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Steam Trucks in Glasgow

How much is known about Steam Trucks in use in Glasgow particularly in the War years, I remember that A company, 'Alexandra Transport' ran a fleet of Steam Trucks during the war. I lived in a house just to the north of them on the banks of the Monkland Canal and had a good view from our bedroom wind...
by jock78
Sat Aug 23, 2014 2:05 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Steam Trucks in Glasgow
Replies: 8
Views: 10074

Re: Power Stations & Electricity Generation in Glasgow

Hi Cell, Yes that's the one! I was an engineer with British Railways at that time until Beaching came along and I switched to Highway Design. Some of my mates also switched to the power authority also. Do you know anything about the two day outage in '53 or '54? I was told it was caused by a 'bus ba...
by jock78
Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:22 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Power Stations & Electricity Generation in Glasgow
Replies: 117
Views: 176626

Re: Glasgow's iron age hill fort?

Hill fort image, trying again!
John- can't see it yet, the site needs to be seen in plan to be understood
druid hill.docx
by jock78
Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:41 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Glasgow's iron age hill fort?
Replies: 25
Views: 51033

Re: Power Stations & Electricity Generation in Glasgow

Hi, very interesting. Two anecdotes that may be of some interest- In 1953 there was a serious melt down of a power station serving East Glasgow which resulted in a 2 day outage. I was dancing with a girl in the Dennistoun Palace the evening that it happened. We are still together after 60 years. As ...
by jock78
Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:53 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Power Stations & Electricity Generation in Glasgow
Replies: 117
Views: 176626

Re: Glasgow's iron age hill fort?

Sorry Grahame, it does not like docx, and doc files- cannot attach plan,
John
by jock78
Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:33 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Glasgow's iron age hill fort?
Replies: 25
Views: 51033

Re: Glasgow's iron age hill fort?

Hi Grahame, thanks for your comment. I have been researching many such hill forts in Central Scotland for a power point presentation and I do not know of any one of these which had not, in fact be so occupied. Given Glasgow's early origin, St Mungo's known conflict with the locals ( he was banished ...
by jock78
Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:19 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Glasgow's iron age hill fort?
Replies: 25
Views: 51033

Re: Glasgow's iron age hill fort?

Helen,
not a very helpfull comment.
This was a reference to a probable iron age fort, nothing to do with ley lines. Anyone can convince themselves that there are possible lines between geological features which often have a natural explanations.

John
by jock78
Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:30 am
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Glasgow's iron age hill fort?
Replies: 25
Views: 51033

Re: Glasgow's iron age hill fort?

Hi Grahame, Thanks for the interesting reference to source of 'Druid hill' label. The former name 'Dun Chatten' ( hill of the cat?),struck an immediate memory to me as there is a street of that name just south of the site. I looked at the information from Mann's work but it would seem that he did no...
by jock78
Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:21 am
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Glasgow's iron age hill fort?
Replies: 25
Views: 51033

Glasgow's iron age hill fort?

Glasgow Necropolis is bounded by Firpark Sreet and Wishart Street being is separated from St Mongo's former church site by the line of the Molindinar Burn now under Wishart street. Recently The hill on which it stands has been referred to as 'The Druid Hill' I have seen no proof of this suggestion, ...
by jock78
Tue Aug 19, 2014 2:02 pm
 
Forum: Hidden Glasgow Projects
Topic: Glasgow's iron age hill fort?
Replies: 25
Views: 51033
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