The Scotsman free booklet

[annie1]

Hi all,

The free booklets, produced by the RCAHMS, given with The Scotsman over the wekend have been fantastic!
For me the photographs of Old Edinburgh were great, showing lots of old streets and roads, I have just recieved today's copy which is, Old Central Scotland, Perthshire and Fife, and a photograph of Cowdenbeath has capured my attention, there in the middle of the village, with shops each side, runs the railway line!! Was this common? the photo is dated 1958, so its not even that long ago.

Ann

[WilmaM]

No, not unusual in minimg areas. Where I live is still criss-crossed with paths that follow the lines from Pit and colleries.

This is fairly typical:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/tom.p ... k1.htm#TOP

I must try and get a Scotsman today.

[WilmaM]

I did get a paper today and although it's interesting I was rather disappointed.

Today's was said to be Central Scotland, but there's nothing south of the River Forth at all a page of Stirling but nothing of the Falkirk area.
I wonder where they class us? we aint Glasow or Edinburgh and certainly not the Borders....

[annie1]

Hi Wilma,

Thanks for that link. I know what you mean regarding what is described as Central Scotland, as I see Montrose Harbour on the back of todays copy,I was a bit confused too, maybe Falkirk was in the Old Glasgow booklet, which is the only one I didnt get.
I am just fascinated by old buildings, so It was just luck that a few of the photos meant something to me.

You never know what might be in tomorrows!!

Ann

[Rockford]

there in the middle of the village, with shops each side, runs the railway line!! Was this common?

Hi Ann,

I believe that the railway used to go straight through part of the centre of Coatbridge too and my father-in-law told us recently that a line also used to pass through the centre of Linwood in the 1960s (although he hasn't yet produced evidence for this!)

Best wishes

Brian

[annie1]

Hi Brian,

Thank you for that information.
I read a bit about railway lines yesterday and it does seem there were many near to houses and streets, I could imagine accidents were common, must have been quite noisy for the people who lived close, and smokey!!

Ann

[joette]

In Dalmuir Park is a memorial to an 18 year old boy(his name escapes at the moment) who died in his futile attempt to save a toddler who had strayed onto the line at Dalmuir Park.
I often wondered as a child how that was possible as the lines are well screened behind high fences
A contemporary view however shows an unmanned crossing obviously well-used to allow access from Dalmuir to the Park/Mountblow.As there are tenements adjacent to the tracks it would have been all too easy for an unsupervised child to stray.
As an aside the original memorial was stolen from the Park-such was the public outcry in the local area that the money was sooon raised for a replacement.

[AndrewP]

In Dalmuir Park is a memorial to an 18 year old boy(his name escapes at the moment) who died in his futile attempt to save a toddler who had strayed onto the line at Dalmuir Park.
I often wondered as a child how that was possible as the lines are well screened behind high fences
A contemporary view however shows an unmanned crossing obviously well-used to allow access from Dalmuir to the Park/Mountblow.As there are tenements adjacent to the tracks it would have been all too easy for an unsupervised child to stray.
As an aside the original memorial was stolen from the Park-such was the public outcry in the local area that the money was sooon raised for a replacement.

Hi Joette,

I take it you are thinking of Robert Currie.

http://www.clydebankrestoration.co.uk/g ... temId=1216

I guess many of the pictures on that website will look familiar to you.

All the best,

AndrewP

[joette]

Awww thanks for that Andrew I did have a look as well but with no luck.
Oh so many happy memories including my route home from school & a bird's eye view of my Grandparents home where I was born.
Oh & the Illuminations in Dalmuir Park an annual event eagerly anticipated by the whole family.