Cycling For All Words by Jenny Watson, Photos by Caroline Finn Around 13 years ago, I was involved in a creative arts group based in Levengrove Park. Through this group I met a wonderful man named Andy Binnie. During our meetings Andy would often share snippets of information he had learned about the Clydesider Editor • Accessibility
Dumbarton Central Station: An Intriguing Past Words & Photos By Jeremy Watson Motivated by considerable concern about its condition, Dumbarton Stations Improvement Trust (DSIT) commissioned a comprehensive assessment of Dumbarton Central Station. Funded through the WDC Common Good Fund a team of conservation specialists headed by Leslie Kerr not only identified problems, but also potential for Clydesider Editor • Heritage
A2038 Singer Strike 1911. Jane Rae. c1910 Undeservedly Forgotten Words by Florence Boyle Photos courtesy of West Dunbartonshire Council Arts & Heritage Services Nowadays, it’s jarring (or it should be) to see any sort of group photograph that only includes men. In the 19th and for most of the 20th centuries it was the norm, women were largely Clydesider Editor • Heritage
Welcome to the Knowes (knowes – Scots: a rough hilly area) Words & Photos by Sam Gibson The Hardgate (or Faifley) Knowes consist of a rocky ridge which runs through Hardgate between the Faifley housing estate and Hardgate Golf course. Perhaps the terrain gave the name to Hardgate itself as it was once on the main road from Old Kilpatrick to Clydesider Editor • Heritage
Village Church Saved by its Community Words by Harvey Smart Photos Courtesy of the Kilmaronock Old Kirk Trust Nestled along the historic route connecting Balloch and Stirling, an 1800s church sits on the Lowlands-Highlands fault line. The surrounding land, older than the church itself, contains ancient gravestones dating back to the 14th and 15th centuries, and Clydesider Editor • Community
default The Angel of Gruggies Burn By W. Scobie I paddled in it when I was a wee boy living in Clyde Street in the 1950s. You'd scarcely give it a glance as you pass the small burn flowing under the road yards from Dumbarton East railway station. But that wee burn has an Clydesider • Heritage
