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22nd October 2021, 06:53 AM
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Channel 5
Tonight at 19:00 the above channel is broadcasting a programme named secrets of the 'River Clyde' it will reveal how the River has been at the heart of UK shipbuilding.
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22nd October 2021, 09:30 AM
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Thanks for that Vic, hadn't noticed it was on, will have to to put it on the planner.
Regards Michael
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22nd October 2021, 02:33 PM
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Was this fact, Or did i dream it, Serious question can i remember hauling myself across the Clyde in a small boat attached to a line from one side to the other. Terry. 
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22nd October 2021, 06:35 PM
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Ted, River Clyde was UK's top shipbuilding River.
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22nd October 2021, 06:42 PM
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22nd October 2021, 08:38 PM
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Would like a Link if at all possible for here Downunder! Marian
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23rd October 2021, 07:59 AM
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#3 wasn’t the chain ferry at General Terminus was it Ted. Think after that the bridges were that low think shipping would be barred. 0n the other side of the river to the ore carriers was the home from home Betty’s Bar. Home to many waifs and strays . Better to go for a church though if searching for refuge.Maybe it was before they modernised the ferry by putting the chains on .Cheers JS.
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23rd October 2021, 08:12 AM
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#3 wasn’t the chain ferry at General Terminus was it Ted. Think after that the bridges were that low think shipping would be barred. 0n the other side of the river to the ore carriers was the home from home Betty’s Bar. Home to many waifs and strays . Better to go for a church though if searching for refuge.Maybe it was before they modernised the ferry by putting the chains on .Cheers JS.
There was a chain ferry at Old Kilpatrick - Erskine before they built the Erskine bridge
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23rd October 2021, 09:53 AM
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Marian Gray
#1, What a rare wee film Vic enjoyed it immensly. Will try and find a link for those across the ocean.
The entire Rock family mentioned in the blitz were killed, all 13 of them.
Alas as their friend said, They refused to use the shelters as they considered them unsafe, and parent's decisions were law in those days, sometimes you don't get a second chance to rectify a mistake, very sad
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23rd October 2021, 09:55 AM
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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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