HG Walk - Crossing Glasgow by Barge, Sun 22nd April

[Vinegar Tom]

Did anyone attend the lecture ? It looked interesting, but I couldn't make it along unfortunately.

By way of whetting your appetites for Sunday, here are a couple of scans from James Cowan's "From Glasgow's Treasure Chest" describing a visit to the Canal at Maryhill from August 1937:


Glasgows Treasure Chest 1 by vinegartom40, on Flickr


Glasgows Treasure Chest 2 by vinegartom40, on Flickr

[nodrog]

Unless I'm mistaken, the building in the background to the top left of the first image - with a clock in the centre of the chimney is the famous 'clock in the lum' of the original Maryhill Burgh Halls, converted from a bakery, and later a doctor's surgery.

There's a photo of it here in the 1940s, just before it was demolished...

http://gphs1800.tripod.com/Maryhill.html

[Vinegar Tom]

That has got to be it!

[nodrog]

The picture on the right hand page hasn't changed much over the years either - that building is still there, as you'll see on Sunday. Will make a good past present photo!

[HollowHorn]

This one?

Maryhill Locks by hollowhorn, on Flickr

[Westo]

Myself and Denham will be along on Sunday for the Cowcaddens walk guys!! Looking forward to it
See you all Sunday.

[Fossil]

Can you wait on me?

i hope we have pit stops

[Josef]

Can you wait on me?

i hope we have pit stops

Till when, ya diddy? It's two days away. You can surely manage to set your alarm for 10:30 in that time.

There'll be plenty of pit stops. And if all else fails, it's a canal path. There are bushes available for most of the route.

Actually, scrub that last sentence. I know exactly how Foss is going to interpret that....

W&D - good to see you both coming along again. It fair lowers the average age, if Fossil is going to be turning up too.

[nodrog]

Plus, if you want to do your homework before Sunday, why not download my free Maryhill App (for Android and iPhones) that includes a GPS-referenced nice map of the entire north Glasgow area from 1900, so you can see how the places we'll be passing looked over 100 years ago as you walk along... (do try not to drop your phone in the canal though)

http://mbht.org.uk/app

[Josef]

Oooh! Done.

[Guacho]

Hope to be there

[Vinegar Tom]

nodrog - thanks !

[Denham]

Just d/led the app.

See you all tomorrow for the walk

[old jock]

Been a member a while but didn't post. Recently returned to viewing it all and hope to become an "active" member by participating and posting.

Love to come on the walk if it's Ok with the regulars

John

[Josef]

That's how people become regulars. See you there.