Help! Where is this 2

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Help! Where is this 2

Postby robertpool » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:06 am

Where was this 1950s photo taken from? Are the mountains in the background a giveaway? The Mitchell Library can't identify this photo so l thought some of you may be able to help them out

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Re: Help! Where is this 2

Postby AlanM » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:33 pm

My initial thought is Partick, looking Northwest over Partick Central. So it would be taken from the top of Regent's Mill or thereabouts.

Although looking more closely the housing doesn't fit.
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Re: Help! Where is this 2

Postby Dugald » Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:31 pm

How about looking northwest from a point just west of Paisley Station. The line going off a slightly further to the north would be the old Kilmacolm line???
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Re: Help! Where is this 2

Postby onyirtodd » Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:44 pm

That would mean that's Johnstone station top(ish) left(?) Isn't Johnstone two platforms? Was it an island then?
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Re: Help! Where is this 2

Postby DVF » Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:29 pm

I'm sure it's the junction of Dumbarton Road and Anniesland Road. Taken from somewhere in the shipyard, the railway lines and station are now a carpark for the shipyard.
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Re: Help! Where is this 2

Postby AlanM » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:24 pm

DVF wrote:I'm sure it's the junction of Dumbarton Road and Anniesland Road. Taken from somewhere in the shipyard, the railway lines and station are now a carpark for the shipyard.


That would make the line heading northwestish part of the cycle path where it crosses Dumbarton Rd at the Dry Dock.
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Re: Help! Where is this 2

Postby crusty_bint » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:00 am

Spot on DVF

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Re: Help! Where is this 2

Postby ramor69 » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:32 am

You beat me to it crusty.
The flat roofed houses in the centre where the give-away for me.
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Re: Help! Where is this 2

Postby robertpool » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:49 am

is it possible that the photo was taken from the Barcley Curle crane, or is that too far away?
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Re: Help! Where is this 2

Postby crusty_bint » Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:08 pm

Thats a fair bit further east, I think its probably been taken from the roof of the (present) BAE Scotstoun yard, somewher near the black X on the satellite image

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Re: Help! Where is this 2

Postby samscafeamericain » Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:39 am

sorry guys I don't think that's it, the kilpatrick hills are too close. It looks like Georgian style tenaments and a whole heap of bungalows stretching as far as the eye can see, that looks more like Edinburgh??
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Re: Help! Where is this 2

Postby robertpool » Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:46 am

I think the photo was taken from the old office block of the Albion Motor Co. The office block was originaly 3 stories high and towered above the sheds and would have given the right elevation for this photo.
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Re: Help! Where is this 2

Postby crusty_bint » Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:07 am

Here it is from the other direction... and a bit higher up...
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Re: Help! Where is this 2

Postby cheesylion » Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:16 am

I have to say, looking at all the evidence so far it looks pretty conclusive. It's not proven to be another Maryhill Rd/Cathcart Rd saga.
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Re: Help! Where is this 2

Postby crusty_bint » Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:23 am

I'm surprised Cathcart Rd wasn't immediately mooted! Although, there's always wan... *cough
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