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weskyman wrote:I captured the Croftcroighn Road / Park area from Google Earth circa 1945
The red line appears to be a wall, part of which exists today which acts as a retaining wall to the gardens of the flats on Drumlochy Road. The green part represents the portion I estimate to still be standing today. It looks like the wall used to run through what is now Croftcroighn Park along a ridge at the north side of the football pitch - with the ridge sloping down towards Drumlochy Road - and right up to Campston Place. The oval sort of eye shape just below this is where the present day swingpark is situated.
I'll try to take a photo of the old wall at the weekend.
browning wrote:The 1945 black and white photo somewhat confusingly shows "high" Ruchazie as Garthamlock. Clearly wrong...but of course not your fault !
Regards,
Browning.
Dexter St. Clair wrote:Next HG walk.
Huggy wrote:That's superb guys, Blackhill Cottage was in quite good nick as I recall, the ditch running NW from there was dry but had been fed by a wee tunnel about three feet high, presumably some kind of overflow from the canal above?
Never knew there was a pit at Lethamhill beside Cumbernauld Road, you can still see the Dolerite there, and again behind the golf clubhouse, where the icehouse is on the map. Walker of Lethamhill raised the loch level further and cut ice for sale in town. I believe Blackhill House was owned by a Martin, needle manufacturer. Smithcroft Cottage was Farquharson's shop, two or three steps up into it. The house across the road bottled and sold bleach. Every summer a weedcutting boat appeared, don't remember any traffic though. Riddrie School it is, mostly brick with classrooms opening onto an open verandah.
Halcyon Days, ah can still smell the canal.
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