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Help! Where is this 2
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Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:06 amby robertpool
Where was this 1950s photo taken from? Are the mountains in the background a giveaway? The Mitchell Library can't identify this photo so l thought some of you may be able to help them out
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Re: Help! Where is this 2
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Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:33 pmby AlanM
My initial thought is Partick, looking Northwest over Partick Central. So it would be taken from the top of Regent's Mill or thereabouts.
Although looking more closely the housing doesn't fit.
Re: Help! Where is this 2
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Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:31 pmby Dugald
How about looking northwest from a point just west of Paisley Station. The line going off a slightly further to the north would be the old Kilmacolm line???
Re: Help! Where is this 2
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Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:44 pmby onyirtodd
That would mean that's Johnstone station top(ish) left(?) Isn't Johnstone two platforms? Was it an island then?
Re: Help! Where is this 2
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Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:29 pmby DVF
I'm sure it's the junction of Dumbarton Road and Anniesland Road. Taken from somewhere in the shipyard, the railway lines and station are now a carpark for the shipyard.
Re: Help! Where is this 2
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Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:24 pmby AlanM
DVF wrote:I'm sure it's the junction of Dumbarton Road and Anniesland Road. Taken from somewhere in the shipyard, the railway lines and station are now a carpark for the shipyard.
That would make the line heading northwestish part of the cycle path where it crosses Dumbarton Rd at the Dry Dock.
Re: Help! Where is this 2
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Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:00 amby crusty_bint
Spot on DVF
Re: Help! Where is this 2
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Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:32 amby ramor69
You beat me to it crusty.
The flat roofed houses in the centre where the give-away for me.
Cheers for the comfirmation.
Re: Help! Where is this 2
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Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:49 amby robertpool
is it possible that the photo was taken from the Barcley Curle crane, or is that too far away?
Re: Help! Where is this 2
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Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:08 pmby crusty_bint
Thats a fair bit further east, I think its probably been taken from the roof of the (present) BAE Scotstoun yard, somewher near the black X on the
satellite image
Re: Help! Where is this 2
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Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:39 amby samscafeamericain
sorry guys I don't think that's it, the kilpatrick hills are too close. It looks like Georgian style tenaments and a whole heap of bungalows stretching as far as the eye can see, that looks more like Edinburgh??
Re: Help! Where is this 2
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Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:46 amby robertpool
I think the photo was taken from the old office block of the Albion Motor Co. The office block was originaly 3 stories high and towered above the sheds and would have given the right elevation for this photo.
Re: Help! Where is this 2
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Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:07 amby crusty_bint
Here it is from the other direction... and a bit higher up...
Re: Help! Where is this 2
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Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:16 amby cheesylion
I have to say, looking at all the evidence so far it looks pretty conclusive. It's not proven to be another Maryhill Rd/Cathcart Rd saga.
Re: Help! Where is this 2
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Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:23 amby crusty_bint
I'm surprised Cathcart Rd wasn't immediately mooted! Although, there's always wan... *cough