Clydebank Map

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Clannessie
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Post by Clannessie » Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:20 pm

I heard about their slogan when I was visiting St Andrews church with my cousin back in 2003!

When my family and I were in Clydebank in 2002 was when we "accidently" found Radnor St on the brick wall of the building at the corner where Radnor St was. We had stopped for the bakery that is in that block and when my son and I came out my husband said look up...and there in the brick was Radnor St. St Andrews is across the stree and just down from the bakery and pub with the ship on it's sign.

Mom as her Cooper Uncles and probably others...worked for Singers. She workd in the Needle department. The Coopers came from Milngavie..and as stories go they walked to Singers to work!

My Grandmother was a Savage and they also lived on Radnor St. prior to the war. Six of those eight children went to Detroit, Michigan in the late 20's....thus that's where my Mom ended up after the war and the rest is history for me being an American. :) Prior to Clydebank James and Annie Cooper Savage married in Milngavie, 5 children were born there, then they moved to Newcastle area in England - had another child...then they moved to Sominstown, South Africa....where after 2 more children in 1909 Annie packed them all...minus James and came back to Clydebank.

Alos have the MacKay family...not sure they lived on Radnor but they were also from Clydebank.

One more note about the Blitz....years later and when I was younger...we'd always go to see the firework display on the Detroit River...between Detroit and Windsor, Canada for our July 4th celebration. One year they had a new firwork that went up then came down with small sparks that "whistled". I thought Mom would go nuts...later she told us they reminded her of the bombs falling...especially when you didn't hear them anymore ...well ..it wasn't good!

momat
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Post by momat » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:07 am

Hi,
this site has some data on that area.

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/feature ... 11981.html
Maureen

SueRS
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Re: Clydebank Map

Post by SueRS » Sat Sep 12, 2015 11:21 am

Clydebank Heritage Centre are planning an exhibition next March for the 75th anniversary of the Clydebank Blitz which will last all year. We're holding a meeting on 22nd September to gather everyone's thoughts on how to commemorate it and set up a project group. We have some ideas of our own but want to get as many people involved as possible, people who lived through it or who were brought up hearing stories about it, or who live elsewhere because of it etc. There will be two meetings, so that everyone can come, on Tuesday 22nd September 2015 at 4pm and 6pm in Clydebank Library. Please do come and also spread the word.

Part of the plan is collect more oral histories so some of the things you've been talking about here would be most welcome.

Sue