Monday, 6 February 2012
Day 37: At the end of a very very grey day
Glasgow has been shrouded in fog all day but just as we were coming home, you could see the sky clearing towards the south but some mist still lingering in the valley.
Sunday, 5 February 2012
Saturday, 4 February 2012
Friday, 3 February 2012
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Day 32: The Renfrew Ferry
The Renfrew Ferry has been going since 1790 and because of the trade it brought, the ‘right of ferry’ was a cherished privilege, held by Renfrew since medieval times. It may date from when the town became a Royal Burgh in 1396. By the 1830s this was a very busy spot with the ferry operating round the clock, carrying passengers, livestock and goods. On Sunday 8 March 1936 when the new Queen Mary was docked at Clydebank a census recorded that 21,386 passengers, 946 motor cars, 141 motor cycles, 819 pedal cycles and 67 vans had crossed. More recently, in 2010, the Renfrew Ferry was saved from extinction by Silvers Marine who run it using a William E. Munson Company aluminium vessel, capable of carrying 12 passengers, largely on demand.
Day 31: Renfrew Town Hall
Renfrew Town Hall opened in 1872 and was a replacement for the old tolbooth, first built in 1670, which had served as both town hall and jail for two hundred years. However, it wasn't secure and prisoners escaped! It was demolished in 1871. The architect of the new building was James Lamb of Paisley. "Its design is a mix of French and Gothic styles, and it features a square tower one hundred and five feet high with corbelled turrets at each corner." Thanks to a £5.2m modernisation programme the building reopened on 28th January 2012 and caught my eye in the sunshine today, the 31st.
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