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Yes, Gregory's Girl. Now there's a film! Do you know that was filmed in Cumbernauld? I played in the fitba team with Gregory so I did. Well I didn't really but imagine I did, how good would that be. I've got pics of Dee Hepburn in the bufty having a shower after the game. Local Hero was also filmed ...

There would seem to be a tunnel missing , that is the entrances have been filled in. The eastern side would have been within a short distance [west] of the mine entrance above and the other end would have been over the rise and along the track back towards Cumbernauld station. Somewhere along the r...

Went up yesterday but couldn't see anything. I popped over about 7 last night to see what aw the fuss was about :D . Learned a few things. Nice one Icecube! Great pics too! Just to clarify, when I said I couldn't see anything, I meant the other mine circled in red on this map... http://www.majhost....

Went up yesterday but couldn't see anything. Just some old bricks with "Larkhall" stamped on them. Are you sure you weren't in Larkhall by mistake?! ::): Well, now I come to think about it I could hear an *deleted by mod as it caused the usual pish slanging :roll: * I was deffo in the rig...

Went up yesterday but couldn't see anything.
Just some old bricks with "Larkhall" stamped on them.
When Margot Kidder and James Brolin ran passed me screaming "GET OUT!", I knew I was in the right place.

::): ::): Very good Knightmare! Yes, it is a bit creepy! Both the film and the mine . Wonder if I've found the (possible but unlikely) other entrance that guy (maybe) was talking about... http://www.majhost.com/gallery/purplepantman/Dougall/mine.jpg 1922 OS Mine entrance I was at today circled in ye...

aye the flies, worse than those at loch lomond and thought those were ninjas! if you are up for exploring gies a shout! Will do! But next time I go up there I'll be packin' though........ http://www.majhost.com/gallery/purplepantman/Dougall/flykiller.jpg Actually, I read this on another forum when ...

yeah mine is there, was there yesterday - the door is welded shut so no chance to get in! and i think the tree on the roof is holding the tunnel together! Nice walk around palacerigg too Found it! http://www.majhost.com/gallery/purplepantman/Dougall/priggmine.jpg I see what you mean about that tree...

.....and within a quarter mile there's also the Antonine Wall, the remains of a Roman fort and a castle where Mary Queen of Scots once spent a few nights (and planted a tree).


1904 OS

Since the “ HC ” thread has been brought back to life.... The little bridge underneath Castlecary viaduct. The one they thought might be Roman ( ::): ) but it turned out not to be so let's demolish it, hmmm lets not!, oh stuff it pull it down!, errrm wait a minute it’s a remarkable example of 18th c...

Great pictures!!!

Didn't know about the mine at Palacerigg.
Might need to check that out - assuming it's still there!?

YORK STREET ; was named after for the Duke of York, who was for a time Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, with frequent disastrous results. WALKINSHAW STREET ; was named after John Walkinshaw of Barrowfield. He was an ardent Jacobite, having been out both in the Fifteen and Forty-Five, and was...

I saw your stone a few weeks ago when I was visiting the Anti-Aircraft site directly to the north. It was right next to where I parked. The stone really does stand out like a sore thumb! http://www.majhost.com/gallery/purplepantman/Dougall/stone.jpg To me (and I'm no geologist) it looks like sandsto...

Don't think Cadogan Street's had a mention... http://www.majhost.com/gallery/purplepantman/Dougall/cadogan.jpg From another source... "A legend of one of the British regiments has a reference to the Gallowgate. At Fuente d'Honore, in Spain, the 71st Regiment bore the brunt of the fight. When th...

I always thought this stuff about Stockwell Street was interesting...



...with reasonably good military references too!