September this year marks the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflowe r which took the Pilgrims (mostly Puritans) from Plymouth acr...

Yacht Alba Explorer (Ocean Youth Trust Scotland) on the Clyde earlier this week. Read more about the vessel here .

Harry (Chippy) McNish was the carpenter on board Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Enduranc e on her epic voyage to the Antarctic in 1914 an...

A beautiful visitor to Custom House Quay in Greenock recently has been the wonderful sailing ship Tenacious .  Great to see a sailing ship ...

This fantastic mural can be seen on the side wall of Port Glasgow swimming pool on Bay Street.  It was put there just last week.  The artist...

This monument in Coronation Park in Port Glasgow is in memory of the 20 people who died in a boating accident in the River Clyde on 14 Septe...

These colourful murals can be found on the wall of Fergus Monk's garage at the West Quay in Port Glasgow.  They are the work of loc...

If you are going to be visiting Greenock and the local area and want to do some family history research then here are some ideas and resou...

I've worked out a Heritage Walk for Port Glasgow which takes in many of the important aspects of the town's history and heritage.  S...

There's an old building in the graveyard behind Largs town centre, and what's inside is truly amazing!  Once the private chapel of ...

The ship Carolina Merchant sailed from Gourock in July 1684 with the kidnapped ElizabethLinning on board.   She had been taking farewell o...

In July 1684 a ship lay at anchor in Gourock Bay.   She was the Carolina Merchant owned by the Glasgow merchant Walter Gibson and captained...