also have a collection of slides in my possession but I'd need one of those devices that converts them to ...

just outside Monte Carlo

Here’s some shots from around the basement level which are now accessible Most of the rooms off the main corridor route that follows the line of Hope Street have been boarded up http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq354/toomse/Central%20Hotel/Basement/IMG_0776.jpg http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/q...

have been saving this up for a Christmas treat http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=47049#p47049 The following is taken from the book “From Glasgow’s Treasure Chest” by James Cowan : BENEATH ALBION STREET (December 1935) At the south – east corner of Bell Street and Albion Street the ...

Here’s details of the BT deep level tunnel network that runs from Capital Exchange and below the former Telephone House building partial duct diagram (the north and south lead in sections are mid level) http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq354/toomse/Edinburgh/duct.jpg true to scale diagram http://i...

Here’s a Google map of the coordinates you provided http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq354/toomse/OS4.jpg If this is the correct location it’s a chimney http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq354/toomse/OS3.jpg Here’s a historic map. These are slightly misaligned as the image is superimposed on top ...

looked on Google Earth & Bing but can’t see anything I have access to historic OS maps that may shed some light but I need to know the exact location wellerfan can you highlight specifically where it is on the map

Excellent day out this, well worth a visit http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq354/toomse/Anstruther/Secret%20Bunker/ws.jpg http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq354/toomse/Anstruther/Secret%20Bunker/new.jpg http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq354/toomse/Anstruther/Secret%20Bunker/03.jpg http://i46...

back on the subject of canoes came across this in the Anstruther Fisheries Museum http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq354/toomse/Anstruther/04.jpg http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq354/toomse/Anstruther/09.jpg http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq354/toomse/Anstruther/08.jpg http://i463.photobuc...