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[Tony Taylor]

Erskine ferry with the bridge being built in the background
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Last day of the Renfrew ferry 1984

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last time I travelled on it was 64, en route to relatives in Helensburgh for summer holiday. Last time I saw it was 67 when taking cargo of fuel oil to Old Kilpatrick.

[j.sabourn]

Am no expert on the Clyde but can’t remember that one , But looks a long way back down the river to the much smaller one at General Terminus. Last time I was at General Terminus must have been about 1972, the first time about 1964. No change in between . Cheers JS
General Terminus as I remember was nearly hard up against a stone low foot bridge which also took 2 way traffic. It was nearly in the city centre . The ferry was passengers only and think it was free. JS
Used to walk to the 101 Club at the head of the main drag in Glasgow. JS.

[j.sabourn]

#10 my rememberences of the shelters at home was the Anderson one we had in the back garden. It wasn’t a matter in some cases of not using them , it sometimes was a matter of getting to them before the ack ack started , the danger from falling shrapnel from your own artillery was a risk in itself. If you managed to get out before it started all well and good, but if you had to get a lot of kids mustered you may miss the silence period. We spent as much time in the cellar as we did in the shelter. The most dangerous place thinking back as all the gas mains were down there. JS

[Keith Tindell]

I remember the Andersons, ours usually had water in the bottom, and damp as hell. Can also remember a doodle bug cutting engines above us, and panic stations, being bundled under the cupboard under the stairs, reckoned on being one of the safest places in the house

[j.sabourn]

It was government advertised as such Keith due to the extra overhead structure , although in today’s modern days housing doesn’t seem that way today with open staircases and the likes. Living at one end of Richmond Park Road and the garrison stationed there the anti aircraft guns and searchlights were stationed all down the road . As regards the doodlebugs and the rockets can remember falling out of bed one night and as had a walking plaster on foot made a large thump and had everyone in the house up thinking we had taken a hit. Would you believe I got my ears clipped for putting the fear of Christ into everyone. Today it would be considered Child Cruelty ,pity they’re all dead now as could probably sue.. JS

[J Gowers]

There was a vehicular ferry and passenger ferry at Finnisten in the photo you can see the car ferry to the left of the rotunda and two passenger ferries. There was a rotunda on both sides of the Clyde and these were lifts which took horse and carts down to the tunnel under the clyde built along time before the present tunnel at Govan. I believe the tunnel is still there but has not been used for many years.

On another subject I can remember playing in the Anderson shelter in my Grandfathers house in Dundee in the late 50s. He was using it as a garden shed.

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[vic mcclymont]

For Doc, don't know whether this will work or not. On another site a discussion took place about this prog.an Aussie from Melbourne said he couldn't watch.
Advice given down load My 5, which is the Catch up for 5 and and it's associate channels.
Good luck
Vic

[Tony Taylor]

#10 my rememberences of the shelters at home was the Anderson one we had in the back garden. It wasn’t a matter in some cases of not using them , it sometimes was a matter of getting to them before the ack ack started , the danger from falling shrapnel from your own artillery was a risk in itself. If you managed to get out before it started all well and good, but if you had to get a lot of kids mustered you may miss the silence period. We spent as much time in the cellar as we did in the shelter. The most dangerous place thinking back as all the gas mains were down there. JS

I know where there is still one in use as a garden shed!

[j.sabourn]

Not the one Cappy tried to sell You was it ? Still had landmines disguised as turnips on the soil roof . JS

[happy daze john in oz]

WE had one of the Anderson shelters in the back yard, never used though as the family went down to the local library which had a cellar said ti be safer.
But after the war it made a great play house.