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| ex-tobester |
ClydebankA few pictures down at the river side in Clydebank today.The Titan Crane 
Rocks N sh!t 
Old River Edge 
Guy on the crane 
Braehead Ferry (long way down) 
I liked the river front, itll look better once fully finished, shame about the college neds spoiling it tho 
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| scallopboy |
How it all began
The Titan Crane - don't look down 
The Titan Crane - don't look up 
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| glasgowken |
Re: Clydebank
Yeah, in the summer they will be basking on that slab like seals on a lump of pack ice Wonder how many rescues will be called in during the first summer.
This photo has a message of sorts 
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| Ronnie |
Ah, yes, Clydebank ... does anyone know precisely where the victims of the Clydebank Blitz are buried, and why there is no central monument to them? | ||||||
| HollowHorn |
http://www.theclydebankstory.com/image.php?inum=TCSA00054
http://www.wdcweb.info/news/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=12841 http://www.wdcweb.info/heritage/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=7643 http://www.clydebankrestoration.com/casulties.php I lived in Graham Ave. from age 10 till age 14, the memorial formed part of my playground along with the bombed out buildings on Singer St. & the remains of the Holy City, known to us as "The Terraces" The below photograph is the way I remember Clydebank, I roamed over every inch of it & know it like the back of my hand: 
Bombed out building on Singer St.: 
The 'Terraces' (Remains of the Holy City) 
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| scallopboy |
Nice ones HH 
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| Fjord |
Good question, I can't think off hand of any monument that commemorates civillian casualties of WW2 only the memorials to the armed services.
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| AlanM |
Titan by night
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| elgee |
The memorial to victims of the Clydebank blitz is in Old Dalnottar cemetery(the one on the A82, south side just after Auchentoshen distillery and before the Erskine Bridge slip road) |
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| cybers |
Seems a rather out the way place to be putting such an important memorial ! Perhaps its just me |
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| zolita1908 |
i agree, I used to live down that way, and hadn't a clue it was in there. | ||||||
| elgee |
http://www.theclydebankstory.com/image.php?inum=TCSA00057
The one in the cemetery is the communal grave but there is another memorial stone in Graham Avenue, just off Kilbowie Road. See above link |
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| scallopboy |
Nice work elgee.
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| cybers |
Seconded... Nice speed on the research elgee |
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| elgee |
I already knew about this but needed a minute or so tae find web pages. I am a born n bred Bankie who grew up learning about the Blitz and it's consequences. |
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| HollowHorn |
All available from Clydebank Library. They also have oodles of photographic albums & microfilms of the local papers. The staff are wonderful too.
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| AlanM |
Some Clydebank pics
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| harky2402 |
Another view of the Titan at night...
Cheers, Mark |
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| wee minx |
Very nice Harky
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| HollowHorn |
Nice site featuring photographs of Clydebank / Whitecrook from the late '70s / early '80s:
http://www.myclydebankphotos.co.uk/index.htm |
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| james73 |
Nice find.
This shot's interesting. The old railway bridge is gone and has been replaced with a concrete underpass on what's now the cycle path. Didn't realise it was still there as recently as 1980. 
James H |
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| AlanM |
James, I think that's still there. Its Argyll Rd Just south of the wee roundabout at the Playdrome. Its now got a huge red and black street sign in it. | ||||||
| james73 |
The bridge in the distance? No, it's gone - the abument on the left is still there
but the rest of it is gone. James H |
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| sputnik |
i walk right past there almost every day. 
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| AlanM |
Ah...thought you meant the sandstone arch in the foregound |
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