The Greenockian: Alba Explorer on the Clyde

Friday, 28 February 2020

Alba Explorer on the Clyde

Yacht Alba Explorer (Ocean Youth Trust Scotland) on the Clyde earlier this week.

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A website all about John Galt - read more about this fascinating man!

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Is the takeover of Tate & Lyle the end for Lyle's lion?

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Former library demolished - but murals saved!

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America's Uncle Sam - the Greenock connection!

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Remember Belville Street and the surrounding area in the 60s? Check out this video!

Fire at Ardgowan Distillery

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Highland Mary

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Thumbscrews at Cartsburn!

A strange item collected by Thomas Crawfurd of Cartsburn.

John Galt's family in Greenock.

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Greenock's Churches

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Tutankhamun's curse!

What's the Greenock link?

A public hanging at Cathcart Square, Greenock

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The Shaw Stewart's Roxburgh Plantation in Tobago.

Business dealings with John Paul Jones.

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Greenock's Drum

Read the story behind Drummer's Close in Greenock.

Abraham Lincoln's widow visited Highland Mary's grave in Greenock in 1869.

A famous visitor to the Old West Kirk burying ground.

Take a walk around Port Glasgow.

Port Glasgow Heritage Walk - click on picture to download map and booklet.

Greenock Custom House

Beautiful coat of arms above Custom House door - what has this got to do with a wardrobe malfunction?

George Washington's godson - Walter Washington Buchanan of Greenock.

Dr Buchanan of Greenock was an American naval surgeon during the British/American war of 1812.

Did you family come from Greenock, Port Glasgow or Gourock?

Lots of information in my Family History Booklet. Updated March 2023.

Smuggling at Greenock

Fighting in the streets!

The 8th Lord Cathcart

Scandal of the time! Read the interesting stories about the women in his life!

Scottish poet Robert Burns had his own seal.

Beautiful and full of symbolism - Wood Notes Wild.

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Westburn Parish Church, Greenock. Download the fascinating history here.

Over 24 memorial plaques within the church naming those who died in both World Wars.

Greenock Coat of Arms

Interesting facts about Greenock's coat of arms - click here.

Lyle's Golden Syrup - the dead lion!

Ever wondered what the meaning of the dead lion on the Lyle's Golden Syrup tin meant?

Simons Shipbuilders

Building ships in Greenock and Canada

Greenock's East End - as it was in the 60s

Belville Street, Ingleston Street and St Lawrence Street in the 1960s

Greenock genius James Watt

James Watt spent a year in London when he was just 19

The ship "Agnes E Fry"

American blockade runner built by Cairds of Greenock.

Simons - Shipbuilder Greenock

Greenock and Canada shipbuilding links.

Greenock surgeon imprisoned in the Temple Prison, Paris during the Napoleonic Wars.

Click on picture to read about the capture of a British ship and her crew.

Steamers in the underpass.

Interesting murals in a Greenock underpass.

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Greenock's Titan Crane

Sunset at Greenock

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Through Adversity to the Stars!

Click to find out about this interesting stained glass window.

Westburn pedestrian underpass murals.

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