Is this the original 1780 mile stone? I don't know, but its style, its wear, the script used on it and the unusual wording (using 'distance from' rather than 'distance to') all suggest this earliest possible date is certainly feasible.
#glasgow #glasgowhistory #milestone #greenock #paisley #paisleyroadwest #turnpike
Mile stones like this became compulsory on all turnpike roads in the UK in 1767, and this particular stone is on the route of the turnpike between Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock which was created in 1780. This makes me suspect that the mile stone after which Two Mile House was named was installed when this turnpike opened.
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #milestone #greenock #paisley #paisleyroadwest #turnpike
On a map from the 1810s (shown on the bottom here) is a house marked Two Mile House, the distance to Glasgow given on the stone. This makes me think the house is named after the distance on the stone (rather than the other way round), possibly pushing that date back to the start of the 1800s.
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #milestone #greenock #paisley #paisleyroadwest #turnpike
Hidden behind this tree on Paisley Road West in the Ibrox area of Glasgow is this mile stone. On one side it reads 2 miles from Glasgow (pointing east towards the city), while on the other its says 5 miles from Paisley, 21 miles from Greenock (pointing west). The stone is heavily worn, and the script used looks old, but just how is it? Well, it appears on a map from the mid-1800s, but I think it's quite a bit older than that.
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#Greenock #LeeJeans #Occupation 5th Feb 1981
https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10513/greenock-occupation
#workingclasshistory #directaction #solidarity #labormovement
“'And the next thing, the chairs barricaded the door': The #LeeJeans factory #occupation trade unionism and gender in Scotland in the 1980s - Andy Clarke -https://www.academia.edu/6972505/And_the_next_thing_the_chairs_barricaded_the_door_The_Lee_Jeans_factory_occupation_trade_unionism_and_gender_in_Scotland_in_the_1980s
"Lee Jeans Sit-in, Greenock," Charles McBride YouTube, August 27, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDrwYFQ7HOA
Highland Mary's Monument, Greenock, c.1905 - Irish Pictorial Card Co Postcard
The James Watt Dock Crane in Greenock, one of four Titan Cranes which still stand on the banks of the Clyde. The surrounding dock is now a marina for recreational vessels.
#glasgow #greenock #industrialheritage #crane #titancrane #jameswatt #jameswattmarina
Just got off the Falkirk Wheel and it's a great experience on an incredible bit of engineering. We were taken up, piloted along the aqueduct, turned around, and came back the same way. Smooth ride, barely even notice you're being lifted or lowered.
Heading back towards #Greenock through #Glasgow and we've got a sea day tomorrow before we reach the Shetlands.
#FalkirkWheel #Scotland #Falkirk #Canal #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photography #Engineering
We're in #Scotland today, docked at #Greenock for those who want to explore there or travel further along the Clyde to #Glasgow. However, we have opted to head inland and made it to #Stirling where we've looked around the #castle before ensconcing ourselves in a pub. We're off to #Falkirk next to ride on its engineering marvel, the Falkirk Wheel.
Prince's Pier, Greenock, Scotland between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of landscape and architecture in Scotland Scotland Greenock
#PrincesPier #Greenock #Scotland #Greenock #photography #historicalPhotos
> Here you would have no steam-engines, vomiting forth smoke, and polluting earth and air for miles around; but on the contrary, the pure ‘stream of the mountain,’ flowing past in ceaseless profusion, carrying along with it freshness, health and vigour; whilst, in its progress through the town, every thing, having a different tendency, would be swept before it into that reservoir of health, and purifier of the elements – the ocean.
#RobertThom over #JamesWatt in #Greenock (Watt's hometown)
Old football leagues:
Greenock Morton F.C. played in the Scottish Football Alliance (and in Scottish Football League First Division, , Scottish Football League).
Grounds: Cappielow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenock_Morton_F.C%2E
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Alan Sharp: From Greenock to Hollywood
7, 14, 21 & 28 September, GFT, #Glasgow
Alan Sharp, the adopted son of a #Greenock shipyard worker, became a bestselling novelist, a leading TV playwright & a record-breaking Hollywood screenwriter.
This season of films celebrates the astonishing career of a self-taught, working-class man:
⭐ The Hired Hand
⭐ Ulzana’s Raid
⭐ Billy Two Hats
⭐ Night Moves
#Scottish #literature #film #cinema #movies #screenwriting
https://www.glasgowfilm.org/alan-sharp-from-greenock-to-hollywood/
Tonight at 19:00 (GMT) I get to show you what I was up to wi pals yesterday on our day trip from #NewarkCastle, through #BurnsCountry, to #SanquharCastle ☺️
#Greenock #RobertBurns #Alloway #ElectricBrae #Culzean #Sanquhar #AcciesTours #RSHOutAndAbout
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When you nip to the local shop....fuck you Notts, you have nothing on Greenock... #Scotland #greenock #milesofsky #homeiswheretheheartis #scotslass
