Clyde-built: a walking tour of Clydebank (photos)

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Clyde-built: a walking tour of Clydebank (photos)

Clydebank is the home of some of the world's finest-built ocean liners, and tens of millions of Singer sewing machines. However, during World War II, it tragically became the worst-blitzed town in all of Scotland. It has also borne actors (for example, James Cosmo), artists, athletes, entrepreneurs (Duncan Bannatyne OBE), film-makers, and musicians (Wet Wet Wet).

Launching at 11:00 on Saturday, 01 May 2010, is 'Clyde-built: a walking tour of Clydebank,' a 90-minute audio-visual walking tour led by a friendly tour guide. It is the creation of award-winning film-maker, Iain McGuinness, director of Post-Blitz Clydebank and Clydebank Through A Lens.

In May, June, September and October, the walking tours will take place twice per day; on every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, from 11:00 to 12:30, and from 15:00 to 16:30.

In July and August (peak season), the walking tours will take place up to three times per day; on every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, from 11:00 to 12:30, and from 15:00 to 16:30, and then from 17:00 to 18:30.

Beginning at Queens' Quay (site of the former John Brown & Co. shipyard), each walking tour lasts approximately 90 minutes, and costs only £6 per adult walker (16 or over; £3 concession; i.e., 10- to 15-year-olds, and 60 or over). Included in the price, are mid-journey light refreshments of orange juice, tea / coffee, and shortbread.

The locations visited include: Atlas Street and Cunard Street (former Clydebank Riverside train station); Glasgow Road and Argyll Road (Kizil Mansions); Glasgow Road and Argyll Road (Sue Jane Taylor's sculpture, Kromer Hat); Hume Street (former Clydebank Co-op offices and hall); Chalmers Street and Sylvania Way South (Clydebank Co-op department store); Sylvania Way South (Salvation Army Citadel); Alexander Street (Baptist Church); Bruce Street (former swimming baths); Dumbarton Road and Hall Street (Clydebank Town Hall (and Clydebank Museum)); Hall Street (former fire station); Hall Street and Dumbarton Road (Morrison Memorial Church); Dumbarton Road (Clydebank Library); Miller Street and Dumbarton Road (Solidarity Plaza); Kilbowie Road (site of the former Clydebank School); The canal and Business Park (site of the former Singer's factory); Clyde Shopping Centre; McMonagles Fish Restaurant (the world's first sail-through fish-and-chip shop); John Crosby's sculpture, Bankies' Bike; and Stanford Street (site of the former Stanford Chemical Works).

To book your places on the walking tour, please visit http://www.clydewalkingtours.co.uk/, email hello@clydewalkingtours.co.uk, or telephone +44 (0)871 900 2111 or +44 (0)7949 252 250.

http://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/thisweek/articles/2010/03/24/398453-clyde...

Photos courtesy of Ian Lyon.

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[Brian021176]

I worked on fabricating the big Bike and traveled up from cumbria to fit it on site lovely place and the scran van round the corner was spot on